I feel the same way mate. But I guess it's possible we've bid for various bigger players (Terrier and Dembele spring to mind) and the players themselves have turned us down.Ideally we should have used the money of McNeil and Maupay to buy a good international player. A lot of average PL teams sign some of them.
I can see why we'd be after Pereira at this point. Desperately need some help in creating some attacking movement and he can do it both centrally and out wide.