Is right... his Cardiff side are value for money

Purchase value: £33.48m; Wins: 14; Costs per victory: £2.39m Reading

Purchase value: £22.95m; Wins: 10; Costs per victory: £2.30m

Aston Villa

Purchase value: £50.40m; Wins: 23; Costs per victory: £2.19m

Derby County

Purchase value: £37.62m; Wins: 18; Costs per victory: £2.09m

Leeds United

Purchase value: £29.91m; Wins: 15; Costs per victory: £1.99m Birmingham City

Purchase value: £19.17m; Wins: 11; Costs per victory: £1.74m Queens Park Rangers

Purchase value: £24.26m; Wins: 14; Costs per victory: £1.73m

Wolves

Purchase value: £48.46m; Wins: 29; Costs per victory: £1.67m Fulham

Purchase value: £37.37m; Wins: 23; Costs per victory: £1.62m

Bristol City

Purchase value: £17.68m; Wins: 17; Costs per victory: £1.04m Brentford

Purchase value: £16.32m; Wins: 17; Costs per victory: £960k Cardiff City

Purchase value: £17.9m; Wins: 25; Costs per victory: £716k

Barnsley

Purchase value: £5.46m; Wins: 8; Costs per victory: £682k

Nottingham Forest

Purchase value: £6.98m; Wins: 14; Costs per victory: £499k

Ipswich Town

Purchase value: £5.25m; Wins: 16; Costs per victory: £328k

Sheffield United

Purchase value: £5.92m; Wins: 19; Costs per victory: £311k

Bolton Wanderers Purchase value: £2.48m; Wins: 9; Costs per victory: £275k

Preston North End

Purchase value: £2.07m; Wins: 17; Costs per victory: £122k

Burton Albion

Purchase value: £513k; Wins: 8; Costs per victory: £64k

Millwall

Purchase value: £792k; Wins: 18; Costs per victory: £44k

Purchase values – courtesy of Transfermarkt– consist of all transfer fees which a club has spent on all squadplayers. Players who are loaned out to other club are not included.