But understandable that we didn't; massive risk, if money is an issue.
Özil Made far more sense, from that point of view. There's about a million times less pressure on fanny-dancing fairies than there is on talisman goalscorers.
"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."