Sometimes it’s easy to forget we don’t have a bottomless pit of cash like other clubs do. If we can’t get what we want then the next best thing is to be smart and creative in the market and I think we’ve done that. We needed depth and we’ve added better options in light areas.

Will it be enough to take us to the title? Who knows but even with a Mudryk or Caicedo on board I don’t think there would have been any guarantees because of the fact City are just very good and won’t go away.

The main thing is that we didn’t make the same mistake as last year by leaving the squad wafer thin.

I’m sure we’ll come again with the big money for marquee signings in the summer anyway.