1989 wrote:Atletico Madrid want Vela to replace Costa. Considering their incredible track record with strikers, that should be good enough for anyone.
1989, mate, that's a bizarre statement. Wenger had an incredible track record with players too, once. By that reckoning the Fat Drunk is going to be a great player for his next club!
But also it doesn't take into consideration that Vela has done well only in Spain. The Spanish league simply does not offer the same challenges for players as the PL. It's one thing to go from one Spanish team to another but a whole different thing to go from a Spanish team to a PL team.
Vela failed miserably in the PL. Ok, he was younger, but from what I've seen of him nowdays the only thing that has changed is the quality and tenaciousness of the defenders that he is now playing against. They are not as good or as physical or as quick to press as the PL equivilent. His touch, movement, and technical ability haven't improved, he simply has more time and space in most games now to do what he wants, whereas in the PL he didn't and, if he comes back, won't. He found his level in Spain. He is not what we should be looking for in a striker.