Its such a random move. Especially after being burned with Dele.
If we had Phillips, Dele and Harrison all in form, fit and playing well then top 8 would be a distinct possibility.
Meanwhile due to their being no transfer fees it might mean we could sign a couple of kids to develop over 12months.
But the reality could be alot different.
Funny thing for me is weve not used Onana as a DM so why would we replace him with a DM.
The likes of Jordan James make more sense to me. Cant help being gutted we couldnt sign Wharton
£18mil rising to £22mil.
We should have gone for him in Jan even if we offered more money overall but payments starting in July.
Is he premier league quality?
The only time hes looked good in the premier league is under Bielsa where it was all out attack -- the opposite of how we play.
For England its different as its a different way of playing international football compared with the premier league.
Plus hes injury prone.
How many loans are we allowed if this happened and we had Harrison and Phillips?
Thats the long shot.
Well lets remember he was very highly rated, came through the England youth sides and looked good on the eye (at least to me) with a good passing range and tackling range.
I thought he'd be a good replacement for Onana or could play with him in a 2 if we used 2 deep midfielders.
