There are "fantasy players" everywhere. David Silva, Coutinho, Firmino, Ozil etc, as well as many similar types of players in the Championship. The key, like you say, is whether such a player would fit into our side. The fact that Hughton tried to get Pritchard in the summer, for £8m+ no less...
People forget. He was our top goal scorer that year. He was our joint top assist maker. He completed the most dribbles per game alongside KLL, and he completed the most key passes per game. That, all whilst having a pass completion rate only 2% less than Kayal when he came in.
I get that people...
That, plus he was supplying CMS and O'Grady.
I'm not saying he was perfect, but there's a Premier League player in Texeira. If Lingaard can play regularly for Utd and England, then Texeira can play at a similar level if he's given the same opportunities.
From what I can see, he's apparently being hugely underrated by some people on here IMHO.
We'd have gone down that season without him. He was so far and above everyone else in our team that year, in terms of natural skill and his ability to affect games, that I find it criminal that he's so...