I think at the time Matazo was the midfielder we really needed in a poor side where the centre of the park was without any kind of structure. I do think if we’d have had a consistent midfield of Matazo and Puerta we’d have eased to safety. How Matazo fits in this season is anyone’s guess. Lundstram kind of has that role now, we don’t know if Matazo is better but it’s a nice issue to have.
I'd rather be surprised by how good he is than think he's the second coming and be disappointed as some seem to think.
Puerta would have been an absolute boss in this team counter attacking the way we do, shame we couldn’t sign him really.
We didn't really see enough of Matazo to make a solid judgement, but what we did see was encouraging. Worth remembering his pedigree, the two games he played before he joined us, were against PSG and Arsenal (in the Champions League).
I think when (more likely if) everyone is fit we'll have McBurnie up front, Millar and Belloumi on the wings, Gelhardt behind McBurnie so that leave 2 from Lundstram, Hadzi, Slater, Crooks, Matazo and possibly Zambrano. Could end up being our strongest position
I think if everyone stays fit you probably end up leaving Zambrano where he is til at least the summer (if we get him at all)
