Top six isn’t realistic.
If you base your expectations on Leicester winning the league, therefore literally anything is possible, then these top six shouts make sense.
But realistically, even if we signed Icardi and Alderweireld, we’d still not have anywhere near the quality to challenge the top six.
United, Spurs and Arsenal were underpar last season. They won’t be that poor again. Chelsea may suffer with no Hazard and no transfers incoming but they’ll still comfortably finish top six. The top 2 will be the top 2 again.
My aim this season is the same as what it was for last season. The target we all pretty much unanimously agreed on as the >bare minimum< for Silva.
Be the “best of the rest”, 7th and a run in the cups. Anything less is abject failure. If there are no further incomings in the next 2 weeks, that’s precisely the forecast i’m afraid.