Re: Birmingham City transfer state of play: James and Dembele latest, plus Stansfield realism
El MayorOn the flip side
32m on Emile Smith Rowe
7m on Jorge Cuenca
20m+ on McTominay
They are spending money too
They are, and probably after one or two other players as well. But spread over 4 years they'd have a decent amount of leeway just from the £30m profit this summer.
Just reading this, which suggests they have been cutting it quite close on FFP - [www.nytimes.com]
A lot probably depends on if the £30m is all available or a chunk went to keeping them above the line before any purchases this summer.