I think MON knows the players he needs to breach the top 4....
....but for some reason, he doesn't sign them.
Now, MON must realise that David Villa is more likely to take him into the top 4 than Harewood, but we don't try and sign him? He must realise that Modric is more of a top 4 player than Petrov, but he doesn't try and sign hiim?
Now you say Lerner doesn't say no to MON, but is that because MON just doesn't bother asking the questions which he knows the answer will be no to?
I can't believe MON signs Knight, Harewood, Routledge and attempts to sign Kaboul as first choice signings......so why are we not getting our first choice? If they are our first choice signings, is this because MON knows he can't afford superior alternatives??