One thing I also have a bit of a problem with is — we look how these guys did under Ole and Moutinho. How well have any type of signing worked out under Ole? Like if we can’t make any type of signing Ole did because they all failed, what type of player can we still sign? Moutinho’s signings weren’t much better.
Young English lad, nope, see Sancho
Prime English lad, nope, see Maguire
French super star WC winner, nope, see Pogba
If anything, I am very confident in ETHs ability to find a stop gap alternative that would at least put in the work and fill his role on the team.
With that said, of course there are options. But to expect that our transfer team should be able to find not only one, but two, who can fit under our budget that seems to be nil£ or close to it, that are much better than Aboubakar, it could be hard. Nobody would be happier than me if AC Milan loaned us Giroud or Atleti let us have Morata cheap for 6 months.