Why, oh dear god why we never tried for Nuri Sahin is beyond me? I was just watching some youtube

material about Ozil and I am wondering again - why we never tried for him as an LM either? He is exactly the winger/AM type like Nedved we so much loved. His salary is in the region of 5 mils, a bit less i think ... was this the deal breaker? Because his price of less than 15 mils surely wasn't! Now, Kaka is his substitute and I don't think the brazilian would play anywhere for less than 5 mils.
I just don't believe in this management anymore. We are exchanging mediocre for mediocre players and wasting money every season, because 'we cannot compete with the CL teams', but this way we'll never do. I would prefer us to sign two top players this season and be over with it - if we can't spend more - rather than sign 6 much needed 'marotta champions' on 'great deals'. But so far we've signed 3 backups all on a free transfer and we are looking less likely to sign even the top drawer player we have been promised.