Need to raise funds to sign other important players in the positions we need to reinforce and this would have been perfect.
Now there will just be a lot of expectations on Valverde and Gomes to deliver next season. If it's Valverde's decision then he should let Gomes play and show that he wanted him to stay, otherwise it wouldn't surprise me if it's Robert blocking the transfer. He already said he would stay before Valverde even was appointed or apparently, contacted for the job.
Either way, this transfer window is way too ridiculous right now.
You cannot expect to play a lot better against the best sides consistently unless you improve and if they complain about lack of funds later, then they have no one but themselves to blame for rejecting a decent offer like this.