It was said a lot on here that this season would be a season of pain to a certain extent. Herrera, Lukaku, Sanchez, Fellaini, Smalling. Not that we'd necessarily miss their quality, but that we only really replaced Smalling with Maguire. But Ole took a gamble and it looks like it had paid off.
I remember after the defeat to Everton last year, Neville said all he wanted to see was "11 players that want to be at the club." Right now, we have a first team that not only satisfies that condition, but are a couple of players away from genuinely challenging. It's a remarkable transformation. And you look at the front 3 yesterday, and the football they play, well Lukaku isn't anywhere near that level as a footballer. He's a goalscorer, but the style that we are now playing doesn't happen with him in the team.
It was a brilliant piece of business, recouping almost the entire fee we paid. Reinvesting that money into the likes of Bruno and Sancho means we've really turned a corner in our recruitment.