I suspect we will repeat past errors in the transfer market
Last year taught FFC that we overpay for players bought early in the window (eg MLM, Seri, Fabri and Schullre). I’ll show examples
The worst buy last season was first buy last season with MLM who is now half the value we paid for him. Obviously, we may have overpaid to get highly rated Seri, as we actually paid under market value for Seri at the time.
The second worst buy last season was our biggest loss in value Seri and the combined deal with MLM is probably the reason we overpaid for MLM.
The third worst signing last season was the third purchase last season in Fabri, although in fairness any goalkeeper that has conceded less than a goal a game in his last 70 games should have been given although chance. Fabri is rated much higher than Ryan Babel by turkish fans so selling should go well.
The fourth worst signing last season was the fourth signing Schullre, it seems we were desperate to sign another player to get Mitrovoic to sign after him. A terrible signing in terms of playing but as Mitro decided to sign straight after a one season loan wasn’t that expensive.
The fifth worst signing was Mawson, an excellent selection in terms of playing ability, essentially i think the medical report didn’t correct assess the risks. Mawson still could easily prove to be an a great great buy.
The sixth worst signing was Anguissa, like Mawson didn’t deliver value in his first season. Let’s be honest, his rate of winning MOTM especially for Cameroon is phenomenal (about 5 out of 15 matches). Anguissa plays badly at an incredibly high frequency, but no question if he can consistently perform at his best every game, £22 million will be a very good signing.
So the two lessons learnt is signing players early in the window means you pay too much that not good, but equally last season showed a player signed late in the window shouldnt play until mid Autumn minimum (Bryan, Chambers, Mawson and Anguissa were poor at start of season).