Oh well! Villa strikes again. I'm not too disappointed. Why? Firstly, it appears we never agreed a deal. It's not like the Robinson situation where we had agreed a deal and the player and his agent chose another club. I'm not so sure we wanted to spend the money Forest wanted anyway. If we had then I think we'd maybe have done this by now, we were linked about three weeks ago with our first bid. So if he stays at Forest or goes to Villa he doesn't come to us regardless.
As for Freeman, just because Forest wanted Cash doesn't mean we could agree a deal with Forest for Cash also. Its a great move for Freeman to join Forest and we'll get him off the wage bill and get a loan fee and then a possible permanent fee next season.
In Baldock we've got one of our better players, although I'd like to see him create more from his position.
As for United the club, we're not Villa, or Leeds who are in a bracket with Everton, Newcastle and previously Man City. Its not surprising we lose out to them in player search. But rest assured, we know money only does so much as Villa prove. If we get Brewster, I predict, right now, that we'll finish above Villa next season, even without anyone else coming. I think he's that good. I'd much rather sign players for a sensible budget, and if that means we miss out on Cash than so be it. Its not like we've spent nothing over the last season £60m plus is certainly new territory to me! I remember been over the moon when we'd spent £1m on Don Hutchinson back in the day!
Finally, our big signing as others have said was Ramsdale this summer. We had to get that right and that has cost us the most in one single player signing. We also spent big on we Berge as someone else said; he'll prove to be worth his fee in my view.