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A Cruyff at The Albion? - interesting thought! Jordi should have very good knowledge of players in Spain and some excellent contacts, so could be an asset - but then we also thought Oscar might bring a couple of gems with him. I think we all quietly hoped that Barca would become our feeder...

Absolutely. Unfortunately there are many punters out there who still think we should be spending big, whatever the consequences. They still don't understand that the owner/chairman is committed to FFP and moving the Club towards sustainability. Hence it is harsh to give Barber, Burke and Oscar...

OK he did not actually get to invest the Barnes/Bridcutt money - apart from Stephens of course. Plus I guess a chunk of it has also gone towards the ongoing loan deals for Lingard etc in the absence of a permanent replacements. But we did try to sign other players (Grabban etc) and deals fell...

I can see why Burke's name is mentioned but ultimately he can only recommend players to sign, he does not control the cheque book. If Tony Bloom has set a ceiling on what he is prepared to spend or the player / agent is merely using us to flush out higher bids from other Clubs then it would be a...

That's how I read into Oscar's post match comments too - I'm not convinced that Oscar was happy with our dealings (or lack of) in the transfer window. He quite didn't say that 'we've hit a ceiling' but certainly implied that he wants a much stronger squad. To be fair we got knocked back in the...

Very generous and rather pragmatic comments from Tony Bloom and no doubt trying to manage expectations of fans and media - which ever way the final two games go for us. I guess if we don't make the play offs having got so close, in spite of the circumstances Tony he will be a tad frustrated...