So like me you want us to improve our midfield. Which pretty much agrees with my post that you said was a "bitch, moan" because I hope we have a strong midfield over the next few seasons that would likely mean that Matuidi wouldn't play 80% of games.
You seem to think I am saying Matuidi is a bad player. I haven't said that, I would completely agree that he is better than Lemina and Rincon. But I stand by that he is an underwhelming signing who is not suited to our formation. Given his age, salary, tactical limits, sell on price I would say he is overpriced if we are going to pay 30.5m. It is a lot to pay for someone who is not a significant upgrade on our current midfield.
You seem to think we could spend for SMS net summer, why not spend that sort of cash this year? We took more cash than anyone in the CL last year, our transfer spend is pretty much break even. Instead of these expensive stop gaps, why not go out and sign players suited to our team and that we can build our team around for the next few seasons?