“You have got to be concerned about every element of the recruitment, the reliance on the Dutch league means that the recruitment of the 50-60 people they have got working in that department is not being trusted by the manager, because he wants to go with the players he knows from Holland.”
“Holland has not always been the most precise market for the Premier League, there have been good players coming from Holland but it has not been the market that has the biggest hit rate.
“So I am concerned about that, but generally in this moment in time there is a little bit of despair just through the fact that the coach, who is an outstanding coach, has not been given the tools that he needs at the start of the season so he can start the season with a new, revitalised squad.”
