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Progress is never going to be constantly achieved, sometimes we will have to go backwards to move forward again. There aren’t many clubs in the world that could source ready made replacements for Mac Allister and Moises and be guaranteed they’d hit the ground running. We may have gone slightly...

Barber was at Vancouver Whitecaps before he joined us. He worked for the FA as commercial director before he went to Spurs earlier in his career. Dan Ashworth came to us from his role as director of elite development at the FA.

Bissouma was around £15 million in 2018, he was our 3rd or 4th most expensive signing at the time. Since then transfer fees have gone up, and clubs also know we have a lot of money generated through sales, so they'll stick the price up further. It still took Biss a good season, possibly two...

Cucurellas cost was set by his release clause, had that not been there he’d have cost a lot more. We took advantage of that situation. It has no bearing on what we paid for Baleba as he was coming from a different market. You can use Baleba as a stick to beat the current recruitment team, but...

Cucurella was 23 when he signed, a lot older and more experienced than Baleba. https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2239897/marc-cucurella-joins-from-getafe

Freedman has been linked with the job in the press since before Xmas. He's very close friends with Sir Alex who still holds a lot of sway at Old Trafford. Dougie apparently ignored the advice Sir Alex gave him to take the Hearts managers job, he instead decided to become DOF at Palace, which has...