The question posed to Erik ten Hag on Friday acknowledged it “looks unlikely there'll be any more signings before the window closes”. Ten Hag took that as an invitation to turn the screw.
“But also in the coming days if we had the opportunity I would go for it - but that’s not also up to me,” he admitted. “That’s also clear.
“I think this club always has to have the approach that every day you have to get better so if there are opportunities to get better then you have to strike.”