At 9:30 last night, many in fact i would say the vast majority didnt want Sissoko in the transfer thread, now its a scandel.
My own opinion is that he wasnt our first option, i think clearly Witsel was for the no 8 role. So maybe that is mitigation.
I remember numerous quotes from the summer about the old regime being involved in transfer negotiations, i think at the time it was put down to that regime being known in the market and having a profile that could support the transition of change in regimes. I dont know if that is a reason why things didnt come off, but perhaps they were not used to shopping in the high end of the market, maybe their skills and expierence are in budget management and lower profile agents or operating in a different end or phase of the market.
I think the problem was not in intent but management of the window, i think maybe there are to many cooks presently a transition in regimes and stakeholders that seem to have shut down deals - just doesnt seem cohesive. Look at all the key stakeholders, Kenwirght, Elstone, Moshiri, Koeman, Walsh etc. Maybe our approach at a management level just wasnt streamlined enough.
