But we're not looking at a leftback, we're looking at Sneijder. And of those players for our near future you named, who among them plays AM? None as their primary position besides maybe Pereyra and he's no world beater. For the AM position, a position we're currently looking for someone to "fill" in Serie A, why not Tielemans? Matter of fact, if we're just looking for legs to cover Serie A, why not Coman? Sneijder is an expensive wage to have and he's passed his prime.
And, while I would normally say trust management to have a plan for this kind of a move, we've seen in the recent Marotta past him sign old, aging and out of prime players to "fill legs" for Serie A (supposedly) and then end up wasting away and their wages are piss in the wind. Anelka is a great example. Bendtner is another. They took up wages and did nothing though they were signed to give weary legs a rest, Conte kept with his trusted squad and the wages were wasted. Now we don't know what Allegri will do or how he will react to such a situation but I'd hardly call 4.5m is wages for a players who could (awhile ago) do us some good at AM get time when we have a cheaper option with a bright future getting no time in Coman.
Haha, its a sad buy, in my opinion, the type of which we've seen Marotta make before and amounted to nothing for us then. What makes us think now will be any different?
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The Daily Express is a tabloid. I'd hardly take any article with them as a source seriously.