I'm not interested in net spend as a measure of success, but am curious about our spending position because it might provide insight as to what we can reasonable do for the remainder of the window. If you accept we are about even now and will still sell McCarthy, Barkley, Niasse and possibly Robles then it should mean that we have 60 plus the original "war chest" to spend. I think that had to be ~40m (not that we will spend it, just that we could). Accepting that, we have ~100m that can yet be spent. What could that bring?
Gylfi - 45m: it may be too much, but the manager wants him and he is quality
Walcott - 25m: i know some don't like him, and his injury history is a bit concerning, but he adds needed pace, experience and goal scoring. We have Onyejuru and Lookman for the future - need to sign someone for now.
Martins Indi - 10m: not a world beater, but a proven league player who can also fill in at LB
Striker - 20-25m: thinking a target man here to offset Sandro. Giroud would be great, but there are others
All players in the 25-28 age bracket ideal. IMO this group needs to be contributors now, not players for the future.