To be honest we've had more than enough players looking for a massive payout without having a real commitment to the club. SAF always wanted to meet the players before and look in their eyes to see they were up for the fight before signing them. To know that when it gets difficult they can be counted on, not just for their own performance but for their expectations of the performances of the other players around them.
Last season we had so many players on the field effectively phoning in their performance. We also had noone on the field giving them stick for phoning it in.
If both Dybala and Erikson are both in the camp of "well if you give me a stupid amount of money well I guess I could play for you" then I'm glad we're no longer chasing them.
My main concern in this window isn't necessarily who we haven't got in, but who are still here. Our playing squad is still huge and we're hoping that Greenwood and Gomes are going to have a breakthrough season and that James will show to be an inspired signing. We need at least one CD off the books and we also have a glut of players like Mata, Pereira, Lingard who will be getting game time probably ahead of the youngsters. If Lukaku is still there at the end of the European window I think I will die inside a little.
Sure we are short a CDM, a creative CM and another CF. If we can manage one of these in the next 30 hours that would be something.