He said: "I was in contact with Tom Hicks, and he told me we had the money. We have sold players for more than £20million in the summer, and he told me 'if you sell players you can buy with that too'.
"I have the support of at least one of the owners. I sent emails to all of them, but he [Hicks] was clear we had the money.
"It is not something that I can explain. You have to analyse it - but to me it is clear: they were supporting me if we had money, and we do have money."
