Same old story year on year, we all get our hopes up that we are signing players like Clyne only to find out our hopes are dashed by them agreeing to join a club of similar stature, repeat this for many others then mentioned over the coming weeks.

I hope that NW has a few tricks up his sleeve, as he is too shrewd to put all of his eggs in one basket. I believe our aim should be good championship or foreign players who want to prove that they are premiership quality, rather than bench warmers or squad players on stupid wages from Prem clubs. I would like to think that something on the striker from is imminent, otherwise Madine to Blades, despite his debated quality so far seems strange?