At the time, we were competing with Everton and Newcastle for this 'unknown' Van Dijk. The excellent tribalfootball contains all the original links in date order, with clubs far bigger than us linked with him well before that. Or: refuse to let the facts get in the way of the signing that was...
Spot on. Don't let the Poyet ****lickers rewrite history.
As well as publicly lamenting about ceilings to budgets, and fancying the Reading and other posts.
I thought most on here reckoned that Buckley has declined in his time with the Albion. He arrived a highly rated and proven Championship player.
Van Dijk - other clubs, bigger than the Albion, wanted him and he chose one. Van Dijk and McCormack keep getting reeled out as the 2 players that "if...
As long as the clear out isn't too severe and swift, with no quality inwards, in this window to replace them.
That could well leave a relegation squad.
Shirley Bloom is too astute to let that happen?