The bigger picture is you make more money progressing further up the table, by handing one of the teams we are chasing a player, we've given them an advantage and basically cut our nose to spite our face.I don't get this drive to spend the money in this window - why are people saying this deal is bad if we don't spend the money next week?
If we had waited his price was going down and we have his wages - any potential targets may be either available in the summer or cheaper.
If we get the right deal next week then fine, but I think people need to think of the bigger picture.