It’s like all “new money” clubs, takes a while to adjust to their new market abilities

Chelsea after Abramovich

Man City after Abu Dhabi

Brighton, Bournemouth, Wolves, Villa … on and on … there’s always a period where you think “what?” before you adjust to the fact that they’ve now got lots of cash

Posted By: Old Git on January 22nd 2026 at 11:19:17

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Wrexham have made a bid of £19m for a striker in France (Other Football) - Duck, Jan 22, 11:04:10
- Self sustained apparently (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 22, 12:38:57
  - I suppose Netflix or whatever genuinely makes them money? (n/m) (Other Football) - finkleton, Jan 22, 13:48:34
- Wrexham brought in 13m in sponsorship income in 2023/24 (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jan 22, 12:24:10
- It’s like all “new money” clubs, takes a while to adjust to their new market abilities (Other Football) - Old Git, Jan 22, 11:19:17
  - It’s also FFP which is measured over a certain period and so takes (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Jan 22, 11:54:47
  - They must be playing the FFP cards though. A big gamble shirley? (n/m) (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jan 22, 11:24:31
    - Plus they've just up from the lower leagues (Other Football) - mr carra, Jan 22, 11:30:37
    - Depends what they get in sponsorship and the TV stuff I guess (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Jan 22, 11:28:11
- Who has scored 4 goals in 18 games! (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, Jan 22, 11:06:36

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