Chairman reveals healthy budget

The club are set to spend over £1million on fees and players' salaries next term."It's not reduced from last season," Bratt told BBC Radio Stoke. "That was just over a million, everyone seems to know, which in this league is a good budget compared to a lot of teams on £650-700,000."Vale's added financial clout should helping in their search for a new manager, with Micky Adams hotly tipped to be unveiled in that role this week.The 47-year-old former Fulham, Swansea City, Brentford, Brighton, Leicester and Coventry manager appears to have gained the advantage over the other chief contender John Ward.

Source: Team_Talk