(08-08-2018 11:54 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(08-08-2018 11:43 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(08-08-2018 11:39 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Good god, Swansea's Transfer window is insane. We've offloaded 8 players to this point, but the club is insisting that it needs to offload another 5-6 players by Noon ET tomorrow (Transfer window closes) in order to be able to make it financially.

Apparently the ownership refuses to spend a dime until the club can make up well over the 50 million it is losing in TV revenue in transfers and wage reductions. So far we've gained 35 million in transfer fees and spent 3 million. So at least 18 million need to be cleared out tomorrow. If all happens, we would be left with 14 available Senior players on our roster for Saturday.

So, what you're saying is it's looking like it's going to be a prolonged stay in the Championship.

To give you an idea, when Graham Potter took the manager's job and was given complete control of recruitment, he initially said it would take a few years for us to get back to the Premier League because our recruiting was so screwed up, and we were left with large numbers of Senior players who indicated they had no desire to play here.

Not that spending money wins in the Championship. There are numerous examples of demoted clubs spending money and still not getting promoted, and doing that puts you in jeopardy of breaching Financial Fair Play and getting stuck with a transfer ban, which is what has happened to both QPR and Birmingham City this year.

The most important thing this year for Swansea is not getting promoted. Its repairing the downright hostile relationship between the Supporters and the Club. If that fails, than the only way we can be saved is if the Supporters Trust buys Levien and Kaplan out.

I'm guessing that if they're pulling a Sunderland, that will be the next course of action.