My speculation may be wrong, but I am in fact speculating about a future event, which is that we will buy a CDM in the next one or two transfer windows although it is a fact that we did not so this summer.
If you believe that club management did in fact sanction the acquisition of a proper this last summer, would you mind providing the evidence for this claim?
It’s a matter of opinion, not speculation, that we needed to bring in a CDM last summer, as there had been concerns expressed by many that Matic didn’t have the legs for the job any longer, that McFred was an inherent liability, that Donny wasn’t a natural CDM and that Garner wasn’t ready yet for the first team. Again, all opinion, but these opinions are widely held to be valid opinions. What is not in dispute, unless you have evidence to the contrary, that we did not bring in a proper CDM this summer — when we have a squad that’s otherwise ready to challenge fir the PL trophy. What is a matter of speculation is why. There can be any number of explanations for this, but there can no doubt whatsoever for the validity of the assertion that club management refused to sanction the acquisition of a proper CDM in the summer of 2021, despite widespread demands by club supporters and observers that that was exactly what we needed.
Whether club management were wise to settle for the squad as it stood in August and not sanction the acquisition of a proper CDM is a matter of opinion. However, any objective assessment of the performances of our squad, so far at least, is that it is weakest in midfield. Perhaps McFred will come good starting with Leicester City, but so far they’ve been by far the weakest link in the first team. What’s frustrating to many of us is that was in no way a surprise.