We can’t, and we won’t. We don’t release the PSR shackles until the new financial year on July 1st. We’ll no doubt be working on deals before that, probably even now, but you won’t see any signing made until after July 1st.
Again, we couldn’t. Well we could, but that would have meant a sale of an important player prior to the end of June for PSR purposes. Had we not have won those three games on the spin and given us a comfortable cushion, I think you’d have seen us gamble more and deal with the unwanted sale at a later date before the June 31st cut off. Those wins have clearly seen us take the decision to not gamble on short term signings that probably wouldn’t have been of the quality wanted/needed, at the expense of having to lose someone we don’t particularly want to before July 1st. We’re still very close to a breach by all accounts and we have to understand that.
Just have to be patient a little while longer, from July it’s a completely different kettle of fish and we’ll have far more freedom to spend. For the first summer in years, it’s going to be an exciting summer watching the links which always helps get through the summer months without the footie. We normally window shop and watch with envy whilst the mighty Bournemouth and Brighton spend decent money but this year we can actually join in!
