He missed out on Eden Hazard when costs spiralled, and Robin van Persie, Javi Martinez and Daniele de Rossi.
In replacing Nigel de Jong, Adam Johnson and Emmanuel Adebayor, more than £50m was spent on five players last summer. Of those, Javi Garcia was the only one to start on Saturday, and he looked shocking, given the run-around by Rickie Lambert and Jay Rodriguez.