I still think this is the guy AW wanted to replace RVP that year of the aborted CF transfers for Higuain & Suarez, not so much for his goal scoring but more so to play as a deep linking forward like RVP did.
If he's fit then he's more mobile than Giroud. So long as we have decent cover and sign a goal scoring WF to partner Sanchez then we don't need him to lead the line as the focal point to the attack.