To be fair, if we dont sign him, then Everton are to blame for not filling a position that needed to be filled. We knew the deadline was 11pm friday all summer, so it shouldnt have come down to this.
Im pretty confident nzonzi was the 'target' but when he chose stoke we had to move to plan b and that was this lad and it was further complicated by Fulham's interest . We had to move quickly and if it comes off we've done well but if not I'm not sure how much finger pointing is deserved.