Yeah you said that getting the first choice doesn't guarantee success, so I listed all of the first teamers we've signed under Ole, but I don't removing Bruno for purpose of discussion.
What more could AWB and Maguire have done, realistically? We were a poor team before they came in, conceding too many and scoring too little. They've improved our defence massively if you think about where we were before them! The number of games they played without rest is commendable too.
£120m for Maguire and AWB is not much difference to £90m for Ake & Cancelo, £100m for Otamendi and Walker, £100m for Mendy and Dias, especially when you consider the English tax.