I think Wellens May have been a bit sneaky about the £1.8m budget.
I’m sure that’s what the budget was last June. But stuck on the January window and it must have gone well over that.
Yes Wellens has not been 100% honest with transfers etc but if Power is signing players like Grant or Doyle on a fraction of their fee then that could explain a lower budget than thought, or Wellens could be distorting the truth to put other clubs off from know our actual budget.
The point still stands that Sunderland have wasted a metric shit ton of funds on agent fees though.