Romero and Gill could both turn out to be superstars for us and Gollini our no.1 for the next decade. In which case we would look back on this window as being one of our best windows ever.
The real issue is that we have long, entrenched problems built up over several windows that can't be solved in a single window. We didn't improve from a position of strength 4 or 5 years ago and subsequently we signed too many players at significant fees and high wages who turned out to be huge disappointments. These were not even players bought for the future but players who were meant to improve us in the short term: e.g. Aurier; Sissoko; Ndombele; Lo Celso; Doherty. All of whom have turned out to be downgrades on the players they were brought in to replace. That kind of mess will take several windows to address.
Looking back at the spine of our most successful ever Premier League squad, it was built over several windows: Lloris; Walker; Rose; Alderweireld; Vertonghen; Dembele; Eriksen; Son. As well as others like Trippier; Davies and Wanyama. We made a considerable number of astute signings over a number of years and it all came together under Pochettino even though a number of the most important signings predated his appointment.
The real issue is that we have long, entrenched problems built up over several windows that can't be solved in a single window. We didn't improve from a position of strength 4 or 5 years ago and subsequently we signed too many players at significant fees and high wages who turned out to be huge disappointments. These were not even players bought for the future but players who were meant to improve us in the short term: e.g. Aurier; Sissoko; Ndombele; Lo Celso; Doherty. All of whom have turned out to be downgrades on the players they were brought in to replace. That kind of mess will take several windows to address.
Looking back at the spine of our most successful ever Premier League squad, it was built over several windows: Lloris; Walker; Rose; Alderweireld; Vertonghen; Dembele; Eriksen; Son. As well as others like Trippier; Davies and Wanyama. We made a considerable number of astute signings over a number of years and it all came together under Pochettino even though a number of the most important signings predated his appointment.
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