I think the thing with the Sarr bid is that they just didn't fancy the player that much so didn't want to splash £30m on him now.An understanding of the financial situation he's been working in would be useful. The structure of that bid for Sarr, while we have the Gordon money in the bank, set off some alarm bells for me.
End of the day we needed someone and that falls under his remit, so he doesn't escape blame, but I do wonder to what extent his hands were tied.
My suspicion is that the club is preparing for relegation or a takeover and money in the bank is important. If that's the case, he gets a little bit of sympathy (but not enough that he escapes any criticism at all).
Fair enough, but he was available all window so why not make a loan offer much earlier with a bigger loan fee, and then include an option on staying up anyway. The money would be there from the Gordon sale, and they KNEW Gordon wanted off.
He's crap mate. His hands are tied, too, but he has shown himself over two windows to either be at worst extremely incompetent or at best unable to push through what he wants to do.
Either way, he's failed.