But would a £25m (at the time) Man City castoff have been a statement signing? This thread is littered with people saying he isn't that good, etc.
This is just another, and I am sure it won't be the last this Summer, "damned if we do, damned if we don't" signing. Personally, I think IF this particular rumour of an arbitrary hike in price is true, we should defo move onto the next one as you say.
I don't think much will be clear, as ever, until the dust is settled on the window. Defo hard to avoid the feeling that our recently-assembled recruitment team isn't as well prepared as we desperately needed them to be, given what is riding on this window, but up to now it feels like a pretty standard window to me. Big Clubs eat first, and now the rest of us commence the scrap for their crumbs.