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Adam Virgo

Why clubs will still be tempted to gamble

BRIGHTON LRGENT AND TV PUNDIT

WILL the nine-point deduction handed to Birmingham deter other Championship clubs from overspending?
That’s like asking a reformed gambler if they’ll ever put another bet on.
They might say no, but then it’ll be ‘Oh, I’ll just have one on the National’. ‘Oh, the Masters is coming up’. The temptation never goes away.
Smaller clubs will be careful, but they are anyway. And I don’t think you’ll see a club putting all their eggs in one basket again, as Birmingha...

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