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There was a deep dive into transfer dealings and the briefings at the time of transfers too shows what was being proposed.How do you know what other options were presented to Ten Hag?
For example when we went for Hojlund, Romano mentioned alternatives provided were Goncalo Ramos and Kolo Muani. The latter two by the club and the manager pushing for the former.
The Athletic wrote that our club could only muster Pau Torres and I think one other defender instead of Licha. And the manager again, made the right and better call for Licha.
Moreover when ten hag asked for a defensive midfielder reinforcement, we had the option of Rice or Casemiro. And we opted for Casemiro as the initial outlay was less, even though in FFP terms it hurts us more.
With Antony it was reported Gakpo was the alternative, ironically he too was a ten hag name. He had no support on any alternative from the club.