The sheer wilful ignorance from football fans about the reality they're in has always griped me and it's all football fans.
We'd see it on here. We'd be fighting relegation for season's on end and dealing in frees and £2m from the lower league and the speculation thread would be Benzema, Son, Isco, Zouma, Tielemans, Januzai, Depay.
Yeah they're just the hottest prospect in Europe, and we ain't got a pot to piss in and nobody wants to fight relegation in Birmingham but we just need to sell them the dream! We can't afford a tenth of the fee, a quarter of their wages, or pay their agent....but just make it happen!!!
No. We're signing Kieron Richardson. That's the market we are in.
Deal with it. Accept it. Live in reality.