Ben Davies undergoing Tottenham medical dashing Liverpool hopeshttp://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/490107/Ben-Davies-undergoing-Tottenham-medical-dashing-Liverpool-hopesDespite having to find a new manager and then Pochettino having to run the rule over his squad and see what he needs, they've still managed to sort this deal out. It's not like we've had a huge list of left backs to troll through.
Moreno was always being priced above what we want to/can pay, and Sevilla will always just up the asking price if we up our offer, it's the way they work with PL teams, just like Lyon and Porto. Then there was Bertrand, who Chelsea made clear from the off they weren't selling to us, but still we've dithered.
Davies should have been second on the list, not Bertrand. Davies was the stand out young left back in the PL last season, his second season, better than Shaw.
We've dropped the ball on this one in regards to Plan B as far as Moreno goes.
We'll either end up paying £18M+ for Moreno, or when the transfer window shuts, we'll be the team, despite others also requiring left backs, left without a new one.
Also, if Davies is unsure of whether he'll be cover, first choice or what, it's a shame we didn't get permission to talk to him so the manager could have spelt out his plans, or is it a case of Huw Jenkins sulking about our alleged negotiating with Bony, when that was hardly more than a rumour, died quickly and our interest has hardly been intense at any time or maintained in anyway.
I just hope we don't panic on this one. Whatever we do must be an improvement on
both Enrique and Flanno, and I hope we hold back some of our budget for January, in case there is an opportunity to sort it out then instead. Failing that, there's nothing wrong with waiting until next Summer if we can't
improve on what we have, and the list of those who are an actual improvement, whilst short to begin with, is getting whittled down by the days/week.