I find this a pretty lazy narrative. I'm not sure where it has come from?
But why do you think Howe wants to be involved with everything?
He has final say, surely thats enough.
Why would he?
During Howes time we bid / signed / heavily linked with Botman, Ekiteke, Bruno, Isak, Diego Carlos, Szoboszlai, Tonali just to name a few.
We are hardly just exclusively shopping in the British market.