Parker expecting ‘bumps and hiccups’ if Fulham take long-term approach
Scott Parker says Fulham need to decide between short-term spending and accepting hiccups with a smaller budget.
The Whites were relegated last week having spent around £10m in a cut-price bid to survive. It was a far cry from the £110m it spent in 2018 that brought the same sorry result.
Parker and the club’s hierarchy have yet to sit down and discuss the future.
But the head coach made it plain Fulham must expect difficult times along the way if they take a longer. more prudent, route to becoming a successful, stable club.
He said: “In order to take short cuts you need to spend a lot of money. If not, that process is a lot longer.
“It’s slower unless you’ve got £500m and you can build a training facility, you can buy players.
“If not, it’s going to be a bit harder. There’s going to be stepping stones.
“There’s going to be some bumps and hiccups. If you have a clear focus, you can get there”.
22/05/2021 @ 4:59 pm
I really hope that when Parker and the apparently hard-of -hearing Khan sit down the latter will abandon his immature and unrealistic pursuit of instant success at any cost. If he was any kind of businessman (and unfortunately we all know to our cost that he is utterly unskilled in any regard) he would realise that a longer-term investment can bear greater fruit.