Why are you dumbing yourself down? There are lots and lots and lots of examples of players who joined big leagues late and still had great success. Malmö FF is not a bad club either. According to the UEFA Coefficient, they are the 62th best club in Europe.
Yeah and Lee Cattermole got 287 appearances in the Premier League.
Bachirou he played in Europa League two years, both times being the main reason his team advanced from the group stage. Sure, PL is better than EL, but performing against teams like Athletic Bilbao and Chelsea do tell...
Yeah. I know its not that ****ing sexy to sign some 29 year old playing in Sweden but Bachirou was the best and most important player in Östersund's Europa League adventure and he was also the best in Malmö FF's Europa League adventure this year. He is "secretly" a very high class player and...