Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
As I said, the promised land riches softened the blow. Us letting him go is an admission that his time here has been a failure and as a result we’re looking (hopefully) at another big money signing, by our standards, to fill his slot in the squad. A similar amount invested in someone else last season could have worked out a bit better. The Premier League money doesn’t last if it’s spent on duds as we found out last time.
I really doubt we paid the full £6m.

We will have also saved around £1m in wages.