Chris Hughton spent £40m on eight players in the summer – for a promoted team to build a competitive top-flight squad for that money looks almost like witchcraft
It takes Neymar just under six weeks to earn £3m. This season the Chinese side Meixian Techand reportedly gave their players a £3m bonus each, just for winning promotion. The payoff that Claudio Ranieri received after being sacked by Leicester was also £3m.
These days £3m does not get you much. Unless you are Brighton that is. For their £3m they got Pascal Gross, the player who has registered the most assists of anyone playing for a club outside the top six this season.
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