I’d forgotten him actually….probably because he was so awful at the weekend
How would you rate your window?
@duffer can answer for himself but I'll have a go.
Ratings on a scale of 1-10.
Sterling 8 - bags of ability, has good enough pace and dribbling to beat his man in a 1v1 and has proven himself in the PL for almost a decade. About as shite at finishing as the rest of our lot but if he can at least get himself into goalscoring positions more often the end result will be a net positive. Cautiously optimistic about him but the jury is still out.
Cucurella 6 - as a player I rate him and think he's at the very least a big improvement over Alonso but obviously the cost was as obvious an overpayment as there has been. At an age where he can still improve a little bit and even at his current level is good enough to contribute. Remains to be seen whether he can displace Chilwell long-term or if he'll fall to a rotational role once Chilly is fully fit and settled back into the side.
Koulibaly 7 - would ideally have preferred someone younger but Koulibaly should be a good signing for a few years. Not sure where he compares to Rüdiger, probably not an improvement but maybe not a big downgrade either? Has had two good games and one horrible performance so guess we'll have to see for a while longer before making any further judgement.
Getting rid of Lukaku, Werner, Alonso and Christensen was good IMO. Still unclear how Lukaku and Christensen will be replaced so there's still a lot of uncertainty around. Aubameyang and Fofana seem to be most heavily linked but not done deals so won't comment further.
At the moment I'd say we're at around 6/10 overall. Fofana and Aubameyang would probably raise that to a solid 7, not great but not terrible either. Should be enough to get top-4 and have a good go at the cups. If the midfield were addressed with a top signing as well I'd raise the grade to an 8.