If we were to get Lisandro with a €2M for the loan and another €9/10M as an obligation to buy in Summer, it could be that the club thought they'd be limiting themselves of not getting another, probably younger, striker in the Summer. This obviously doesn't justify us getting Anelka (if we do, obviously), and it saddens me considering I'm a very big fan of Lisandro, but I understand why the club wouldn't be willing to make such an investment on him.
And Marotta doesn't, yeah.