If Ake has gone for £20 million then the board need to realise times have changed and despite our spend in January they need to dig deep to support the new boss. We all know the squad is thin, not just in 1 or 2 places but potentially in 5 or 6. If we don't back FDB we could find ourselves with a very good manager completely thrown in at the deep end without the tools to do his job.

Whilst you are right the team needs strengthening in a number of positions this is a perennial problem. I think we have to be very careful though by judging this on last season where a fair few players really did under perform early on and as a result we should of been stronger. Hopefully those players will perform better. FDB needs to get the best out of those players. In relation to Sakho we would never of bought him outright than a loan move last season. Unless we off load somebody for big money like Yannick last year, £30 million quoted is beyond the club as other areas of the team particularly up front (min 2 strikers), right back is required. Also his sell on value is an issue. Our only hope is if other clubs are put off by the price tag and we can land him on a loan again at the end of August.

I'd be worried if the new manager couldn't see that's Sakho is worth signing for us. If I was FDB I'd be going hell for leather to get Sakho in, as it would guarantee stage one of his MO is sorted for the next couple of seasons at least.