Looking back it all made sense. At the time no one thought it was possible. The point is if we ever had a chance at Neymar we have been dealing for a while. Trying to move a bunch of players in order to free cap room. Maybe trying to force out a big player for "no reason". I agree that neymar isnt coming but we also said De Ligt was improbable and Ronaldo was a long shot to say the least.
My whole point is clearly we are capable of making Big moves if our board justifies it
It seemed possible to me even if not very likely. Not till rumors of Exor helping out with salary surfaced. At that point I thought it was more possible. Juve was simply the best destination for Ronaldo, and I believed he actually did want or prefer a move to Juve.
Yes, we're capable of big moves. I thought Higuain was very much possible too (didn't think for 90m but 70m), and I think a lot of us thought de Ligt was possible even if improbable (seemed to prefer Barca more). De Ligt wasn't impossible financially. Neymar is different.