[wba_1996]

My initial thought was underwhelmed but I can see the sense in the signing. Only just gone 26 so brings down the average age which is what we are crying out for, has the pace we crave and can play on the left where we lack options, also hard-working and knows the PL and English football. The £1.5m price tag due to Wigan dropping into League 1 is also a big positive as I'd value him the same as McManaman who cost us £4.75m.

One thing I will say is that we still need another winger on top of that, Matt Phillips would be my preferred choice, but failing that I would look into a promising, quality winger from abroad in the Konoplyanka/Yarmolenko/Ntep mould.