Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
City just got Guehi & Semenyo, we have done Bentancur & Dek, Porro, Dragusin, Kinsky in previous January windows. We needed 2 players that walk into first team, likely in attacking positions and midfield.
100% but Gallagher isn't "backing" him, it's a low risk, opportunistic signing.
There are players out there, Juve want RKM and they have David & Vlahovic (even if GB doesn't rate), Neves is supposedly still available. Personally for me backing the manager would have been (early in Jan), something like agreeing a RKM swap +cash for Vlahovic, sell Richi to Everton buy Ndiaye (same swap +cash) buy Neves, sell Kinsky, loan Tel (manager seems to rate neither), buy a GK with view to sell Vic in summer.
All of that could be less than 70M total, and we could argue about if this player or that, but it shows a possibility. Instead we hijacked someone else's transfer when injuries forced our hand and bought a youth prospect that is unlikely to see game time ..
Vlahovic is out injured for 4 months (as well as being crap)