re: Arsenal 2013/2014 Season Long Thread

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Only problem is that he's getting slower and old.

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Rooney has never been a player who has relied on speed for anything. He's actually become much more complete of a player, with his ability to create and score goals. He can play wide, centrally or up top. If he can take care of himself, which is a big if, has the ability to play well into his late 30's. If you are buying him for 40 mil at his age, clearly you can deal with a depreciating asset. If you have that much to spend, you clearly aren't looking to get back a monetary amount, unless he fails completely, which is certainly a risk.

Suarez is a player who can fit into our scheme as well as anyone. Technical, superb on the dribble, he can start or end moves, can play by himself up top, and is versatile enough to play in any of the front four attacking positions. Not only that he, like Rooney, has actually produced in the PL. That type of proven goalscoring ability is worth the cost.

It's not like the 70 mil we have does us any good sitting in the bank.