Blame La Liga for making this rules: "La Liga rules allow clubs to apply to make new signings outside the transfer window if a player is ruled out for more than five months, and the clubs may only sign a new signings from La Liga or Segunda division".
The problem is Lampard seems really fancy Chilwell and he look like our first choice target for LB. The fact that Lampard didn't go after Telles and Grimaldo who have a release clauses in Jan speaks volume about that.
Van Basten is hypocrite, when he managed Ajax they bought Miralem Sulejmani for €16,25m in 2008 which was the most expensive signing in their history back then.
I'm sorry, but Ake isn't the answer for our defensive woes. Signing him would be waste of money when someone like Upamecano is going to be available in the summer for the same price.