I would take almost anybody at the moment because we need the numbers, however I stil remember Cleverleys performance at Goodison when he played on the right for Wigan and he had Leighton Baines in his back pocket all night long so I know there is a very capable player in there somewhere
Quite simple really, he has not been available because he has neen away playing in a little football tournament in Brazil and is now having a break with his family back in Belgium
As you say though Im sure there will be plenty of teams after him once he returns
Or that Norwegian CB that ended up at Southampton, can't remember his name, for £4m
Loads of blues went into meltdown over us missing out on him and he ended up going back to Norway on a free without kicking a ball
Veggard Forren!
I would call an 19 man squad very threadbare ( I've included Barry) especially seeing as though 8 of them are defenders
That us nowhere near enough bodies to be going into a European campaign
Plenty of time for Roberto to put it right but presently we have a wafer thin squad,
What happens if Naismith gets injured while Kone is away at ACON?
In 5 years time you could get your money back and then some on Lukaku . Ba would be a decent stop gap with very little or no sell on value. That's the difference
At the moment I would say top 10 would be a great achievement.
A few decent signings could push us back into the running for a Europa League slot but I don't think we are anywhere nearer to the top 4 and aren't likely to be without some drastic changes off the pitc