I said the summer of the season we came 2nd to Chelsea, which was 2016/17. Wanyama was signed June 2016. So yes, it was the same summer as Janssen, Sissoko and N'koudou.
I don't see it in Aurier or Janssen at all tbh, I think both of those were basically "well Poch, we can't get target A that you wanted, but we've phoned around and target C is available for a good price". GLC and TN'D for sure are his signings, but tbh I do think that given he only lasted 3-4 months past that summer we really didn't get an opportunity to see if and how Poch would have worked them both into his system. That goose is cooked now as far as TN'D is concerned, he's been thoroughly exposed as a lazy fuck, but I wouldn't be massively surprised if upon Poch's return he doesn't see about trying to get a tune out of GLC possibly in that AM role, if he doesn't have the budget to buy an attacking mid on top of refreshing our defence etc.
Llorente was a decent if uninspiring backup for Kane who only cost £12m, thing is that's exactly the sort of player you need as backup for a player like Kane, if you have a young hungry guy behind him with basically no chance of minutes when Kane's fit they're gonna get itchy feet, someone like Llorente who was already in his 30s and been there and done it, won stuff, he was happy to come and sit on the bench behind Kane and step in where needed. Foyth never played tbh so I don't think we can draw a decent conclusion on how he would've turned out if Poch stayed.
