Quote Originally Posted by Letters (TPFKA WWTL@WHL) View Post
None of the 'panic buys' are kids, they're all established players. It's a clear departure from the past few years transfer activity from the club.
This should have all been sorted out months ago but we were certainly not the only club scrambling on the last day.


Also what it tells us: Chelsea loaning us a player shows they don't regard us as a serious rival
I dunno - we're the only so-called 'big club' doing so. Manure had their transfers sewn up months ago - and have therefore allowed them to bed down. So did Citeh. Chelsea were in for Modric - but still had their main business done. Liverpool have been buying for months.

Compare and contrast AFC. We sold our 2 best players weeks ago - sold Clichy before that - yet scramble last minute for players we have needed at least since then, and in the case of Mertesaker - for months.

This is 'arry behaviour at best - and at least 'arry has held on to his most influential player!