Different situations though. We were getting a marquee player who was going to solve a problem. Our transfer team knew they were going to have a Coutinho windfall coming soon. Also, I don't think our offer for Van Dijk was less than half of Southampton's valuation.
Unless we are selling Salah, Mane, Matip, we appear broke. Is there an incentive for Norwich to bring the price down? They should be getting parachute payments right?
Also, Lewis is going to be a backup.