qs! wrote:
Tiote is no Xabi Alonso but he's a tidy passer too, knows his limits, keeps it simple. He'd just be winning balls and laying it off to a Spaniard.
yep. and he's got the whole head-made-of-concrete--does-what-it-says-on-the-tin level of consistency, which none of our cms apart from arteta have.
banega is dream signing, but ive never seen a credible link to arsenal anywhere, ever.