Not sure it's a case of giving them less credit, I just think they saw it as a gamble, and not all gambles pay off. I think I mentioned it earlier, it's like paying for land before it gets planning permission. If you get the planning permission you've made a killing, but if it gets refused...
Why would it be for more than we paid for him? We've seen how worthless the top of the Dutch League can be, so why would anyone pay significant money for someone in the Belgian Second Division? The fact that the selling club HAS to sell, because they can't use him doesn't help us hold out for...
I know we all want to believe every gamble TB makes pays off, but that just isn't realistic, everyone makes mistakes, even Sir Alex Ferguson signed Djemba Djemba. Percy Tau looked like a talent, does look like a talent, and a bit like buying land before you get planning permission, there was a...