I wasn’t really making a point against what you were saying, I was just curious as to how you had made the evaluation on the player that you did.
If you had have responded with “yes I watch a lot of MLS and I’ve watched Torres play numerous times which is why I deem him to be Europa League quality” then that would have been a perfect response.
The real problem here is that you made an evaluation based on literally nothing and can’t cope with the fact that someone questioned that.
Can’t recall a signing from the MLS that transformed a team, let alone a big one, so I guess it’s a fair enough assessment to say it’s not a signing to push us on immediately.
About the player himself I know fuck all so would just trust Arteta/Edu on it. With any signing from the MLS I think there’s a bit of commercial influence, we’ve suddenly signed 2 in more recent windows and potentially another here after a lack of interest there at all for many years. Tim Ream was probably the last one rumoured to us before Trusty ad Turner came.
Not necessarily a bad thing and good we’ve opened up to a new market, just hope they’re good enough and not purely commercial moves. This one seems more about the player than Trusty/Turner did.
You would not have said fair enough if I did indeed watch a lot of MLS, you would have continued to probe despite not actually having anything to offer to the Torres debate. It’s low level conversing.
I don’t know if he is the right signing but definitely a very different profile from those guys - Uruguay international, only been in MLS a year, clearly seeing it as a launchpad to Europe.
FWIW more of these types of South American players seem to be going to MLS. I think there’s a clear strategy to make MLS kind of an alternative to Portugal for South Americans looking to move abroad, make some money, and position themselves for a top five league eventually.
Not to be that guy but we almost broke our transfer record for a 22 year old that plays for Shakhtar that doesn’t even have a third of this guy’s experience.
Almiron was playing in the MLS not too long ago himself and is now one of the most in-form players in the PL.