He is pretty bad especially when you watch him with, in the back of your head, the expectations linked to his name. This goes to show you that sometimes players are built up into something they are not mainly by some highlights on a video and mouth to ear praise that people replicate without taking a real look at the said player.
He moved from Wolfsburg to PSG on a 36M fee which is crazy because this was pre-inflation. In today's market, this is the equivalent of what? Around 80M no less? He's not awful, but certainly not worth that fee.
I was impressed with him in the confederation cup tbh, but nothing stand out. I would take Shaqiri over Draxler. Whilst Shaqiri is inconsistent, he can at least produce moments of magic, and at 26, his peak years are approaching, certainly a player worth taking a gamble on, especially at 12.5m and probably low wages (he is on 65k at Stoke)!
I would be very happy if we signed Kovacic and Shaqiri for our attack/midfield and stop at that.
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