Post by El Morto La Hoja! on Jul 24, 2008 11:16:12 GMT -1
Watford chairman Graham Simpson has defended the sale of striker Darius Henderson by insisting the club "has to reduce our wage bill".
Henderson joined Sheffield United earlier this week for £2million and with Danny Shittu expected to join the exodus from Vicarage Road before the start of the season, fans have voiced their concerns over the club's ambition.
But Simpson said: "I reiterate this club will never return to those dark financial days of 2002 and hopefully fans will have that thought at the forefront of their minds when reflecting on this deal.
"A club of our size cannot sustain a massive wage bill without Premier League funding or additional investment.
"It is well documented our parachute payments run out at the end of this season and we simply have to reduce our wage bill ahead of that. If we didn't then we wouldn't be doing our jobs.
"We will continue to make decisions we feel reflect the current board's intentions to run this club on a sensible and financially solid basis."
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i think you got a good deal, unfortunately....
