Lecce defender, 20, is expected to cost club about £30million as head coach admits Brazilian midfielder is no longer able to keep up with the pace of the Premier League
We are probably walking a very thin line in terms of PSR. Usually we never spend in January, and never long-term? Spending this amount of money - in January - reeks of desperation imo. The form is horrible and the team doesn’t seem to be improving under Amorim.
At the same time, the reasoning for sacking EtH was that the earlier the pain of transition starts - the better. But there has to be some highlights to justify that pain and we are not seeing it right now so the leadership is now desperate to give Amorim more tools to improve things because in the end - if they sacked the manager and hired a new one (which undeniably is a great manager - I have nothing against Amorim) and we end up in a horrible position with no leverage in the summer window and a squad depleted of motivation after finishing 14th… Then were does that leave us? Then it’s hard to argue that sacking EtH was the right choice… Or RvN if you so like (i.e. going with RvN for the rest of the season)
Can’t imagine we’d spend this amount at this point of the season otherwise.
We are probably walking a very thin line in terms of PSR. Usually we never spend in January, and never long-term? Spending this amount of money - in January - reeks of desperation imo. The form is horrible and the team doesn’t seem to be improving under Amorim.
At the same time, the reasoning for sacking EtH was that the earlier the pain of transition starts - the better. But there has to be some highlights to justify that pain and we are not seeing it right now so the leadership is now desperate to give Amorim more tools to improve things because in the end - if they sacked the manager and hired a new one (which undeniably is a great manager - I have nothing against Amorim) and we end up in a horrible position with no leverage in the summer window and a squad depleted of motivation after finishing 14th… Then were does that leave us? Then it’s hard to argue that sacking EtH was the right choice… Or RvN if you so like (i.e. going with RvN for the rest of the season)
Can’t imagine we’d spend this amount at this point of the season otherwise.