Riddle me this right...
This time last year Koeman was publicly stating at every press event during the preseason and start of the season that he needed a left sided defender. I did have the numbers at one point but I think it was something silly like 18 times in 5 weeks he said he needed a defender and a striker.
12 months later we still don't have another left back. I know Digne I due in next week... But... You don't need a director of football or 4 managers to tell you to buy a left back.
This stuff about Marco Silva needing time to see the players in action himself... Absolute rubbish. What's he been doing for 6 months since being binned by Watford ?! In the Algarve on a banana boat?! Or not watching his prospective club and planning? If he needed 5 weeks and how ever many friendlies to see that Jags, Baines, Bolasie, Mirallas, Schneiderlin etc etc are not up to scratch then in bloody worried.