I whole-heartedly agree with this article. Heck, I don't think Thiesson is significantly inferior to Patric, who played 1007 minutes for Lazio last season, or the present-day, thirty two year old version of Basta, who is nominally Lazio's starting right back.

After all, some really high quality players come from Swiss football. Who can forget Stephan Lichsteiner, who was with Grasshopper before moving to France and, later, Lazio? Indeed, Minnesota United bought Thiesson from fellow Swiss Super League club FC Luzern, where he was a regular starter. He was even worth a very respectable 1.25 million Euro just one year ago, at age twenty eight.

It's too bad the rest of Manny's "high profile" signings didn't pan out. I remember reading an article earlier this season, which provided the anecdote that the club had close to half of its payroll tied to players like Demidov, who either weren't starting, or who couldn't even make the match day squad. Talk about a waste of resources-- resources which aren't exactly in ample supply at the club anyway!

But, Thiesson is nonetheless the one bright spot from the team's European recruits.