Too much talk about his attributes and how he would complement our squad.
Reminds me of when we signed Chamakh and it was all about how he'd hold up the ball and his height and aerial ability would fit in well with our smaller forwards.
After a bright start he has turned out to be mentally fragile and limited.
This is one of the best posts I've seen on here for a while about Wenger's recruitment habits (from the "Man City in the Carling" thread):
Gazza M wrote:
it's rare for him to drop a bollock with strikers, especially those who he's spent good money on. only franny jeffers springs to mind (possibly wiltord, but i wouldn't agree).
jeffers and chamakh seem to represent the rare occasion of wenger trying to buy a concept striker ie. fox-in-the-box/aerial threat, and overlooking the complete technical package of the player
Likewise Podolski would be a credible signing but he might well flop or, as Klaus suggests, regress without adequate game time, without being our main man. The fact that he can "play wide or central" is really neither here nor there. We need a player who can and will get his foot in and finish inviting chances, full stop.
We've become a bit obsessed about the "LEGO set" of the Wenger 4-3-3, the main thing is getting affordable players in with at least some outstanding and/or disruptive qualities, eg extreme pace like Gerv and Walcott, or extreme composure and vision like Jack, not suitable-on-paper concept players.
It's different for the clubs that can afford galacticos in every position. They sign players that are both complementary and outstanding whenever they're available: we can't afford those, but I'd rather the merely outstanding players than the merely complementary ones.