Our “scouting” of midfielders is a complete joke. Lemina, Hernanes, Sturaro, Rincon, etc... pure mediocrity. We haven’t signed a midfield gem in ages (the jury is still out on Bentancur). The few decent midfielders we have were already well known before we got them (Pjanic, Matuidi, Can, Khedira).
There are so many talented midfielders out there like Ndombele, Fornals, etc... who would cost half the price of SMS or Pogba. We are oblivious to them.