Maybe they do winter as haven't a clue just how accurate players wages are.Not really something I'd ever considered tbh , I mustve been under the impression the club has to declare what they pay, not to the media ( undisclosed fee) , but to the stock exchange? Idk just assumed these figures were always not far off the mark .
Regardless Ange and Nicholson had a massive job on there hands when replacing the flowerpot men with the value for money contracts handed out for what the club got in return.
At a total guess, I would say maybe as much as 10M a year being wasted on wages, yet wouldn't count the lowland league team in that figure as so much has to go into development still and the returns haven't been to bad either.
So there could be a claim that we have actually increased that somewhat with having 2 back up keepers as such, yet a necessary even without much return in game time as such.
Yet I would say its also done in a manner of forcing Bain out of the door as such now, as there remains very little chance of getting a new contract beyond the current one he's on.
A tough business for someone of the abilities of hazard and Bain and tends to go unnoticed as such in the money mad football World still.
It may well take a couple more seasons still to tidy up the mess lenny and PL left behind them, but certainly on the right tracks now and the signing of Ben only confirms to myself that the club have taken great strides already to maintaining the stability of the club/team for a few years still to come even if the vultures will potentially be hoovering with funds we couldn't or shouldn't match in the future to come still.
Just fantastic being a TIM at this current moment in time