Anustart89
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If we hadn’t signed Ronaldo on deadline day we wouldn’t have signed another striker in that transfer window. It’s not like it was a planned transfer but rather an impulsive signing because the opportunity came up, don’t you agree?References to him being our only option up front ignore that this is only the case since masons suspension. If we didn't have Ronaldo pretty sure we would have looked to get another striker in.
Realistically speaking, with us having an interim manager and the permanent manager not being decided yet, and the greenwood thing happening during the last few days of the January window, who do you reckon we would’ve been able to sign that would put us in a good situation for the next year or two? The only type of signing we would’ve been able to make in the middle of the season with two days to go of the window would’ve been an Ighalo type signing or someone where we’d grossly overpay in wages and/or transfer fee which was never going to happen in a window where we weren’t even willing to make the most obvious signing for this club, ie a defensive midfielder. Not exactly the type of signings that would put us in a better position than we’re in now.
The only thing I can see changing with us not having Ronaldo is that we would not have let Martial go on loan, and him leading the line would’ve hardly made us a shoe-in for fourth from January onwards.