Post by Cantankerous Gas on Jun 5, 2017 8:30:18 GMT
Shocked that a £3million playing budget is considered 'bottom half' of League One budgets!
How much has DC got Wael to cough up!
www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/jackett-not-bothered-by-pompey-budget-1-7992300
How much has DC got Wael to cough up!
Kenny Jackett dismissed concerns over Pompey’s transfer budget and promised: We’re ready to overachieve.
The new Blues boss promised he isn’t worried about the size of his kitty to assemble a squad to compete in League One.
Jackett was unveiled as the club’s new manager on Friday and knows he has to quickly go about shaping his options for the campaign ahead.
The 55-year-old currently has £3m to put an outfit together to be in contention next term.
That places Pompey in the bottom half of the third-tier hierarchy when it comes to the size of clubs’ budgets.
It remains to be seen if the status quo will change when Michael Eisner completes his takeover.
There have been calls for a transition budget to be introduced by Eisner but chief executive Mark Catlin has repeatedly stated Pompey are working to existing figures.
Jackett is not concerned about Pompey standing behind plenty of rivals in terms of their financial muscle at present, however.
And he is out for his new squad to punch above their weight when the new season gets under way.
Jackett said: ‘When you do talk about budgets they can be confusing.
‘There are clubs who go down and through existing contracts, have the biggest budgets.
That doesn’t make them the strongest. ‘We are in a good position going from League Two to League One with momentum.
‘Budgets can sometimes be deceptive because of that. ‘Is there a lot of scope and space in that budget at the moment? No, there’s not.
The new Blues boss promised he isn’t worried about the size of his kitty to assemble a squad to compete in League One.
Jackett was unveiled as the club’s new manager on Friday and knows he has to quickly go about shaping his options for the campaign ahead.
The 55-year-old currently has £3m to put an outfit together to be in contention next term.
That places Pompey in the bottom half of the third-tier hierarchy when it comes to the size of clubs’ budgets.
It remains to be seen if the status quo will change when Michael Eisner completes his takeover.
There have been calls for a transition budget to be introduced by Eisner but chief executive Mark Catlin has repeatedly stated Pompey are working to existing figures.
Jackett is not concerned about Pompey standing behind plenty of rivals in terms of their financial muscle at present, however.
And he is out for his new squad to punch above their weight when the new season gets under way.
Jackett said: ‘When you do talk about budgets they can be confusing.
‘There are clubs who go down and through existing contracts, have the biggest budgets.
That doesn’t make them the strongest. ‘We are in a good position going from League Two to League One with momentum.
‘Budgets can sometimes be deceptive because of that. ‘Is there a lot of scope and space in that budget at the moment? No, there’s not.
