The very simple thing I don’t understand is where has the money gone that we’ve already offered to others? For example there’s already been massive players off the wage bill, in Mina and Coady especially, we offered Davies a new deal and we had a deal agreed for Toure.
There’s conservatively at least £30m of fees and well in excess of £250k a week, both of which we were happy to part with already. So where is the proof of it? Doesn’t even take into account the £70m in sales from Gordon and Kean, as well as Moshiri publicly bidding £40m for Conor Gallagher in January.
I’m not someone who thinks deals can be completely done start to finish over a few days but Christ alive, we’re going into August and we’re no closer on filling a gap in the squad that has been in need of addressing for literally at least 2 years minimum. Genuinely get anyone, Weghorst, Wood, Adams, whoever, the fact that we’re literally close to no one is incredibly alarming.
It’s one thing to bring in a crap player but we don’t seem to be looking at anyone. We’ve been almost relegated two seasons on the bounce, have no player that’s scored double digits in that time and we’re going into August having signed a 38 year old left back on a free transfer.
How is this club not genuinely being investigated for gross mismanagement?!