The Barnes signing was money best spent elsewhere.
As far as Livramento and Hall are concerned you're completely wrong and a number months ago I said Hall would be Englands left back..... while others said he was useless.
For clarity, I said Hall was an excellent talent and as far as I was concerned was already a Newcastle player so the fee payment date was irrelevant.
I also said Livramento was a top talent, he was regarded as one of the best around. My issue as has been widely reposted was buying a substitute left winger when we had issues at RW, and an issue at RCB.