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Alan Hardy expecting to have funds available for promotion tilt next season

Joe Jones

By Joe Jones

Notts County owner Alan Hardy has claimed that the club's playing budget for next season is likely to be "top four".

In addition, he believes that, with the added funds, the Magpies can have a tilt at the top seven in 2017-18.

Hardy told the Nottingham Post: "We looked at our one to three-year plan earlier in the week and asked 'could we be more optimistic in terms of the crowd numbers?'.

"I think we can be. The more people we attract through the gates, the more money we generate and that means we give more to the manager.

"I have already decided to increase the playing budget for next season as a result because we are now just starting to plan ahead.

"Next season, I would think, we will be top four in terms of budgets so we will be pushing hard for the play-offs if not automatic promotion.

"The fans may ask whether we will rely on free transfer signings, but if there is a player the manager wants who is going to cost a fee then we will certainly consider it if he makes the team better and it makes sense in terms of the business."

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Budget means little but it's pleasing to see.

We need to recruit the right players and get a mix of young/experienced players, hopefully we can get the basics right which would allow for the quality to come in with the budget.

And there's nothing wrong with 'free transfers' when their value is weighed up properly, however it would be nice to spend a little if we can recruiting players from the teams around us for a reasonable fee. If a team wants to retain their key players, they're usually the type any club would want to have a round.

We need the Gary Liddle/Alan Judge type characters.

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if there is a player the manager wants who is going to cost a fee then we will certainly consider it if he makes the team better.

thats good to see.

people forget that the trews did invest in some players at a point, when they stopped you could probs argue that was when things was falling around behind the scenes and dummies was thrown out the pram. hardy and nolan need the right players, if on free or signed for a fee.

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