So he's doomed to fail before he's even signed officially. Can we not give him s [oops] chance?
The Michu comparison is stupid. No one knew who he was and had we been linked with him we would all have been livid about it. He's doing well but once defences get used to him, then we'll see how good he is.
Sturridge isn't the marquee signing that we all wanted. But he will improve us as he better than what we currently have up top apart from Suarez. Lets get behind him and give him a chance.
The Michu comparison isn't stupid at all. It's our scouting network and analysis department that look stupid.
I'm not saying Sturridge won't make it, but for that price he's a gigantic gamble IMO.
A year ago Michu was banging in goals for Rayo Vallecano in La Liga (15 goals in 37 games). After last season it was a big surprise none of the big guns picked him up. Instead the mighty Swansea managed to land him. They also got Pablo Hernandez from Valencia (tricky winger who is a goal threat all the time). On top of those 2 Swansea also signed Chico Flores from Genoa. The combined transfer amount for them was a staggering £ 9,5M.
Here are a few other examples for you:
Wigan went out and bought themselves Arouna Koné from Sevilla for about £ 2,8M.
At the same time Norwich managed to snap up Javier Garrido from Lazio on loan.
QPR signed themselves Esteban Granero from Real Madrid for £ 3,6M.
Now ask yourself why are we always signing players for stupidly high amounts, and at the same time a lot smaller clubs with a lot less pull manage to sign gems for almost nothing.
It could be that we are constantly having bad luck, or it might be that we simply are too bad at scouting and negotiating.
