You cannot spend serious money on a player with Strootman's injury record.
Zenit massively overpaid for Witsel and with one year left on his contract there is no way they get near £30m for him. More importantly he isn't worth it. He's probably better than McCarthy but not a patch on Wanyama or Dembele, at least within the context of the demands of English football.
At this stage we have the media leading with:
1. Players that are being actively hawked by their agents
2. Anyone Dutch
3. Anyone with a link to Koeman from Southampton or elsewhere
4. Previously little heralded players having their 15 minutes at the Euros
Koeman needs to see the squad and figure out what Rom, Stones, Ross want. Until then he can only look at the areas where it is obvious we need to improve, goal-keeper, centre-mid and left midfield.
One or more players could come in these positions but I think we are a month away from serious activity. Not ideal but the consequence of a late manager appointment and the Euros.