Ollie Watkins Brentford to Villa £27M.
Not blaming Bloom etc for not getting him, but we weren't even in the bidding as far as I know, quite odd when you think of him and Maupay together at Brentford, and were quite successful, he surely would have been a natural fit.
To me this smacks of us not wanting to take the chance on spending on a hungry young striker, perhaps not surprising after the money wasted on Andone, Locadia and imo Jakhanabash! Did we lose our nerve, or is the money now gone?
It has resulted in Murray not being replaced, and apart from a misfiring Maupay we have no strikers to improve us, as we are seeing dominating game after game currently.
I really don't get it, unless we're broke or we have bottled the chance?
Not blaming Bloom etc for not getting him, but we weren't even in the bidding as far as I know, quite odd when you think of him and Maupay together at Brentford, and were quite successful, he surely would have been a natural fit.
To me this smacks of us not wanting to take the chance on spending on a hungry young striker, perhaps not surprising after the money wasted on Andone, Locadia and imo Jakhanabash! Did we lose our nerve, or is the money now gone?
It has resulted in Murray not being replaced, and apart from a misfiring Maupay we have no strikers to improve us, as we are seeing dominating game after game currently.
I really don't get it, unless we're broke or we have bottled the chance?