Yep it's fair enough.You lot (mainly davek) need to get your heads screwed back on.
Emphasis on this part.
We didn't approach United, van de Beek's agent approached us. Brands didn't spend all summer trying to get him, or negotiating with United or any of your other weird theories.
I imagine the club knew after last summer and the ridiculous of Romero that United probably wouldn't want to deal with us.
Maybe if we thought James was off, then it'd have been good to get him in. Not that he offers what James does but in Benitez's system, probably plays the same position