€140M does not include Archer/JPB. I think for €100M, I would like two players who are distinguishably improvements to the starting eleven, at least its pushed improved performance from Tielemans and Digne. My issue is the strategy seems very reactionary, I guess we have to thank PSR for that.

You can also say Zaniolo, Lenglet, Coutinho…. I understand some are PSR related but a total spend of €140M on players who haven’t improved the starting eleven and neglecting priority positions is the reason we need to act in January. Onana, Maatsen, Iling-Junior, Dobbin, Enzo.

That’s a good shout tbf, of course Leicester when they won the league as well but I think a lot of the time it tends to look like Moshiri’s Everton. A lot of our success stories come from a younger profile. Asensio, on the bench, high wages, screams Coutinho all over again to me. May be wrong tho!

Think they need to raise the bar, I wouldn’t have felt hard done by if it wasn’t given.

As someone who grew up in the UK, where there’s a “bookies” on nearly every corner of any street, the way U.S.-based podcasters, notably Bill Simmons, have championed gambling has been horrifying. I even recall seeing Jon Anik congratulating his daughter on her first “parlay.” Frightening stuff.