- Jan 15, 2017
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Yes, this. I know someone will pop up and say 'it's not that easy' and 'owners won't sell until deadline day' but, ffs get the groundwork done in the months before and get the players in early January!
This has been done to death but it's never that simple. Even if we lay the groundwork, sound out a player and their club and get the impression that they may be willing to sell and that the player may be up for joining - a player has no incentive to make the commitment early if they think other options might come onto the table. Good players have options, that's just the nature of it, and unless we're by far and away the best option they are going to get (unlikely in our current predicament), they will always wait until later in the window before making the call.