bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
To be fair I doubt Maupay was on their lists at the start of that summer. But like this year we had a little money and had to do deals with small down payments.
If you believe the rumours that Summer we wanted Cornet, but Burnley wanted a big down payment, so we got McNeil, garner would have been small down payment, probably Onana to, even though he was 30mil
We wanted Kudus, Broja was linked all summer, then when we couldn’t get them It was Che Adams, Southampton wanted 25mil so on deadline day we had one fit striker which was Rondon.
Apparently we also were close to getting Gibbs white, but ultimately couldn’t do it because of finances
Oh with the ability to choose the next manager and even a fraction of the money we pissed up the wall under Moshiri - especially that season of the ten number tens - I think he could turn the squad around pretty damn quickly.
Not sure if there's a DoF in football whose had a harder job than he has over the past two and a half years.
Zero money, sell to only be able to spend a fraction reinvesting, and academy that was shocking under unsworth. Huge long term contracts for failed players (almost unmovable on) a wave structure that was completely broken and needed to be halved - with zero ability to quick fix the problem, a chairman and owner initially both meddling in things both with separate agendas. And saddled with a managerial choice from the owner which is polar opposite from his own ideas of system and style.
Fact he didn't walk or just give up is a testament to him taking the job damn serious, hopefully he gets a s chance in the coming years to work with a lot more freedom