I can't KNOW what Oscar's plans are for him, of course, but he played the deep lying role for Charlton.
As a central midfielder he's far more like (a much better) Gary Dicker, than Andrew Crofts. He's not going to charge about winning tackles, and snapping at people's heels. He'll look for...
Talk about negative spin FFS.
You say
You could have said: "A World Cup winner with 70 Spain caps, an exciting winger with plenty of Championship experience, from a promotion rival, and a highly-rated, current England U-21 International, with a £10m price tag."
We were in for him before a couple of years back (from Oldham?) but he ended up going to Southampton.
(unless I'm thinking of someone else entirely...)