This smells like agents spinning nonsense to influence negotiations.
Knowing what we know about this board, how likely is it that
1: we have £40m to spend on an unproven young midfielder, especially when there is a popular short term choice who is 75% cheaper (Gana)
2: the young player wants...
Broja would come here and be number one. Purely because DCL wouldn’t stay fit enough long enough to build up any proper form. Broja is only 20 and is capable of 10–15 goals for a midtable team.
Expectations will have to shift if we do not sign some players in the next two weeks. Looks like we will be floating around 17th again for much of the season. It will be a nervous one for us all.
That is a lot of faith we're placing in DCL, a man who completed 90 minutes 9 times last season.
Not only that, but our biggest issue last season was scoring goals. And we've already sold the man directly responsible for 35% of our goals last season, without replacing him.
We desperately...