Poch should have been well aware of the transfer budget of the club and shopped accordingly.
Sissoko was 27 and had played 3 seasons in the PL before we bought him. There was liitle uncertainty about what we would be getting. Wijnaldum was a year younger but we passed on him.
This is what WIjnaldum said: "I met Pochettino when I left Newcastle. I just felt Liverpool wanted to come to an agreement quickly."
So why did we pass on £25m Wijnaldum but paid £30m for Sissoko (both sold by Newcastle in the same summer).
But wait, the following year, we spent a record £42m on Sanchez and gave £50m to PSG for Aurier and Moura. You dont spend a record £42m on an unproven CB from Eredivisie and the PSG duo were not unknown quantities.
We needed a rebuild cos Poch bought these players for much more than they were worth. If even two of those players had been starter quality, the squad quality wouldnt have been as bad as it became.
But Levy is guilty of shafting Poch by not trusting him with a rebuild of squad that Poch mismanaged?There is enough blame to go around for our bad transfers and Poch deserves his share. He was not a victim but was part of the problem.