If we got Sakho Wickham and Benteke off our books it would be a 10/10.

Don't get me wrong, there is a good player lurking in there somewhere, but not when he pulls on the red and blue.

We still have another 10 and a bit days till all transfer dealings must end but how satisfied are we at what we accomplished during the main window that ended yesterday?

For me:
1. the addition of Ferguson, Eze and Batshuayi addressed areas of major concern.
2. the retention of Zaha was good
3. the unexpected offloading of Sorloth for real money was a pleasant surprise
4. the addition of a good number of youngsters to the development squad was satisfying and hopefully evidence of a longer term plan.

I know we were linked with a variety of other players but that always happens in these windows.

Overall, a good window for us and I'd give it 7/10 (I'd have liked a young CB and creative midfielder and another striker but we were never going to be allowed to spend the money needed for that).

Agree with you, but would add that Batshuayi on loan does avoid the financial risk that Benteke has burdened the club with. We might miss out on any benefit gained if he does show highly impressive form, but that seems unlikely - and he’s available on a free next summer.

Excellent work of finding a way to get some extra money in for Sorloth. When he left for Turkey no one though anything would ever come of him and the loan deal seemed reasonable. His excellent form was completely unforseable and we’ve managed to maximise our income from a poor starting position.

Interesting that there’s people claiming we need to invest a lot more, whilst also slating our 2 most expensive ever signings. Do they think doing the same thing again will yield a different result?

Ferguson looks like excellent value for money with minimal financial risks.

Everyone wants a 20 goal a season striker, another Cabaye in midfield etc, but how many of those players actually exist. Rome wasn’t built in a day either. We’ve got a pretty stable squad of players who’ve all been at the squad a while. Roy will want to intergrate them into the current side who driiled and drilled and drilled on defensive formation and positioning. Any more than 4 players in could impact the stability of the squad and system.