Does it become more important then, to get guaranteed entry into the UEFA Champions League?
Absolutely. The Champions League is very important for short-term revenue, because it allows us to invest in a Champions League squad. It’s also important for the long-term, in terms of profile and exposure of the club it’s where you really want to be. It’s the best club football tournament in the world, we have been a significant part of that over the last two or three years and that’s where you want to be. There were media accusations that you perhaps under-performed in the transfer window and that the manager, according to some media reports, had a list of ten players that he presented to you and that you failed to deliver? That’s nonsense. The test of a transfer window for me is ‘is the squad stronger going out the window than it was going in?’ I think that is the case and the second most important issue is, ‘is the manager happy?’ and I think Gordon is quite content at the moment with the players that he has. Now, we would all like to give Gordon more players, better players, but
