Good question and I wouldn’t know the answer. But I suppose the premier league would not want their darlings, not being able to compete at the highest level, across the European competitions. So I think they would want a similar level playing field.
Totally agree with the summary of brand's position the managers are buying 90% of the players brought in which leads to the recurring mess we find ourselves in
Probably because he is getting paid a decent wedge to do so. I'm not sure about being bad at the job as i don't know how much he has ever been actually allowed to do that job. What i would say though is that there is a huge step up from the Dutch league to the PL and i never thought he was the right choice and said so at the time and i still don't.
You really do wonder how this cycle breaks.
It really makes you wonder what position he has within the club. I’m sure if he wasn’t appointed to the board (strange decision) he would have resigned by now as he doesn’t seem to have any say in the recruitment process.
If you had said a year ago that would happen, there would have been an outcry amongst the fan base. Our expectations have been lowered that much, that some fans seem to expect this. As a West Ham pal said to me if you sign enough bang average footballers, that’s exactly the team you’ll end up with. He said I should know the hammers have done it for years. Benetiz must think he’s still at Newcastle with our recruitment this summer.
His role from what I can see is a middle man between moshiri and the players even the events with Coleman signing a new contract and richy coming back with his gold medal both conducted by him and not the manager.
I find it all rather odd in regards to transfers, now we can only go on what's reported in the media, but when you see quotes such as Benetiz has identified Longstaff as a player, or Ancelotti wants Allen, you kind of question what's going on, we have a number of players we can't shift,look at Kean, 20 goals last season, an Itialian international and nothing, the rs flogged Brewster 10 goals on loan to Swansea for £23m
If that is true to me that is not the responsibility of a DOF (Richarlison) more the media side of things.
