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Originally Posted by kevin21
How much did Burnley actually spend in an attempt to stay up? They seemed happy to cash in on the TV money.
If by cashing in on the TV money you mean using it to pay off debts, improve the infrastructure of the club, upgrade the stadium, training ground and scouting network then yes they were happy to do that. I think that's a much better use of it than buying a couple of expensive players that may or may not have kept us up.
Because we don't have the safety net of billionaire owners, we can't go paying the kind of fees for players that Bournemouth can, because if it doesn't work we'd end up like Leeds, Pompey or Bolton.
I don't want to speak too soon, but it looks like we're reaping the benefit of that strategy this season and if we do go up, I'm sure there will be more money available to spend on players.