Who said he would. I asked what would Vietto offer?
It's a fair question. I'm not entirely sure because I can't believe he was the first option, that had to be Nolito. What we need, IMHO, is a scoring winger ala Nolito. Gameiro provided strength, pace, goalscoring and pressing.
Now he's really a forward or false #9, not a true winger. Plus, not sure what sort of pressing player he is since Simeone rarely used him.
The Pros is that he's super talented, plays a style of game that should integrate well into ours & is still in his infancy as a developing player. Off the bench with MSN ahead of you, either you get a veteran willing to wait for cameos or a young stud who can give something off the bench or rotating matches but not too good that will become a disruption in the squad with paltry minutes.
Not sure there are a lot of options there which is what made the failure to secure Nolito so baffling. I think both him & the poor Alves planning take some shine off an otherwise stellar off season by the board.
Ultimately, we're getting quality depth which wasn't there and still some dead weight to shed which could see another 1 or 2 from either the B team or on the market improve that depth in key areas (RB & winger)
The good, in the end, is that we're adding a quality player along with 3 other quality additions (Digne, Umtiti & Gomes). An excellent summer thus far and first pre-season match yet to have been played, lot to look forward to