I dont want to unnecessarily rain on your parade onechance but in what context do you rate these players exactly? Neither have English football history and we all know that as with Riveros (technically superb and a star of Paraguay's World Cup) when it comes to the rigours of the EPL, that counts for nowt.
I think they are signing players they can by offering better wages than the Frog league but only to get bodies in not the right type of player required to survive the EPL. They have yet to acquire a player that has done it week in week out at this level.
In Larsson, Gardiner, N'Zogbia, Brown, O Shea and either Crouch/Pav, amongst others, we are targeting the 'right' sorts of players to tackle the toughest league in world football. 1 or 2 gambles is fine but not if they are the only ones you bring in.