In fairness we went for Mudryk (although the €30m offer was probably nowhere near enough even then) and it seems like we would have got Kudus had Antony not gone to United. It was a failure and the end results were not great but we did try for players that we all would have been incredibly excited to have. Sadly we ended up with McNeil and Maupay but they are probably on deals that barely make a difference when it comes to P&S rulesThe other thing to remember is that if we get 2/3 in - which I think we will by 31st January - it gives the existing squad players a boost.
They've been under the cosh and a lot of it is down to the summer's unforgivable recruitment and failure to get effective attackers in.