A lot of people say we couldn't attract a player of Wilf's current ability but we managed to do it 4 years ago when we signed him back from Manchester United. I think even without our connection we could have attracted him.
So I wonder why the club didn't try to sign Sanchez or Lookman so we could develop them then sell them on.* I think we could have attracted Sanchez before he went to Dortmund and certainly Lookman when he left Charlton.
Don't get me wrong, I've been to Dortmund lots of times, it is a lovely city and playing in front of 80,000 each week is a big pull but he wasn't a nailed on success when he left. It was a big risk so staying in England would have been an attractive option for him.
The same can be said for Lookman. He was young so maybe would have preferred to stay close to his family in London and with our reputation for giving youth a chance he would have had more chance than at Everton.
It isn't just those two players, we've missed out on other players too such as Antonio when he went from Nottingham Forest to West Ham.
It can't be that the club doesn't want to spend money on youth when we have thrown silly money around on players like Jach, Sorloth and a loan deal for Rakip. They seem to have been complete stabs in the dark.
I would feel safer taking an £8m (£16m with add ons) punt on a Championship striker than Sorloth from the Danish league, especially as that club signed him for £600k six months earlier.
Maybe the club should throw caution to the wind and spend the money we saved last summer on some lower league youth and some scout reports. Hell, I'll donate my copy of Football Manager 2018 to Freedman as I don't play it any more.
* I am aware that not all transfer attempts are made public and we might have enquired about these players and others.
So I wonder why the club didn't try to sign Sanchez or Lookman so we could develop them then sell them on.* I think we could have attracted Sanchez before he went to Dortmund and certainly Lookman when he left Charlton.
Don't get me wrong, I've been to Dortmund lots of times, it is a lovely city and playing in front of 80,000 each week is a big pull but he wasn't a nailed on success when he left. It was a big risk so staying in England would have been an attractive option for him.
The same can be said for Lookman. He was young so maybe would have preferred to stay close to his family in London and with our reputation for giving youth a chance he would have had more chance than at Everton.
It isn't just those two players, we've missed out on other players too such as Antonio when he went from Nottingham Forest to West Ham.
It can't be that the club doesn't want to spend money on youth when we have thrown silly money around on players like Jach, Sorloth and a loan deal for Rakip. They seem to have been complete stabs in the dark.
I would feel safer taking an £8m (£16m with add ons) punt on a Championship striker than Sorloth from the Danish league, especially as that club signed him for £600k six months earlier.
Maybe the club should throw caution to the wind and spend the money we saved last summer on some lower league youth and some scout reports. Hell, I'll donate my copy of Football Manager 2018 to Freedman as I don't play it any more.
* I am aware that not all transfer attempts are made public and we might have enquired about these players and others.
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