Quote Originally Posted by Garth Blue View Post
Tan did not turn Lamouchi down. In effect it was the other way round. Lamouchi said the player budget was not enough and we would end up in the same position as this season. Tan took umbrage at this and it was a very frosty meeting. The meeting should have been to seal the deal but it didn't work out that way. This is why nobody was lined up. The official statement was spin.
I think this is exactly what happened. I wasn't a fan of Lamouchi but with a reasonable budget who knows what he could achieve.

The probability is that Tan's pie in the sky delusions and his unwillingness to spend money foundered on the rock of reality. No decent manager would risk their reputation with us as long as Tan is controlling things.