By Aston
May 10 2005

Ipswich Town manager Joe Royle says that if Town fail to win the play-offs it will be one of the most costly failures.

Town’s financial state is much improved on two years ago but if Town don’t go up this season the transfer budget for next season will be a lot smaller than this season.

 

Royle: “The two budget plans will differ dramatically. I read that Wigan will be giving manager Paul Jewell a kitty of £25m to spend on reinforcements for the Premiership.

 

“But if we join them through the play-offs I can confirm we will be spending nowhere near that amount of money, although we know it will cost us a lot more in terms of wages at the higher level.

 

“If we are still in the Championship next year the budget will be even less than it was in the current season, so you could say there is a lot riding on the play-offs.

 

“It is as if there are two doors for us to go through, one to the Premiership and the other back to the Championship, and they are worlds apart.”

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