muttley
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You answered this post better than I would have.
I look at Leicester's recent transfer strategies with envy, because it's the same strategy we once employed and served us well. Leicester are "phasing" well but also have solid plans in place for player losses. The loss of Maguire could have hurt them badly but nope, up steps Söyüncü.
It really has felt like we abandoned all our better approaches the minute we started to look like one of the big dogs and suddenly buying ready-made-improvements was our only goal, but without being able to compete financially.
It feels like Gedson, Sessegnon and Bergwijn are a return to this but unfortunately the financial risks are that much greater now.
Yep, they must be laughing all the way to the bank on Maguire. Such an overrated player and they got Soyuncu for £20m.
I do fear their spray and pray transfer strategy might come a cropper soon though. They keep selling their most valuable assets (4 seasons running) and somehow unearthing a player or two. The vultures are circling on a few of their best players again, they've probably got increased fixtures with CL next year and they will start to get their fair share of injuries. Not to mention Vardy nearer to his mid thirties than early thirties now. It's gonna be tough for them to cope next season, but they will have some serious fun and enjoy the journey.
As for us, I think our transfer strategy seems OK at the moment. We're back to buying players again and some will fail and some will succeed. We didn't end up with Vertonghen, Eriksen, Toby, Son etc without some real duds coming and going in parallel.