Hmm, you have to wonder why all the decent targets never seem to get over the line. Palmer, Kudus, KDH
Money
Money is one element. Another that a lot seem to forget is ... it doesn't matter who strong a case we put in front of a player if they're simply not interested in joining us (which could be for any number of reasons). I suspect in the case of Palmer he always had his eyes on a bigger club, and even if he had come to us he would have been another one-season-wonder.
Joao Pedro, Kaoru Mitoma, Valentin Barco. List goes on.
Yup - all of which shows if the player is willing to join us, we can get the job done.