What shouldn't be understated about this absolute fiasco is how many years this could set us back. We've potentially done monumental damage to the reputation of the club.
I think the impact of a single fiasco is frankly overrated, and these fiascos are more commonplace than you think.
From Edwards' era alone, I remember:
- the van Dijk leak, which was a much more colossal fuck up at the time
- Loic Remy, the guy we signed and then told the world that he'd failed a medical
- Fekir, who had literally done a photoshoot with the club before he failed his medical
- Konoplyanka who we'd agreed to sign on the last day of the Jan transfer window, before the Dnipro owner decided for no good reason that he wouldn't sell him
- Caleta-Car who was sitting at the airport waiting to board a flight at the Lyon airport before we decided that we'd get Kabak and Davies on loan
These fuckups happen constantly, and happen with every club. What defines a competent club is not its failures, but how it responds to them.
If we end up signing Florentino Luis and Goncalo Inacio in the next 2 weeks, and they turn out to be massive hits, nobody will remember this Caicedo saga in 2 years time.
The problem of course is that the fact that a mediocre retired DoF is running the show from Ibiza, and that our commercial head is now involved in transfer negotiations doesn't inspire much confidence.
