Is it just me who is a bit sceptical about Brendan in the transfer market? Whether its him or our so called transfer committee, i feel there is something seriously lacking. For example you look at the likes of West Ham and their Sakho and he's banging the goals in regularly and it's not just him there's other players in the prem that are setting the league on fire, you only have to look at Southampton and how their new players are settling in, you've got to question why? Why are we failing to get some gems in?
Coupled with that you have to look at our failings, so far only Sturridge is the only one to do anything and Coutinho is hit and miss, but i really do think we have failed miserably and spent big money.. Granted it's early days, but you look at the likes of our Sakho and Markovic, who have paid big money and i just don't see any bit of quality in them at all.
This is Brendans 3rd season now and to say Sturridge is the only fine product is pretty damming on our current transfer regime. Yes last season we were the bollocks but we were the bollocks with mostly players that Brendan didn't buy.
I've highlighted a list of the 25 players Brendan has signed and the results aren't the best to be honest.
Fabio Borini - Still here but not good enough Roma £10,400,000 13 July 2012 Joe Allen - Still here and looking good Swansea City £15,000,000 10 August 2012 Oussama Assaidi - Loaned out and won't make it Heerenveen £3,000,000 17 August 2012 Nuri Sahin - Failed Real Madrid On Loan 25 August 2012 Samed Yesil - Future unclear Bayer Leverkusen £1,000,000 30 August 2012 Daniel Sturridge - Still here and looking good Chelsea £12,000,000 2 January 2013 Philippe Coutinho - Still here and looking good Inter Milan £8,500,000 30 January 2013 João Carlos Teixeira - Still here and looking good Sporting Lisbon £830,000 31 January 2013 Luis Alberto - Future unclear flopped in first season Sevilla £6,800,000 22 June 2013 Iago Aspas - Massive flop Celta Vigo £7,000,000 23 June 2013 Simon Mignolet - Still here but not at the level we need jury out Sunderland £9,000,000 25 June 2013 Kolo Touré - Still here and good backup Free Transfer Free 2 July 2013 Aly Cissokho - Flopped now gone Valencia On Loan * 20 August 2013 Mamadou Sakho - Still here but jury out Paris St Germain £15,000,000 2 September 2013 Tiago Ilori - Loaned out but potentially good for future Sporting Lisbon £7,000,000 2 September 2013 Victor Moses - Flopped Chelsea On Loan * 2 September 2013 Rickie Lambert - Still here but struggling at the moment Southampton £4,500,000 2 June 2014 Adam Lallana - Still here and looking good Southampton £25,000,000 * 1 July 2014 Emre Can - Still here but jury out Bayer Leverkusen £9,750,000 3 July 2014 Lazar Markovic - Still here but jury out Benfica £19,800,000 15 July 2014 Dejan Lovren - Still here but jury out Southampton £20,000,000 * 27 July 2014 Divick Origi - Unknown quantity but bright future Lille £9,800,000 * 29 July 2014 Javier Manquillo - Still here but jury out Atletico Madrid On Loan 6 August 2014 Alberto Moreno - Still here but jury out looked ok in 1 game Sevilla £12,000,000 * 16 August 2014 Mario Balotelli - Still here but jury out AC Milan £16,000,000 25 August 2014