That isn't quite true - the £30m loss (and the breakeven) covers a 3 year period. So anything we do now has to be factored in to us breaking even at the end of 21/22.
Again, I'm not saying we're in trouble, we're not. I just don't think we have the capacity to spend big repeatedly without offsetting it somewhere else, e.g. sales.
To Jasper's point, and without wishing to re-open the endless debate from the summer, hindsight is 20/20 - I doubt there was any expectation we would lose Raul indefinitely. But there was always a chance of serious injury as there is with any player, so at this point in time it does look something of an extravagance that maybe could've been spent better.
I do think the kid shows promise - his movement for one thing is good and he shows good understanding of how and where he needs to be, e.g. cutting in front of defenders at the near post, pulling away off the blind side, etc. I might be making this up but I have it in my head that Shearer always says movement is the hardest thing for a striker to learn - footballing intelligence, that kind of thing. It's what always used to get thrown at Walcott, for example. I don't think Fabio has that issue at all, he's just a couple years away from being physically mature at this point. Hopefully he has access to some weights and protein shakes during lockdown.
I do think we will have at least one striker by the end of the window, for what it's worth. Nuno's been pretty adamant about it by his standards and normally when he does so something happens, even if it's not immediate.
