This is why I think our financial issues will go away before too long because the impact of amortisation on our accounts was really high due to us needing to build a completely new squad over 2-3 seasons after we go promoted but we're now moving into the next phase where we are only looking at needing 2-3 signings in the summer and 1-2 in the winter and then we should be starting to fill out squad depth from the Academy (Which I suspect is exactly what the remit for Olabe will be).
That will probably be the case for transfer fees, but the better we get the more the wages are likely to go in line with it. We're always likely to be able to sell someone to fix short-term "fee" problems but there's no way we go from a 5th-8th team to something more than that without adding 40-50% to a wage bill that is already problematic. Because the players to get us there (the current lot or new ones) will expect to be paid like the players at the clubs who are traditionally there.
One would hope that the income will move in line with that improvement - but I'm not optimistic that it will keep pace. Guehi will probably pick up £200k per week on his next contract - and when that happens Konsa starts to wonder why he's muddling along on "only" £75k per week.
When we decide that Watkins needs to be replaced, as we saw last summer the market-place for "top few strikers in the world" is pretty busy and we'll find outselves needing to match or beat clubs with the capacity to offer more. Which in turn means Tielemans, Pau, Onana etc all start wondering why they're not getting as much.
That's a of GA+ tickets to cover the increases.
