This notion of trying to be extra clever is going to cost us dearly in the summer.
1. With the new manager coming in, it's going to take way too long till we get in our transfers within the summer transfer window.
2. Regardless of who the new manager will be, we NEEDED A CENTRAL MIDFIELDER and there were multiple options out there on the cheap.
3. Boubacar Kamara was a really good acquisition that was available for a cut-price of 10m. Yes, he'll be free in the summer but he'll have a lot of suitors and if we don't qualify for CL, we won't be as attractive as we were in this winter window.
4. Zakaria was a decent risk at 8m as well
5. The difference between qualifying for UCL and not is going to end up being coming back to the need for a CM
6. We will always be playing catch-up and will never have a complete and balanced squad for the team to compete for the title.
7. We will always be chasing the whole rebuilding situation.