I get the cynicism, I do. Sell to buy, buy to sell etc etc.Couldn't care less about fantasies about coming seasons. Past all that. Just get the job done or do one.
No time for giving the benefit of the doubt for years to any spiv.
Trophies or CL qualification or stadium built.
Simple as that. Overpaying for players before balancing the books with a couple of late window sales isn't that thrilling a ride.
But after years of selling to buy (and not spending all we've actually brought in by way of sales), I prefer buying to sell as the better option. An all out blitz is a dream. But perhaps not a realistic model.
Time will tell if the books are balanced by the end of this window. Could well be. If thats the case, so be it. The squad, to me, looks like its improving.
Delivery on the stadium is what I'm really looking for him to succeed in. If he can do that and help improve the squad thats got to be a good thing.