Could this be in light of the Telegraph article?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/6523673/City-set-to-Ham-it-up.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/11708466/Manchester-City-facing-battle-to-sign-Paul-Pogba-and-Kevin-De-Bruyne-this-summer.html

Looks like we won't be signing either Pogba or De Bruyne until later in July - IF, we even do.

I can see this becoming a disaster when you see who United are signing, LFC are signing and Arsenal.

IF we don't get these big signings - then the Sporting Director needs sacking.

iv'e said all along if we put all our eggs in one basket we will end up with delph like signings. We are sticking rigid to our targets which will mean as you have stated missing the boat on other players as good as  if not better than our targets. Pellegrini needs to start being vocal about this also, as his future will be in serious jeopardy should he start the season with sub standard signings.