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That's the really disappointing part for me - the lack of risk taking in this particular window. I'm not normally one for saying do all the incomings first and worry about the outgoings later, but in relation to Dier and Sanchez, they both only have a year left (I believe) so any bloat on the wage bill is only going to exist for one year. And since our wage bill is so low (in relative terms) it's bonkers to me that the club haven't reinforced.We keep arguing because people think that things have to be ordered in a certain way, they don't. We could have risked signing a centre back, it would have furthered increased the tension on the deadwood to realise their chances were limited. We weren't willing to take the risk. Stop trying to argue it was out of their hands, it wasn't, the only thing out of their hands was control over the situation in it's entirety, it was their choice.
Ndombele and Hojberg are probably a bit more complicated, so whilst I would have loved to see us sign Gallagher I don't think it's the end of the world. But the CB situation is just non-sensical and a real let down in my opinion.