brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
Carlo would be the obvious reply but even the pull of him is nowhere near enough because at the end of the day quality players want to sign for a club who look like they're ready to challenge for trophies etc, sadly, we've actually gone backwards.
It will be very, very difficult for us.
If we could pitch Ancelotti + a spending spree at players, then it could be pushed as a fresh start at the club, and an opportunity to join an exciting re-build.
Any player with ambition, and their agent, taking a good luck at us, won't be impressed with what they see. It's all false dawns and misplaced hope, instability, upheaval, wasted money, and as you say, a club seemingly going backwards.
There are still opportunities, and circumstances conversely might force us into taking an approach that works and is sustainable, but its going to be a nerve-wracking few weeks if people are expecting a lot of business.
This window is really only the first phase of an overhaul that will take at least two years. Therefore, it will be far from completed by its end. There is much work to be done.