The owners' injecting money to fund the Partey transfer is really encouraging. It's unlikely that we will be title contenders, but by any chance if it stays close till January, if we ride a wave of momentum behind the good end to last season and signing Partey then we can really go hard in this window. None of our reported targets are at big clubs where dominoes need to fall before we can sign them.
The refusal to utilise the January transfer window, and I know it's hard, has been the biggest failure of this club. We have been in great positions only to not fortify further. I am certain, we could have had a title or two.
In my opinion, the signing of Reyes in January was a big reason for our push towards the unbeaten run. He was exciting, had destroyed Real and he was coming here. He started off well too. Ultimately Henry rescued us after the CL exit but the signing made a big difference. Hopefully Partey's signing isn't a false dawn but a signal of intent. The Kroenke's bought Arteta's vision behind last season's end. If we are ahead than they collectively imagined it will be imperative to capitalise.
