Quote Originally Posted by Marc Overmars View Post
Well we certainly stand a better chance of landing Plan A signings in the summer than we do in the last week of January! Brighton hold all the cards with Caicedo so there wasn’t really much more we could do right now. Our position in the market is weak due to our need for players and the fat wad of cash everyone knows is burning a hole.

Jorginho is obviously a Plan B but if we had not brought someone in the club would have faced huge criticism.

If you think about it, we’ve signed a CB, CM and forward this window. At least they’ve made an attempt to address the depth issues.
For sure we have improved the depth of the squad with decent-ish additions. I take your point about not being able to complete the Caicedo deal in the January window for obvious reasons....however what is going to stop the same thing happening in the Summer when we pursue Rice or Caicedo along with the likes of presumeably Chelsea, United and Liverpool? I am skeptical for the simple reason we totally botched the Mudryk deal, we had been speaking to him and his agents for quite a while yet still failed to complete the deal. I guess it will be just a case of wait and see....but I would hope either one of those players (Rice or Caicedo) is signed in the Summer or someone of that ilk.