Swansea fortsätter att diskutera CCC...
Skadad av diverse datorspel trodde jag det rasar in pengar när man vinner eller går upp en liga: om Swansea vinner League One, vilket börjar bli mer än troligt, får man £25.000 i prispengar. Detta kan jämföras med de 100K man skulle fått om man vunnit walesiska FA-cupen (numera nedlagd).
TV-pengar beräknat till runt £1.5 miljoner och fler sålda säsongsbiljetter ökar också på inkomsterna. Huw Jenkins går en än en gång ut och talar om försiktighet vad gäller ekonomiska utsvävningar:
"There's going to be a lot more money coming into the club you've got to remember there's also going to be an increased budget. These things go hand in hand. Our income will go up significantly, but you have to remember that every player we have will get an increase in wages in the Championship, and any player we look to bring in will cost that much more than they would have done in League One.
A lot of clubs have made mistakes trying to meet the financial demands of the Championship. We won't be doing that.
We will continue to spend money as we earn it and we won't take on things we can't afford. We recognise it will be a different challenge for us and that it's going to be hard. But not many of the clubs in the Championship have a board of directors made up of people who followed their club throughout their lives, who are prepared to work tirelessly to make sure the club succeeds.
With that and a manager like Roberto (Martinez) in place, we have got a pretty strong backbone in place to take the club forward. We may not compete by paying huge transfer fees or being big spenders, but we're confident we can find players who are hungry to take the club forward.''
Med dessa ord kan vi vänta oss att inte bara en del spelare får förnyade kontrakt inom kort, även manager Martinez kan förvänta sig ett litet lönelyft. Gärna för min del, managern har visat sig vara exakt det Swansea behövt på alla plan. En del positioner i laget måste dock förstärkas men dessa diskussioner kommer i andra artiklar.
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