Signing Paulinho was a statement by the board. They basically said "fuck you" to all the fans, declaring they will do whatever, whenever they want. Signing Paulinho destroyed any chance of signing Seri, especially since they paid 40mil for him (total LOL that they paid 40mil for another 29 year old, so bad that you just have to laugh).
Signing Seri, Coutinho and Dembele is just a pipe dream. Honestly, signing two of them would surprise me....although I'd gladly be pleasantly surprised. However, they've given us no reason to expect the best of them. Neymar was going to be a good signing no matter what, he was young and quality. They probably didn't know that or care, they just saw him as marketable and with Nike. They were lucky he turned out pretty decent for us. As far as Suarez goes, everyone knew he was World Class when we bought him, he carried LFC almost single-handedly (sp?) and everyone knew it.
Any other signing that required any sort of thought or planning into what we actually needed and where.....was fail. Rakitic was a player that we didn't need at all. He was just another player we bought and played him in a position, and with a role, that totally did not suit him....but he made the best of it and did a decent job while MSN carried the team. Fucking Paulinho would of been a better fit for the role Rakitic played that first treble year with MSN.
The board is total shit, always have been. With the money we've spent we could be the best team on the planet, by far. Real Madrid has an awesome squad and we could of been even better if we bought players where we actually needed it, only a few players, but quality players.....