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Yes! This January, Palace bought Wharton for £18m and Villa got Rogers for £8m, both are already making an impact.

Bournemouth spent big in the Summer and didn't sell. This - and the new manager - is reaping rewards. But be interesting to see how this effects them FFP wise and if the big clubs will be pick off their top players like they did to us.

Roberto told an Italian journalist in the Summer that Fred was "one of the favourites" and we were following him "with the headlights off". He sold to Fenerbache for £12m, so easily in our price range. Wonder if we were trying for someone else and then our other targets got snapped up.

Recruitment is a big thing - and in hindsight, it's easy to see where we went wrong. I mean was Dahoud any better than Alzate? Why did we recall and reloan Sarmiento in January when we had a winger shortage and were scrambling round to get Bryan Gil? Why didn't we put a January recall...

Thinking about it, this could be what jinxed us 😂

This whole thing that the club didn't see Caicedo going in the Summer is an odd one, because after the public statement in January it really did feel inevitable. And, if our replacement for Caicedo was always going to be a young prospect, why not get them in early in the Summer to involve them...

It's unsustainable losing so many key people in such a short space of time. 2022: Technical Director Goalkeeping coach Head of recruitment Recruitment analyst Potter & co Bissouma, Mwepu 2023: Club doctor Replacement club doctor Head of medical & performance Performance manager Lead...