Because Serie A's a fourth-rate league with dwindling cash and pride I suppose Bandy, and we should be able to match the ambitions of any player willing to play in it.
Can't say the same about the big two in La Liga.
I'm coming around to the idea that Van Persie is gone. We should be offering him another 50k/w just to hang on, but won't. But we'll survive and maybe even prosper if we sign Giroud to go with Podolski and one more high calibre attacking player.
Minimal or no contribution from Robin has been the status quo, last season was the outlier. I would feel the schadenfreude if he went to a PL rival or La Liga and broke down in the first few weeks.
