As has been mentioned earlier he is not a DM but I believe the Wilshere setback, along
with the winding down of Arteta / Rosickys contracts makes this a very
shrewd January
purchase.
While he was praised highly for some of his
shrewd purchases of players, it isn't until you really delve through the Villa ranks and discover who is no longer involved in first - team affairs that you unravel where the whole Randy Lerner (Aston Villa owner) Martin O'Neill relationship really went wrong,
with the club's acquisitions of several talented individuals not enough to overshadow the large number of flops which entered Villa Park via O'Neill's say - so, nor did it help balance the books.