He said it himself that he did.Never ever gonna have this, sorry. He didn’t even play them.
My understanding is he was presented with options during his final interview (Jan 29/30th) and gave them the go ahead. I'm not suggesting he scouted them or demanded them or anything. They were options on the table and he gave the nod.
And even if we're just going in terms of did we have a manager here when those players were signed, then yes, we did. Lampard was officially appointed Jan 31st, with those two players signed later that day too.
Lampard supposedly has had a lot to do with Danjuma coming here, as he would do given that's been the way they've done things, with Thelwell negotiating the deal.