Since we're constantly linked to him, I think we should resurrect this thread.
Having watched all of Schalke's CL matches this season, it's easy to see that Meyer is much more of a playmaker than Draxler is. Draxler is a pretty weird player to be honest. Very good technically, strong, good frame. Not very fast. Not quite a playmaker or forward. He's definitely a project at this point, and for 45m Euros you'd expect a bonafide world class player. He's not close to that level yet. Probably easiest to mold him into a left sided player who cuts in and looks to score.
I'm sure Wenger knows what he'll do with Draxler. I just don't think we need this sort of player, this team needs to win now, not later.
What is everyone else's feeling on this? Are you comfortable paying that sort of money for Draxler and not signing a centre forward that's significantly better than Giroud?
I'll be making a few Draxler match comps from this season's CL.
