He's actually very overrated around these parts. It's no wonder why only Wolfsburg and Shalke are in for him at around 16m too.
Come on. Apparently we will cease to be able to get the ball up to the strikers witout this guy. Which is a load of shit because even with him last year we couldn't do anything. Diego is not some creative juggernaut like everyone makes him out to be. He dwells on the ball far too long and tries to dribble too many people before he either looses the ball or puts in a poofter shot that looks like it was kicked by Barbra Streisand
We gambled on Diego last year. We even changed our formation to accomodate him. Even though we didn't have the players to play a 4-3-1-2. We looked good playing a 4-4-2 before that. Compact and able defensively. Respectable result against Chelsea in the CL even though we lost.
Then we changed everything for one player. And needless to say we did shit. All the players we had before we got Diego were used to playing the 4-4-2. So essentially we changed everything for one player. Which should never have heppened it was the stupidest thing ever.
Changing from a formation that worked to one that most obviously didn't work. All for one player.
Diego is a nifty little player but unfortunately he does not fit the the system we will be playing.