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If he makes 2-3 appearances in the league between now and summer and gets sent back to Real, it won't be me calling him crap - it will probably be you guys.
Me I'm indifferent. 6 months, no option to buy, coming from Spain a different league - he pretty much has to be one of the best players on the pitch on his debut or the chances of him starting again decreases immediately.
That's crap. A lot of you are fine with this sink or swim approach to defend Arteta's dodgy management though and that's fine.
I'd be a lot more optimistic if Arsenal were getting more out of his development. Maybe he's a worldie and everything works out? odds are slim already though.
For the money involved, don't you think he's sensible cover/rotation for ESR? We all know ESR cant play all PL & EL games, to do nothing about that would be inexcusable. We may even see them both play at times, that would certainly add to our attack.