Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
They could have appeased the fans for a lot less than 42mill quid. Most would have settled for pretty much anything at such a late stage in the window. It doesn't make any sense at all for a club notorious for hanging onto the cash to suddenly splash 42mill on one player just to keep the fans happy. A decade of pissing us off in the transfer window and we still come back for more. Besides, if Ozil thought he was some sort of token signing why would he come her at all? Ozil's the first of a few big names or else his signing is a complete waste of the money.
It does when there's little time left in the transfer window and barely anyone available, he was high profile and he became available. I rate him very highly, however looking at it from a purely logical perspective, we didn't particularly need a player in his position.

Great signing, but not in a position you would have considered us weak in.

Hazard has been terrific though, but it has taken him a bit of time to get that good and I don't think we'll see the best of Ozil until next season. Still think we need to adapt our style of play to suit him, it wouldn't be a bad thing though, I think our slow paced football is dull as dishwater at times and an injection of pace would ramp up the excitement considerably.