Rare is it a manager concedes to having reservations about a new signing. Most could make a McDonald's burger sound like a Wagyu steak, and regularly do. Prescience only ever tends to be applicable when a transfer proves a hit.
Looking back, then, at Brendan Rodgers' assessment of Liverpool's acquisition of Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea in January 2013, it's refreshing how candid he was having just spent £12 million of someone else's money.
"He has got quality. If he wants to stay at this level, this is probably his last chance," Rodgers said at the time, per the Telegraph.