We have to address this in order to balance the books. We have to contain the overheads and live within our means. The chairman has always stated that St Johnstone is a selling club and these figures underline why that has to be the case. We attract youngsters to Perth because they see they will get a chance of first team football at an early age. If they prove themselves in the SPL it will benefit them and the club.
Transfers help to bridge the gap and balance the books.
Hopefully others will be coming through. If the club can bring through two or three each season that would be a major achievement. Again, he emphasised the importance of off-field ventures which subsidise the football side of the operation. The profitability of McDiarmid Park has increased over the past year. The sale of Sylla will help defray this year's inevitable losses, although the player and his agent banked around 200,000 of the Parkhead cheque.