JazzG wrote:
Reus has talked of his admiration for us and unless we activate his clause next summer we won't know the answer to that question.
As for this summer it still looks Di Maria will become available, I'd rather spend that kind of money on someone proven at the highest level against the top sides than someone who might come good. I don't know anything about Lamela and am not knocking him but from reading opinions of those people who do know about him he comes across as a very good prospect. He might become the next C.Ronaldo for all I know but we need someone who is quality now. If we had enough quality in that position then I'd say we should be all over him. Is he better than Theo, Podolski or Cazorla out wide?
Reus may admire us but if we sit around for another season scrabling for 4th with a strengthened spurs and seemingly improving liverpool then we are playing roulette when we don't need to. Why not Sign Lamela now and see if we can also get Reus next summer as its not like we are strapped for cash or are going to be in 12 months.
On top of that we will have another contract fiasco with Theo in may when he is 24 months out and I'd rather be in a postion to say to him "looks whose over your shoulder mate" than to be begging like we have before. I also believe that in the same position at arsenal Lamela would be as strong as theo in terms of output but contribute more to play as he already make twice the number of passes walcott manages.
Add in that the guy can play in 3 positions if not 4 as a striker while we have an ageing, injury prone rosicky holding the fort then we need to be singing player on the attacking front and yet we are relying on Di Maria to be sold off and for him to CHOOSE us over PSG, united or whoever else is in the running.
All these gambles have to pay off and if we miss one then the whole stack is blown and we will be fucked up going into the rest of the season with say Gnabry and Miyachi getting 30+ appearances between them.
