While I agree with you in hindsight, were you not excited at the time? I thought we needed more business that Summer but thought Ndombele as Dembele's successor, Lo Celso as Eriksen's, and Sess as a LW/LB prospect was brilliant business. It's of course our luck that all three ended up being whiffs for their own reasons.
I really wouldn't have been that fussed. Nothing I've seen tells me he'd be a brilliant player in this country.
The worst thing about lo celso was that it was a loan with an option and mourinho at one point was not going to do it, but lo celso had a mini run and we executed it, only for it to go pretty much downhill ever since due to his injuries.
Didnt we sign him with a few minutes of the window to go? Only fitting that we let him go out at the last minute.
His performances, albeit rare, indicated he was of not brilliant at least very good. Injuries and perhaps a persoanlity flaw that didn't impress Ange are the marks against him rather than his ability.
Ndombele 10 goals 9 assists. Lo Celso 10 goals 8 assists. He's statistically worse than Ndombele. The fact that some of our fans still rate him is genuinely baffling.
The fact that Lo Celso has managed to maintain a trophy-laden international career during this period, makes him perversely more insulting.
I do find it quite funny that he always seemed to be fit for Argentina but was injured when they won the world cup.
Karma for all the times he was mysteriously injured for us then magically fit again for international duty.
