I think the club is generally very good at doing its big transfer business below the radar, especially to keep rivals off the scent. Ok Gus is a bit guilty of raising everyone's expectations with his '3 signings planned' or the 'gem' type statements. Of course this is quite handy to ensure that...
I agree that the Rhodes thing is speculation, but whoever the new striker is I still wonder how much time he would spend on the pitch and whether the tactics would make the most effective use of him, like CMS suffered last season.
I think CMS did ok last season considering the support he received, often being the lone striker.
OK CMS lost his mojo a bit but I am very hopeful that he will be more effective next season.
Maybe a CMS / Rhodes partnership might flourish but the question for me is would they get much pitch...
With our transfer budget still largely intact courtesy of some shrewd free transfers (ok maybe we've had to up the wages budget instead - especially if the Telegraph report that we are contributing £16k pw of Bridge's pay) so then maybe we might be in a position to smash our transfer record...
Blimey, given the signings so far this close season and hopefully now a 'spectacular' midfielder with an Inter Milan pedigree.............by the time we move on to signing a forward it will need to be someone really stellar.
Plus if Vicente has a change of heart it could be a very special...