In the last 120 days where deals could have been negotiated, we have made 1 signing of note, Mo Salah.
That in itself, is an absolutely shocking indictment of our transfer policy. But it is also absolutely deliberate.
When John Henry was at the Nou Camp, we all knew this wasn't without reasoning. He was there as Barca were keen to take Phil, regardless of whether Neymar was sold or not.
This deal, was concluded at that point. All summer our fans have desperately hoped for Keita and VVD as we were lead to believe we were trying everything in our power to get these deals over the line.
Anyone who believes that must be absolutely retarded. The strategy was simple, wait for the Coutinho money, re-invest it, the fans will jump for joy after we have spent 150m odd.
But wait a minute, if the Keita and VVD deals were going to cost the best part of £130m, we then sold Coutinho for £120m, surely we have £250m to burn over the next couple of weeks?
Absolute [oops], the owners were going to sell him all along, re-invest that money, net spend went from £150m + to most likely around the £20m mark.
Scandolous.