The impact of financial fair play at Southampton has been revealed
Serbian billionaire Dragan Solak remains committed to Southampton despite the club’s decline in status in recent months
According to The Athletic, the lead investor in the club intends to continue putting money into the club as long as financial fair play allows.
The Saints suffered relegation from the Premier League last season, with Russell Martin being tasked with the job of bringing them straight back up at the first attempt.
However, a run of form that has seen the team lose four games in a row and slip to 15th in the table has called into question the role the ownership is playing in the running of the club.
It was a major summer at St. Mary’s, with a number of important first team players departing the club following their 20th place finish in the top flight table, which saw Southampton earn £160 million in player sales.
Signings were made to help build a first team squad capable of fighting for promotion, to an initial cost of £19 million, but results in recent weeks have proven disastrous.
Sport Republic still reportedly sees Southampton as the jewel in their crown, with the organisation now running three different football clubs.
Rasmus Ankersen and Henrik Kraft are overseeing the day-to-day operations of all three teams, with the business also owning Ligue 2 side Valenciennes and Turkish second tier side Goztepe