This is the one thing, above all others, that baffles me about Ashley and the way he operates. We've just been promoted and we have a quality player who is reportedly desperate to join us. A player who could be the difference between staying up and going down and he's refusing to cough up. I'm aware of how much he's pumped into the club and, as much as it's hurt us, stabalised the finances a bit and trimmed the wage bill. Why not have a daft £5m(ish) punt on the lad? We're pretty much nailed on to get our money back if it doesn't work out and if it DOES work out then we'll make a fortune when someone bigger and better take him from us.
I've gone past being annoyed at Ashley - he just baffles me now. I don't understand him and how his mind works. Staying up this season means another £40m next year so why not just spend a little bit of the cash for goin up this season to try to stay up this one?
I just don't get him.