..I wonder if Sigurdsson will have to force a move to make it happen for the type of fee you suggest. Personally, I don't see Brozovic and Sigurdsson as either/or. I might be wrong because I haven't watched lots of Brozovic but he looks most effective picking up the ball off the back four and dictating play from there. I would see Sigurdsson in the Barkley role.
I agree that positionally its not either/or for those, but I just wonder at which point RK/SW would call a halt to business and say enough is enough for one pre-season.
I like Brozovic, but if a choice had to be made I would prefer getting another CB in ahead of another midfielder. Getting both of them you're talking 50-55m, without considering a big striker signing which is another 30-35m, on top of Keane and the 58m already spent.
If you do the maths, we could easily find ourselves spending 175m + gross if we signed all of the players we are heavily linked with. Obviously we should be able to recoup the lions share of money spent but I am inclined to think they'll draw a line at 7 signings, maybe 8 maximum. That would be a huge transformation to the squad within a period of a few weeks. It would mean most of the heavy lifting is done this summer, and we could focus on getting the additional 2-3 players needed to given depth and balance over the coming 12 months.