We have only just started buying quality young players. Sterlin, Leroy, De Bruyne. Prior to these players we have bought the likes of Sinclair, Rodwell and a host of average players. Many who have been farmed out to other clubs across Europe, and will probably never wear a first team shirt. Money has been wasted and spread too thinly across many poor and pointless buys. Bony alone was rumoured to have cost us in the region of £25mill+. He was never ever going to be that striker that took us to the next level alongside Serg.
The full back situation should have been sorted out a long time ago. Instead we have laboured with Kolorav, Clichy, Sagna, and Zab.(love Zab) We have stuck with these 4 ageing and mistaken prone full backs for the last few seasons, which has ultimately cost us on numerous occasions. Thankfully we now seem to be sorting our full back situation out. If Kolorav and Clichy are offered new contracts I will scream!
We need to stop wasting more on average players, and players we buy only to farm out straightaway in the hope they will make the grade elsewhere before bringing them back. Whatever happened to that Ukranian winger we bought this season?(1 example) We need to start buying the Sanchez's of this World. Hopefully he will join us. We need to spend big money on big players, rather than wasting it on players that might come good after a few seasons at another club.
To be the best, and to beat the best, we have to have the best players. Even if that means 3 or 4 players for £150mill-£200mill. I appreciate getting them isn't easy, and there is always competiton from other big clubs. But buying stop gaps, make do's, average players, isn't going to win us trophies.
And our transfer and scouting department needs to up their game. Wasting upwards of £60mill+ only the likes of Bony and Mangala is unforgiveable. Not to mention all the other poor buys.
Hopefully this Summer we will buy the right players we need to sustain a real title challange and a proper Champions League run?
