Deutsch Wolf
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- Oct 16, 2009
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On the financial matters, I think our fans get it wrong and Fosun get it wrong.
On the fans' part:
- Expecting Fosun to be an endless piggybank is unrealistic and entitled, and they've never once said this would be the case
- We HAVE spent lots of money at various times and we do have to play by financial rules (including the new ones coming in which increasingly restrict expenditure relative to turnover), and it's unfair to say there was never any FFP problem at all
- Standard impatience when it's evident year after year that the bulk of transfer business happens in the final month of the window (for instance, do you see Man Utd's new striker yet, that they said they wanted three months ago? No, me neither)
- No gratitude at all for what they've done for us as a whole since 2016, which comes across terribly
- Blindly assuming a new owner would be better, or you could sell the club tomorrow, neither of which are true
On Fosun's part:
- Poor communication and either directly or indirectly (through friendly media links) planting inaccurate information into the public domain, there are enough people out there who can read accounts and regulations and easily disprove what they say
- Never ever getting the balance of spending right. It's either all guns blazing - frequently overpaying for players post-2020 - or completely throttled back even when there's a clear need for areas of the team to be strengthened
- Mixed messages on plans and transfer strategy, which change seemingly on a whim
- Dangerously seeming to presume our Premier League status is a given at times, which it absolutely isn't
- Continually increasing ticket prices when the on-field quality has markedly diminished, which is never a good look
On the fans' part:
- Expecting Fosun to be an endless piggybank is unrealistic and entitled, and they've never once said this would be the case
- We HAVE spent lots of money at various times and we do have to play by financial rules (including the new ones coming in which increasingly restrict expenditure relative to turnover), and it's unfair to say there was never any FFP problem at all
- Standard impatience when it's evident year after year that the bulk of transfer business happens in the final month of the window (for instance, do you see Man Utd's new striker yet, that they said they wanted three months ago? No, me neither)
- No gratitude at all for what they've done for us as a whole since 2016, which comes across terribly
- Blindly assuming a new owner would be better, or you could sell the club tomorrow, neither of which are true
On Fosun's part:
- Poor communication and either directly or indirectly (through friendly media links) planting inaccurate information into the public domain, there are enough people out there who can read accounts and regulations and easily disprove what they say
- Never ever getting the balance of spending right. It's either all guns blazing - frequently overpaying for players post-2020 - or completely throttled back even when there's a clear need for areas of the team to be strengthened
- Mixed messages on plans and transfer strategy, which change seemingly on a whim
- Dangerously seeming to presume our Premier League status is a given at times, which it absolutely isn't
- Continually increasing ticket prices when the on-field quality has markedly diminished, which is never a good look
