Surely then this is a feather in Bruce's cap. He identified him and made it clear he was his number 1 target for the summer, it wasn't his fault we didn't sell Jelavic in time. One in the eye for the Bruce Out brigade then.
Apart from Bruce spending his transfer budget in the wrong areas, signing players who have barely played. Maloney, Powell, Diomande, Akpom, Hayden, Taylor, Dusan. Even Odubajo - who I like as a player, wasn't a necessity, whereas a striker was. If we had signed one player and one player only - it should have been Gray. So wherever the **** up be it Bruce or the Allams - it was monumental.
I dont think it was a case of having the money if we'd not signed other players, it was that if we couldnt sell Jelavic we'd have 3 forwards all on £30k a week when we normally only play 1.
Given the financial prize which accompanies promotion this season, both Brucey and the owners should have done the deal, and addressed the potential budget overspend afterwards. As it transpires the overspend would have lasted around one month once Jelavic moved on. Hindsight is a great thing, but he should have done the deal for Gray and held off on Odubajo; I guess he would still have been available at c£3.5m post us moving Jelavic on
