In Hindsight, how would you spend your teams summer budget?

Art Morte wrote:My list:

Can. Easy to say now, I wouldn't have been aware of how good he is, but hindsight helping was the point here. So, yeah, I would have signed Emre.

According to rumours, Shaqiri seemed possible, so I would have tried to get him rather than spend £20m on Markovic.

Might have tried to get Song as competition / rotation for Gerrard. Should have been easy to get as West Ham got him on loan. West Ham's Enner Valencia also impressed me at the World Cup and I think a pacey forward like him, with a nose for goal, would have suited our style better than Balotelli or Lambert. Either him or Remy, but if our medical department thought Remy was a risk, I'm happy to listen to their professional opinion and leave Remy out.

Given how bad Lovren has been, in hindsight I would have rather kept - and played - Agger. I also kinda like Caulker, so would not have minded him, either.

Moreno has done OK, so I'd take him and Balotelli for £16m is still a good attacking option to have as long as you don't play him as a lone striker, Brendan, so I would take him, too.

Can £10m
Moreno £12m
Balotelli £16m
Shaqiri £25-30m
Song (loan)
Enner Valencia £12m
Agger / Caulker (free) / £10m

~ £90m


I hindsight, I think that would have been better - and still realistic - than

Can 10m
Moreno 12m
Balotelli 16m
Markovic 20m
Lallana 25m
Lovren 20m
Lambert 4m

~ £105m

Hapless_Hans wrote:Art, you bid for Shaqiri but we refused to sell. That's official. So there was nothing to be done about that.

Fußball wrote:Where do I begin?

Art Morte wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:Art, you bid for Shaqiri but we refused to sell. That's official. So there was nothing to be done about that.

Well, in that case I would have liked us battle harder for Sanchez with Arsenal or Griezmann with Atletico. Or go for someone like Draxler or Son Heung-min or even Isco (perhaps unrealistic). In hindsight, I would have taken even Ben Arfa or Valbuena before Markovic, because we needed our summer signings to hit the ground running. They haven't and we're paying the price.

urbaNRoots wrote:I'd sign Alexis, Chambers, Ospina and Welbeck too like Wenger did, but I'd try to get someone better than Debuchy for RB, Juanfran if possible or Lichtsteiner who are not only better but would cost less too which would be used for a DM.

And I'd keep Vermaelen if I knew I wasn't getting another CB, sell Podolski, Flamini and Campbell if need be to sign Morgan Schneiderlin.

dostoevsky wrote:This will be difficult given that I'm pretty sure we recorded a profit.