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Can’t see it myself. If he gets the opportunity to go to a club in Europe which doesn’t have such a lopsided recruitment policy then he’d be a fool not to.

I’m still trying to pick my chin up off the floor after the Luton game. I think I’ve subconsciously been trying to deny that this fixture is upon us, we’ve lost so much attacking talent, the game is perfectly poised for them to beat us, and I absolutely hate the thought of it.

Haven’t you described our entire business model? We sign Kudus for £xxxM, he receives a not extraordinary salary(hence the Lallana comparison), and a year later the club cash in. Obviously there’s always a risk involved, as diligent as our recruitment is we can’t always get it 100% correct.

That’s as maybe, but Bloom traditionally doesn’t like spending in January for the reason I’ve stated.

It’s a defensive midfielder that we’re missing, of all the centre mids we have not one of them is defensive minded.

He doesn’t think there’s value in it,

I’ve not, at any point, suggested that Lallana was a waste of money, I think he’s been a valuable player/coach for us. I’m not quite sure of the point you’re making regarding Kudus, my opinion is that even if we had signed him for the rumoured £45m we would have made a profit 2 years later. The...

Obviously we don’t know anything for sure, but as I said, I think the club perhaps naively believed Caicedo would stay for this season. I’d also like to clarify, I’ve suggested we need a replacement for Caicedo, not a like for like, but at least someone who can play the position, as things...

In terms of total cash flow, Lallana was 32 when he signed for us, no chance of ever receiving any fee for him. Kudus is 23 and will likely earn West Ham a significant transfer fee.

In fairness to RDZ, we’ve not really been playing the high-octane free flowing football that he wants, losing all of our wingers has completely nullified us, I’d expect his passion to return along with the goals once we get some attackers fit.

Indeed, but let’s not downplay his role in where we are.

In my humble opinion, the only part of recruitment that the club have got wrong is not having a proper replacement for Caicedo. In reality they were probably, possibly naively, caught napping by Caicedo’s departure. Baleba is raw as hell and was never going to fill the void, an actual...

As we’ve already covered, the club were happy to pay the fee, the deal was being reported by many as being agreed with Ajax, the stumbling block being Kudus wanting a release clause.

Long term it’s us, as West Ham have acquired a player to help them now.

It may very well have been, but a quick look on Spotrac indicates Kudus’ salary at West Ham is the same as Adam Lallana’s. Gulp.

Is the question with a view to 3 years down the line or achieving something this season?

Because he’s been absolutely brilliant for a fairly defensive team who are a direct rival to us. It was fairly common knowledge at the time that we didn’t sign Kudus because he wanted a release clause and we wouldn’t oblige. Also, comparing Kudus signing for us, a very stable and organised...

More than offset by the enormous transfer revenue?

A bit of rough maths, but don’t the transfer fees of those players equal about half of what Caicedo and Mac Allister were sold for?

Kudus was available for a fee the club were happy with, so signing him would have resulted in neither overspending or, judging by his scintillating form at West Ham, signing the wrong player. Massive bollock drop right there.