Being able to fill in on the wing and actually being a winger are two different things, fadz is a striker, osman is an amc and vdm's jus a waster. Even pienaar played predominantly in the middle for Ajax, which leaves us with one wide player, granted he is fantastic but it still ain't enuff.
thomas is a good player wud give us another option in middle of park.
And for 2m you can't say no, even if he does only have pace and can cross