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Old 2nd May 2008, 09:57   #29 (permalink)
gaffs
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Originally Posted by Pogue Mahone View Post

We spent a lot of money last summer (albeit mainly with staggered payments) and these debts aren't going away, so anyone expecting us to spend 10s of millions on the likes of Benzema, Huntelaar or Berbatov is living in cloud cuckoo land.
As you say, the euro being so strong against the pound could be a big factor which may mean we sign British or even South American.

We may have a bit more cash in hand though for getting into the CL final and even more for winning it.

This article estimates that the winner of the 2007 final will make £67mil...

http://www.sportbusiness.com/news/16...earn-up-to-67m

I would imagine that the 2008 figure will be more.
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