It underscores an SD who misread the situation, regrettably not the first failure in <6 months
Perhaps. On reflection it just seems to me that Spurs made him a more convincing offer on every level. Remember that Spurs also beat Juventus to a signing this window too.
We will have to work on our strategy though, but @khaled_a_d made a good point that atleast we are being consistent in sticking to a salary and transfer structure.
Overall under Deco this is our +/- on international prospects
+Darvich
+Faye
+Ibrahim Diarra
-Bergvall (Spurs)
-Guler (Real Madrid)
Not including those we didn't agree a transfer fee on like Echeverri, Moscardo, etc.
Small sample but clear theme on who signed and who didn't on starting out in the B team.
Vitor Roque probably doesn't sign if he goes to the B team first too?