Juve eyes on Harry
Mansfield Morecambe Macclesfield STEVENAGE
to join with us. If we all work together, we can avoid serious hardship to people that need the most help.
“While I understand the logic behind flattening the peak curve, so the NHS can treat more people with the limited beds and equipment available, this will undoubtedly cause anguish for those folks that can’t use the internet, have no relatives and no way of ordering supplies or meals.” Last summer Wallace
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launched a £1.2million share issue to help pay for transfer business at the club. Although the club’s wage bill – players earn around £550 a week on average – is one of the lowest in League Two, Wallace admits he does not know how they will be able to keep paying everyone without the cash flow that is generated by home games wiped out by the Covid-19 lockdown.
And although his Lamex global food trading company is worth an estimated £1.7billion, he conceded: “In my opinion, you cannot run a Football League club sustainably without a bit of luck.”
Two years ago, defender Ben Wilmot’s £1.5m move to
Premier League Watford helped Boro turn a small profit, but Stevenage’s margins between black and red were already slim before the virus pandemic.
Former manager Graham Westley, who resigned last month after a fourth stint in charge, warned lower division clubs would go to the wall unless they are bailed out by affluent Premier League big guns.
He said: “It’s a fantastic gesture by Stevenage Football Club and the chairman to help elderly people community.
“But who is going to help Stevenage when there is no money left to pay the players’ wages?
“Big clubs have a responsibilty to the feeder clubs lower down the food chain – because if the chain is broken, some of them could disappear.
“There are players at the top end of the scale who earn more in a month than clubs like Stevenage can pay their entire squad in a year. That is the reality.” in their
HARRY KANE is a £134million summer target for Juventus.
The Serie A leaders are looking to rejuvenate their front line next season. Mauro Icardi, on loan at Paris Saint-Germain from Inter Milan, is their No.1 target, but Inter are reluctant to sell to a domestic rival.
To persuade Spurs to sell Kane, Juve, who want the England striker to team up with Cristiano Ronaldo, will include Paulo Dybala, who held talks with Tottenam last summer, in any deal.
Kane, recovering from a hamstring strain, is under contract with Tottenham until 2024. But at 26, and with Spurs no closer to launching a title bid, he may be open to a move.