The Mail Online has run with the suggestion that despite Tottenham having targeted the rather excellent Nick Pope, that a cheaper option might be required should Burnley are to ask a reported £30million.
Sami Mokbel believes that Wolfsberg’s Koen Casteels and Lille’s Mike Maignan could be alternative picks – should Hugo Lloris’ first choice replacement be deemed too expensive.
The fan reaction comments strike me as fair, but for me, this is precisely what supporters can expect until the debt is down, and even then, I have my doubts about a number of the ENIC business model in a post-COVID-19 world.
I also remain bewildered why in a ‘money’s no object’ project about which the club never stopped fine-tuning detail to produce world-class facilities, was the place under-insured. Whilst I appreciate that very few other venue operators had SARS-related coverage, it does exist, and I find it improbable to believe that a business with a long-term sponsor that is a global insurance provider, wasn’t offered a package including it. THFC claims to be a blue-chip operation, but Wimbledon proved that they actually are.
