I get the merits of this deal. We need a replacement for Higuain, we don't have much money and we have other purchases to make. He's still a good player and we can probably count on him to get goals for us. And he's free. Depending on the wages and length of the contract (2 years max) it makes sense financially.
What I fear is that he will end up being more than just a backup. A big name player on high wages... oh yeah, and "experienced". He's gonna get a lot of playing time.
I was hoping with the arrival of Pirlo and the trimming of deadwood like Matuidi, Higuain and Khedira we would try to modernise the team. Play faster, attack more, win the ball back more quickly, like Pirlo said. Having Ronaldo and to a lesser extent Dybala already inhibits the possibility of that. With Suarez on the field with one or both of them it becomes impossible. I guess we can look forward to more of the same sit back and wait + slow build up football.
Could we not have signed somebody in Serie A on a loan with obligation to buy, on much lower wages, who is under 26, decent enough to be a backup and we could recoup something from in a year or two?
Gonna be nice having to replace Ronaldo and Suarez at the same time in two years.