Blackburn Rovers Director of Football Gregg Broughton has claimed the club's owners are spending every penny they possibly can without breaking the EFL's profitability and sustainability rules, speaking to the Championship side's media team.
Last term, Tony Mowbray spent a transfer fee on just one player, with Tayo Edun coming in from Lincoln City for a fee reported to have been in the region of £400,000.
Current boss Jon Dahl Tomasson was slightly luckier during the most recent summer window, with the board sanctioning three deals that required them to fork out fees as Callum Brittain arrived from Barnsley, Sammie Szmodics came in from Peterborough United and Dominic Hyam made the switch from league rivals Coventry City.
They also retained Ben Brereton Diaz despite the fact he was the subject of multiple bids during the summer, with Everton and Fulham just two of the sides to have made formal offers in attempts to lure him away from Ewood Park.
The owners held their nerve though despite the fact he has less than 12 months left on his contract - and risk losing him for free with clubs in Europe able to offer him a contract when January comes around.
And Broughton has praised them for providing the resources needed to keep the Lancashire side competitive.
He said: "The Owners can’t just throw money at it because of the financial fair play rules.
"They spend every single penny that they can do without breaking the rules and putting us in a position that some clubs find themselves in.
"They give everything they can for the football club."
The Verdict:
Considering the club were in the Premier League when they took over, it almost feels as though they have a duty to get Rovers competing at the right end of the second-tier table once again.
They may not leave the club in a better state than they found it in when they do decide to sell up - but they need to ensure they aren't millions of miles away from the top flight and in fairness, they weren't too far away from the play-offs last season.
However, Mowbray played a big part in that and they will be hoping Tomasson can be an adequate replacement for the current Sunderland boss.
In fairness to the owners, they did take their time to appoint a new Director of Football and manager - and though some would criticise them for making these decisions too late - it could be argued that care was taken in their mission to appoint two key figures.
Still enjoying a reasonably productive transfer window in the end, these delays didn't have a massive effect in the end, even if it has contributed to the club's inconsistency during the early stages of the season.