Jury
A-M's drunk uncle
Lad, that's a fair post. Respect.I feel like he's a player who has an incredibly high ceiling but it's almost like he tracks the level of his team. He's always one of the better players on any team but is not the type to be a level above his teammates.
At that Madrid side he was a key component and nobody doubted that he was a world class player, the fan and player reaction says it all.
At Arsenal he's still one of our better players but he hasn't been able to reach his Real Madrid levels because we're levels below Real. If my theory is true though then we shouldn't really sell him if we have ambition because our team will never outgrow him, he'll always get better as the team around him does.
Another point which is an after thought but probably just as big a reason if not more is the fact that Real Madrid were a counter attacking side and they executed them perfectly. No better player to have than Mesut if you have a bunch of high quality players making the right passes, runs etc but I guess that ties back into my main point.