Scored in the last 5 in a row. Second highest top scorer as well. Couldn't get him though, would've upset Joselu.
Supposedly he didn't want to come here, his chairman at Nice said he preferred the move to Germany even though our offer was a better deal for Nice. Of course there's no way of telling if our interest was genuine with the way this club works, but Plea did actually suggest that he was interested in a move to Spain because "La Liga is a league that’s very technical and is suited to attackers.”
He ended up in Germany eventually, but you do wonder if he really fancied the Premier, allegedly West Ham and Spurs were interested as well.
The whole thing just stank of a 'we tried' ploy. As soon as BMG came in with an offer we just gave up. A player like him coming in for finally a deal over our record fee would've lifted the mundane feeling felt throughout the window which was swept into the season itself. Sick of it.