I think you underestimate just how much his constant giving the ball away in his own half costs his team - it's appalling and shows he lacks something in the brain department. Hazard, Costa and Fabregas are all above him - and that's just Chelsea
Terribly harsh, imo. Would you say Mesut "lacks something in the brain department" because he can't score twenty goals a season?
In fact, it's not just harsh. It's wrong. Sorry
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."