[SomersetBaggie]

I kind of expected this tbh, therefore I'm going to reserve judgement until the end of the window. Varela I will be sad to see go, he has a great pedigree and looked clearly our best winger since Odem was put out wide. Blanco never even got a chance so won't be a miss but we will never know what he was capable of.

However, I'd advise the people who are angry to look at the likely destinations of the two players... Parma are dead certs to be relegated from Serie A and San Lorenzo finished 8th in the Argentinian league last season. If they were as good as some of us would like to think they are then  why are they going to worse teams than us?

My main worry is TP is just going to bring in British players because that really cuts off a massive potential supply of players who could potentially improve us - I just hope he looks at Yacob and maybe with support from our reformed scouting team can identify some more Mulumbu/Yacob/Odem's.

I would be happy with british players as long as they are good enough and will improve the team. Any players brought in are going to have to settle in quickly.