The sale of Funes Mori came out of the blue, I’m sure Brands is working on deals. We’ve all said for ages that we want the squad to be trimmed of deadwood, for us to recruit more sensibly from lesser known markets (eg not pay top dollar for lower prem British players), and to not be so public that we get fleeced I’m bidding wars or other clubs swoop in and take our targets (like Spurs did with Moyes for years). We may well be doing all of these things yet some people are still moaning, just wait and see why shape we are in come season kick off.