I remember him being decent, but not top 4 quality (I know he's improved since, but the sentiment is still the same). I've watched plenty of Fiorentina's games over the past 2-3 years. He's clearly a last resort at this point IMO.
Azpi came out of nowhere and took to the Prem quickly. Alonso has had two bites of the cherry in the Prem already and didn't light it up on either side of the field.
We honestly can't be going forward with him as a CF and not buying someone/anyone in the next few days.
Quite a bit of talk about Gyan coming back to England. I seriously wouldn't be against getting him to fill in for this season.