August 9 deadline lads…so fingers out please!
A summer that started in a blaze of happiness and optimism with the appointment of our new manager is slowly slipping gears into neutral or reverse even.
There weren’t many who weren’t well pleased with the appointment of a stunning (by our standards anyway) manager on a salary at between £8m -£10m.
Soon after his arrival it became clear that the new boss’ requirements were much the same as his less exalted predecessor David Moyes – a couple of midfielders, central defenders and a right back.
We got Ryan Fredericks, lost the most influential player in the squad and now appear to be stuttering along making bids which are described as bringing us close to a player before reading a report saying the opposite.
Meanwhile the players are away on holiday, the manager’s in Chile and his number two is in Spain so asking what is going on seems a more than reasonable question.
It’s now been a month since we played our last game, the transfer window closure has been brought forward this season to August 9 from August 31 and thus far we have brought in one free transfer in Ryan Fredericks from Fulham.
Im my view that is a good signing but our management team and board need surely to be bang on the case given the time frame and I’m not sure that with time so much shorter that it’s a great idea for everybody to be scattered around the globe.
The issue becomes even more critical given that Manu Lanzini is now completely out of the picture for a season or more thus making urgent reorganisation and priorities an urgent matter.
We still have no sign of Pellegrini returning from his holiday so one can only assume the telephone bills between London, Spain – where currently his number two is located would be the equivalent to a month’s wages to most of us.
The reality is that the transfer window slams shut in eight weeks time following the manager claiiming he needed four or five new faces – and that was before the Lanzini disaster.
Come on lads fingers out