Not sure we a chance of getting thiago.
Ozil was definitely gettable. We just didn't want him.
Aye - it's easy enough to get the cards mixed up here: A lot seems to have gone wrong this window, but those two players may not be relevant examples at all: Thiago may have been unattainable in practice (the Pep factor) and Özil, whilst being a brilliant player, wasn't a type we desperately needed. Like it or not, Rooney ended up staying - and with both him and Kagawa around, Özil would've been overkill in a sense. It's understandable, in short, if we weren't seriously in for either player.
Generally, I'm a bit confused. Not really angry (we did, finally, buy a midfielder!) but definitely confused. To me it looks like we waited as long as we did to seal the Fellaini deal for two possible reasons: We wanted a double deal, including Baines as well - and the latter part of that equation just didn't work out. Or, we assumed that Everton would let Fellaini go for less than his release clause once it had expired and nobody else had made a move for him.
The latter obviously turned out to be a bloody stupid assumption - and one might even question the reasoning behind it in itself: Everton weren't desperate to sell - so why would they lower the price? The former is questionable as well, as I don't personally see Baines as a necessity at all.
I said weeks ago that we should wait until the window closes to make any judgement here - and now, well: The verdict has to be that the new people in charge still have something to prove. We don't know the details, but there is much to suggest we weren't exactly on top of things. If the stories about last minute approaches for the likes of Khedira and Sneijder (Christ!) are true, this surely smacks of something close to desperation - and it doesn't look good at all.
Still, we signed a midfielder. We actually did sign a midfielder - and I think he'll improve us. So, fair enough - let's give Microphone a chance, and see how this pans out. But there are questions that need answering here, that seems clear.