Between the Lewis family and Vinai, they’ve really pinned everything on Levy. I don’t doubt most of the issues were of his creating initially, but it doesn’t absolve them of the blame of finishing 17th this season. It wasn’t Daniel Levy who kept Thomas Frank for months after it was clear he was hopeless. Nor Daniel Levy who only signed Conor Gallagher in January when it was clear we were plummeting to the wrong end of the table.
What I will say though, is they’re either being completely honest or extremely naive with that statement. They’ve now put themselves in a position where they have to invest heavily in the squad this summer. Anything less than that and they’ve outed themselves as liars, and made their position completely untenable.
They can’t take the usual approach of dicking everyone about all summer and waiting to see which “opportunities” come up near the end of the window. They need to be fast, pro-active and focused on who the targets are, and if they need to spend an extra £5-10m to get the deal done, then they better fucking do it rather than fuck about over every last penny like the bald one did. It’s not 2008, clubs don’t put up with that shit anymore unless they’re desperate to sell.