And that is 4-12 weeks plus fitness, plus Roy’s where do you fit in my system time, which all adds up to a minimum of probably 2 months and potentially as long as 4 months. For a second half of season loan that really don’t leave a lot of playing time!

Defoe we probably didn’t want anyway despite the rumours and I’m not really sure we wanted Abraham either. If we miss out on Batshuyai I’ll be more disappointed but to be honest there are not many who are available that you can get excited about. Maybe Origi, but he still never proved himself at the bin dippers and certainly not Niasse the cheating scumbag.