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What’s sad is that Levy once had a “philosophy” that worked - buy young, low cost players with potential (Walker, Eriksen, Son, Lennon, Dier, Adele) and hire a modern aggressive coach (Poch). It gave us great football.
Perhaps he got carried away with the higher revenues from the Champions League and the new stadium which he has wasted?
But his time is up.
This is where I really thought we were going back to, and was quite pleased about it. The mythical Dortmund blueprint. Get a DoF with a track record of sourcing young players with high potential, and a manager with a track record of using them. I fear this isn’t the route we will end up taking now, the list of DoF’s has gone very quiet, and the a manger chase is looking so scattergun it’s embarrassing.
Even when the story dropped this morning and there was a rumour Slot had declared he was going to sell a number of senior players including Kane and Son, on the assumption we had a DoF capable of relaxing them with younger players of suitable style and ability to kick of the huge reboot needed, I was actually onboard with it.
So what? He's either the right man to turn things around or he isn't. It can't be a case of he's the right man but we will go for a cheaper option who we are less convinced about. Get the right people in place even if it costs at the outset, and let's not watch our players values drop dramatically year on year whilst they are sunning themselves in sunnier climes on loan.
Buy cheap, buy twice as the saying goes. Spend a little extra at the outset of it is the better option, and reap the rewards