I feel this has been every summer since we made the champions league that the following window is make or break. and we never do anything. and we always pay for it near the end of the season when we tire out
I think some of this is not just Levy but poch as well.Levy`s holding the purse strings is one thing,but Poch is a very fussy buyer it seems,or overly loyal to a core of 15 or so players.I back Poch all the way,but his transfers or what he has been handed since arriving havent been great,who`s to blame?levy?the scouting set up? poch himself?Definitely our business model doesnt help,buying youngsters like foyth,sanchez and taking time rather than signing "straight out the box" ready to go VVD,DeLigt,and the ones signed from big clubs,internationals like aurier,moura,janssen,sissoko (even with relative signs of promise last season for moura&moussa) they havent had a big impact on the team bar odd games/spells yet.It feels like we are still mostly running on what we already had (pre-poch),kane,lloris,jan,rose,eriksen,winks (was a gift),dele was more of a pleat scout for the future like foyth but just took off,so is it harsh to say Toby/Son have been the poch`s era only great transfer successes? so far!
I doubt any of the loan players coming back will stay,we have a few going regardless from the 25,we have maybe Skipp who can impact from the academy next season,we have several going into last year of contracts,(jan,toby,eriksen) and this time next year we have several more coming to the last year dier,trippier,sissoko (not a concern yet)
So your point about tired players through over use,I cant see it changing,we stood still last year and without signing 5 or 6 this summer who will be involved,we will still fall back on the same 15 or so players.
No big deal if we move on edwards,CCV,onomah,vorm,janssen,nkoudou,they havent been part of the 25 squad,but Llorente,trippier or aurier (or both),eriksen,toby,rose (i really hope not!!) thats 6 players maybe coming in just to stand still and replace who we lose.Add to that personally I would sell wanyama and Lamela I just cannot see us keeping up with what we will move on.
If there was a seismic change in club policy,we would see the intent already,transfer by media puh!!,barca&madrid just announce whom they have bought,we have 3 months of links and low ball offers speculated.If we want to match liverpool give palace £50m for wan bissaka,pay or bid suitably for ndombele,lo celso,fernandes.IMO eriksen&toby are more likely to resign if we buy some proper quality players than another 20 or 30,50 grand a week more in wages.Its all about intent as a club,but I think we will keep a small quality group like last year,and just pray for less injuries.We sold dembele in january,so we are 1 down before we have even started!! .