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But it is bad when your chairman hangs on to the last minute and prevents the manager from buying anyone to replace. Getting money is one thing, freeing up to buy assets in time, and without a premium, is another.

He's not preventing anyone from buying anything. We rarely spend a lot on arrivals, so we don't need to sell to buy. We broke our transfer record twice this window with £17.5m and £26m purchases, which is hardly eye-watering amounts.

Goddammit, I've started posting in the football thread again. Curses.