dick dastardley wrote:if we fail to get our main targets this summer, do you think our chairman after he gave a rousing speech about getting the best will feel a bit aggrieved at the the way we may have fucked up in the summer transfer market again?
Sterling will i think relish and flourish in our team, delph looked good up until his injury but will this be another jovetic signing?
we really do need to get at least 2 in this summer or we could be treading water.
im hoping we will pull a rabbit out of the hat with a major signing but its gone very quiet atm
If you look at the transfers that have happened across Europe, almost all the business done so far by most clubs has been where the selling club want to get rid or where a clause has been activated. You can look at the likes of Pogba or KDB as 'hostile' and unwelcome bids, in which case the selling club has no reason to rush a deal through - particularly as the seasons in those countries start later than ours.
I think we have to accept that in this sort of situation, the selling club are going to hold out either until they get their valuation or they run out of time which means they are highly likely to happen later in the window. I'm sure Khaldoon isn't naïve, but your example suggests that what he said was a bit unrealistic considering the players we are supposedly chasing.