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SENSE IS FORGOTTEN IN PURSUIT OF PROMISED LAND

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A REPORT this week that clubs risk bankruptcy in shooting for the Premier League hardly came as a surprise.
It has been evident for many years, as have the damaging losses incurred in trying to compete with the big boys.
Nottingham Forest illustrate the dangers of a swing and a miss. Under for mer chairman Fawaz Al-Hasawi, the Reds blew millions on a doomed bid for the top six.
Saddled with a wage bill some 160 per cent of their income, the Kuwaiti pulled the plug and Forest were sinking fast before Evangelos Marinakis rescued them. Even now, cost-cutting remains a priority.
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