Yes, its becoming a thing with Mou, he loses the locker room and everything goes to shit. Happened basically everywhere he want last 7-8 years. But you can see when things were fine that they were better than Oles teams. They finished 3rd and 2nd yes, but mostly when competition had bad years. 3rd with 66pts is a joke, same as 2nd with 74. It doesent mean they raised their level just that others dropped (example, Liverpool of last season).
I dont see that strong talentes squad tbh. They got a few good talents, mostly in attack, but the team needs better planned investments. Not just buying randomly whoever like a Paratici team