Because "Squad building is an art, that only becomes clear at the end", remember?
So we all just need to trust everything that Sport Republic do, because it's all part of their amazing plan, and they are definitely, definitely the smartest guys in the room like they think they are, and not just a bunch of clueless charlatans lurching from one catastrophic self-inflicted disaster to the next while being laughed at by the rest of the footballing world.