by thebigbangtheo » Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:00 pm
What is factual, is that we identified the need for a midfield creator and that Aouar was our first choice for the role.
For whatever reason we were unable to achieve that objective but obviously the recognised issue still remains, hence the team management must deem the team to be currently deficient in the creative aspect.
I wanted Villa to get relegated so that we could go in for Grealish to fulfill that role but was then happy with Aouar as the alternative.
Our need to that end still remains, and looking to coast the team without that until the next window and go back in for our initial target might be a risk worth taking if we were getting Zinedin Zidane reborn.
And who knows, maybe all the other teams with ambition will kindly slip into neutral and wait for us to sort ourselves out instead of taking advantage of our lack of a vital cog.
Emi Buendia is not too dissimilar to Aouar with the added bonus of being EPL proven and likely to have the bigger appetite for success given his route to being where he is compared to the Lyon man, so I would be more inclined to take a chance on someone who'd love to come to us than someone who'd settle for us for the time being until Real Madrid say 'come, come'.