Only really a debacle if you had hanged your hat on us definitely being in for and signing him.
It's a debacle because we didn't do anything for two summers cos of this lad.
Cost us top 4 this season gone and as I said in the other thread, I think a good midfielder in the team early last season when Thiago was out certainly would have got us more points so maybe a title gone there.
The whole thing was just a complete shambles from the recruitment team. His transfer fee should not come as a surprise to anyone who watches a bit of football and if that's what it took to shift our plan to 3x40m players then two of them should have already been on our books in the two summers gone.
I guess we will only be able to tell next season if the decision to switch plans was a good one but either way a lot of damage has already been done with the fact we will be playing Europa League football next season.
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