Purslow dismisses talk of Anfield manager being sacked
“We budget for a level of performance that maybe fans would not like to be at, it’s prudent,” said Purslow. “If we have three home games in the Europa League, we are equivalent to what we budget for in the Champions League.
“We’re very disappointed we are out, but we could have played one home leg, one away leg and been out.
“I like to think we’ll be taking 40 or 50,000 to Hamburg in May and if we get halfway to doing that we will make more money than we would do from one round in the Champions League.
“It’s a missed opportunity financially but it has no effect on budgeted performance, and that’s the key thing. If you budget prudently then you don’t get negative surprises if football doesn’t go the right way.”
