Bournemouth (especially) and Watford spend an absolute fortune on players. Watford also have a small army of scouts in Europe from their links with Udinese and formerly Granada. I wanted us to sign a striker in August but when the likes of Dominic Solanke cost £19m (to Bournemouth) it is always going to be hard to compete. The club wasn't really ready at the time as evidenced by our valuation of Jefferson Lerma and Bournemouth's.