Having taken over in the ci[rcumstances of] massive internal upheaval, Boehly was thrust into the front line of recruitment strategy. The lack of a permanent sporting director meant the co-owner had to rely on a different kind of logic to ensure the squad was reinforced before the season began, forcing him to learn the intricacies of the transfer market while on the job.
In actual fact, how many in the world can you look at and say, right, he's a stick-on to get 15 or 20 a season, and you're young and you're coming through? It just doesn't exist, really. So it's a tough one for them, but they'll keep trying. Given the route they're trying just now if there was one that was closest, it would probably be Igor Thiago.