Steve Blitz (the former owner of Oldham Athletic) bought Southampton, putting my transfer activity under embargo going into the summer and, according to the News items, considered replacing me with Steve Clarke. Fortunately, he saw sense in the end and gave me a transfer kitty of 50million and a wage budget of 5.5million, instead.
With a bit of creative accounting (wages to transfer cash), 46million-in in player sales and 50million-out in acquisitions, I still have 54million left and a wage budget that's double what I currently need.
Three seasons ago, I bought Jack Butland from Stoke City for 9-million. I have just sold him to Monaco for 26-million, safe in the knowledge that his replacement, a 22 year-old Egyptian goalkeeper, has the same current rating but World Class potential - and he comes to me from Barcelona on a FREE, once he's finished with the 2020 Olympic Games.