One of the main issues I have with all of this, and why I started the thread, is that to me this summer was (arguably) more about who we would get ride of than who we would bring in.
To be frank I’d rather have a season of playing academy prospects if it meant that on Gameweek 1 we’d have sold / got rid of:
Darmian, Rojo, Jones, Matic, Mata, Pereira, Sanchez
For me the concern is not the lack of activity in bringing people in, it is the apparent willingness to keep the others who are nowhere near good enough (technically, physically and mentally) for this club.