Everyday peoples confidence swing one wway or the other from press reports.
All I will say is it has the whiff of many other windows, we spent all summer chasing a particualr big signing, other potential targets move and then we dont sign said player and end up scrambling or not making other signings.
FDJ is without doubt a quality player and as a player, we couldnt make a better signings really. But its a player that has publicy said he wants to stay and the manager wants to keep, regardless of the influence of the financial situation it isnt someone dying to come here, which hasnt happened before and not ended well before.
Its embarrasing and I would be surprised if by the end of next season there is a lot of talk of other targets we should have signed that we have already lost out on.
For less thean the cost of FDJ, we could already have signed Bissouma, Kamara and Enzo Fernandes....potentially a good midfield rebuild to add to the current options.
I think Bissouma will do well at SPurs, Kamara int he second half of the season will do well for Villa as for Fernandes, not seen him but wouldnt be surprised to see him touted around for £40/50 within the next couple of years.
Yet the only signing so far is a young left back that in the short term improves our squad as Telles is dreadful but does it improve on Shaw....this, when our first choice right back options, left sided centre back options, defensive midfield options, central midfield options, right wing options and back up striker options (as there are none) are all potentially worse than left back....its crazy how inept we have been so far in what should be a huge summer with 10-15 out and at least 5...with Ronaldo going and Greenwood probably too.......I would actually say our FIRST ELEVEN needs 6 signings, really we need 8....thats why part of me doesnt want DeJOng anyway