Never said otherwise. I just think Bakayoko is cumbersome on the ball and don't expect him to deliver moments like Essien did. Lets see how he improves during his time here, though.
Barkley is meant to be back in November. I'm not too fussed about either, as one is still potentially decent, whilst the other didn't want to fill the role waiting for him here.
Offered Matic & a decent amount of cash of they were really interested in him. We all know the board tried to haggle from the get go that resulted in the deal not happening. Not going to get be of the best LB's for peanuts (putting our supposed 70m bid aside).