A good re-signing, as noted form fallen off a bit from a very bright start, but good competition for Pickering at LB and a solid championship player. But this was the easy deal to do, don't imagine his wages will be that high having been in Poland and Portugal before us. Travis, Brittain, Tronstad are the ones we desperately need to tie down and just won't because they want and deserve a salary above 10k, which I am sure has been rumoured at times as our desire top wage bracket.

100% they will not change and Suhail basically confirmed as much in the Lancs interview. He ducked the question when asked if we would sign big ticket players anymore, they tried to talk up a budget of 4.5 million this year, which is less than we paid just for Gallagher. No interest in funding us anything above running costs and minimal transfers. We deserve owners who will at least try to improve the team not just keep us on life-support as we drop down the leagues. Especially as we finally have an FFP window within which to spend.

Thanks for the clarification with regard to the internal debt, I've not examined the latest accounts in detail. They 100% bought us on the cheap in 2010, but that they mentioned the debt so close to when they were talking about a sale makes me think its a hint they want that written off if they are to sell; it could even be what they mean when they say "no concrete offers", ie they haven't offered that. Given the way football club values are going, and what we've seen with regard to investors in other sports and clubs smaller than ours, it's not unreasonable to imagine them thinking they can fleece any new owner to cover the debt. Even if it is entirely their own fault the situation is as bad as it is. Don't know how writing off the debt would affect their other businesses or the court case, or if the liquid cash is any better in that regard, but I suspect it will be playing a part.

Been a reader but never a poster here for a while, finally decided to join as a member. I applaud the actions taken by Glen et al, the fact that Waggott, Suhail and Gestede felt the need to go on such a press push yesterday shows the plan to pressure on them is working. Frankly some of the excuses they gave were embarrassing, they bank entirely on fans not understanding how FFP works or looking at the registered accounts which as others have highlighted disprove Suhail's statements on the funding. Suhail did effectively confirm that the owners aren't interested in funding anything above daily running costs. When asked in the Lancs interview if now "barriers are lifted" on funding we will see transfers like Brereton or Gallagher again he just said no the owners don't want that but are committed to funding value transfers. Likewise as someone posted in the other thread, Gestede's 5 targets are notably the positions where we are not renewing current players on higher wages. The "we're close to renewing contracts" boxes them in, because I just cannot see them doing anything until the end of the season when they will go cap in hand and ask Venkys to keep the lights on for another year. Frankly, the major positive from yesterday is their phrasing that the owners have "not asked us to look for a buyer"; they did not deny willingness to sell as they have done in the past. They also sketched out in surprising detail what they wanted to hear from a prospective buyer, implying that they would expect the debt to be paid of (c.300 million according to Waggott) alongside the value of the club. Others with more knowledge can comment on such matters but it is a small light. Keep up the good work.