Country: England
Extending Auba was the right call.
Hmm I think there were good reasons for either if I'm being really honest, especially given the circumstances (we'd probably have gotten very little for him as he had under a year left due to the break).
And especially because the cost of signing him on compared to the cost of replacing him is/was a lot cheaper and we do get him for three years.
It only looks so bad now because Aubameyang isn't performing, but the entire attack has on the whole looked off this season (well domestically).
In a non Covid world and if a club offered say 40 - 50 million for Aubameyang in early June and we turned that down and he'd been really sh!t in a functioning attack then perhaps we could raise more eyebrows.
But I personally think it's unfair to call the club out on this one even if Aubameyang doesn't regain form.
Tbh whilst Özil was a mistake I don't necessarily think it was that stupid at the time all factors considered. We just overpaid on his salary but he was on fire at the time.
The unquestionably stupid move was not selling Alexis as he categorically refused to sign and then signing Willian too.
I call those no hindsight needed dumb*ss manoeuvres.