Obviously you’ve got people leaping to the defence of the club (such a weird stance when we are an absolute clown show, but is what it is) - but he didn’t seem like he wanted to come here from the initial day our interest broke and it always seemed like he was holding out for something better. Got his wish in the end with the interest from Milan and ultimately, Atletico Madrid.
But once again, it’s us who look like the laughing stock and once again, we’re left to rifle down our list of targets as the season creeps closer and closer.
Those defending the club now are the same people who were defending us for letting Nels do whatever the hell he wanted for the sake of “loyalty”. The same Nels who dragged things out as long as humanly possible until Vítor finally decided enough is enough and told us to get on and sign someone. As I said weeks ago, we should have set a date for a final decision from Semedo by the end of the season/start of the window so everyone knew exactly where we stood. We could have secured Pubill weeks ago if he was our top target (or been beaten to his signing by someone else) - but at least we’d have known where we were and would have moved on already.
Don’t worry though - “the penny has dropped”