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Speaking to the Examiner, departing Huddersfield Town chairman Dean Hoyle has offered his replacement Phil Hodgkinson some advice on how to run the club, but his comments may give greater insight into why he has chosen to sell up.

What’s he said then?

Hoyle didn’t sound overly optimistic when passing his wisdom on to the new owner.

He heeded the warning that the club needs to be financially sensible rather than throwing cash at the squad in order to give them a steady footing in the second tier next year.

Hoyle said, as quoted by the Huddersfield Examiner: "So look at next season. What we can't afford to do is boil our brains - a decision after we have a fire sale, a decision we hope for survival - it can't happen."

Furthermore, when asked if returning to the Premier League was a priority he said:

"I think if you make it a priority you are doomed for failure."

How can that be interpreted?

Talking about survival after just being relegated from the Premier League is never a good sign.

The more you think about it, the more Hoyle’s sale of the club seems like a captain jumping from a sinking ship.

There is a severe danger that Huddersfield could go the way of Sunderland and suffer back-to-back relegations and end up in League One.

The former owner knows that and has surely sold up before the value of the club depreciates upon their downfall. Hoyle was under no illusions; he is aware that the Terriers' best players will have to depart this summer, but he’s worried that the squad will be left bare.

The 52-year-old has warned Hodgkinson about the perils of a considerable squad turnover, but it remains to be seen as to whether or not the new man follows his advice.

He didn’t seem confident that the Yorkshire club will be back in the big time anytime soon and he seems to just want stability in the Championship rather than a Premier League return.

This should be a huge red flag for any Huddersfield fans, that a man who knows the club inside out isn’t looking for a Premier League return and has sold the club.

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The new owner may come in overly ambitious and undo all the hard work that was put in by Hoyle during his decade in charge at the John Smith’s stadium.