Honestly don't understand the transfer strategy at this club.
Liverpool show us how to get back into the top four and to even get to a CL final on low wages ...... identify & invest in a lot of talented 20 - 22 years old, a few 25 year olds in key positions and perhaps the odd 28 year old +. Huge upside and if a player comes good then you can if necessary sell him for mega bucks and reinvest that money to improve the squad (Coutinho).
We've seemed to have gone for the complete opposite approach and so if we don't get top four next season we're going to be lumbered with a lot of old players on big contracts and with no CL football. Dumb strategy from Sven/Unai/Ivan.