yeah, maybe im ain't notice.....but i have a feelling that we can't just that easy to conclude that tiago will be best for becoming our man in midfield alongside sissoko. something still miss.... its a good thing we move on in to knock out stage, but in that group we will face another great team even better team than madrid. we gonna get more difficult challenge in midfield. trust me.
the big point is, yes of course i hope tiago will get his best form back it will be a very positive thing for us and not mention that we gonna have marchisio, zanetti and poulsen back on the field. but we need an improve, like i said before something is still missing...i dont know maybe we lack of creativity on this departement? i still think that we still need to buy another midfielder in january. the strong type of midfielder who can make a very good balance in that sector. make a good defence for that area and when we attack he must have a vision to provide our striker or other team mates an opportunity to score a goal.
or we dont need that type after all guys?
honestly i think another midfielder would just break the balance we're currently having. I was all for xabi, i was all for aquilani, but right now, it would make no sense in spending a dime for another mid. Sissoko is a rock and will play for sure, the wings are covered also, so there remains Poulsen, Tiago, Marchisio and Zanetti for that one remaining spot. So, even barring the fact that there will be no good mid available (nor untied in CL) we would only bring in further frustration for the benched players.
What will be interesting to see is what will happen to our midfield once everyone's fit again; what's going to happen to poulsen? Will Zanetti go on after this season? and most importantly; what will happen with tiago. He did have his 3 or 4 good games now, but let's not kid ourselves, he's not (yet) that pirlo- or xabi-like regista. He had some good moments, and i'm definately giving him credit for that, but still... imo he was bound to leave in the next transfer window, but now i think he'll be given another chance until the end of the season, but his future remains uncertain in my opinion.
so, to answer your question - i don't think we could make a good deal right now. If we get onto the market, we should look for the big names, and atm, we're not in a position where we must act. let's take that CL-money and wait for the big hit next season. with all the aging players atm (dp, neddy, camo, zanneti, trez, ...) we should start saving some money.