Thank you for at least responding. I only mentioned Pogba-Zelalem in the first place to point out how flawed I find the argument that there's something wrong with selecting a player who can probably benefit the team over a player who likely won't. I picked an Arsenal player because I was talking to an Arsenal fan. It's really that simple, but when the response is "you're comparing Zelalem and Jovetic", I don't know how NOT to respond to bemusement.

My point was simple - as a fan, you'd be furious if your team picked a player who's never fit over an expensive player who's both fit and in form. Jovetic is a good player whom I like a lot, but it's hard to argue he's earned a place in that restricted squad, and borderline irresponsible to select him over Bony. The fact that a throwaway comparison is what all the subsequent debate has been about rather than that point is kinda frustrating. A good way to kill time between overs (I'm one of those sad bastards who likes cricket) but still, frustrating. It call it "a silly parallel" is even more annoying when the whole point of the parallel is to be an absurd extreme. There's people here saying Bony "hasn't earned his place in the squad" - that's close to the stupidest thing I've ever seen on reddit, and that prompted the absurd comparison as much as anything.

And Jovetic being used as a commodity is a decision he made, I feel bad for him because he's always seemed like a decent guy, a hard-working player and a victim of injuries, but he's not a victim of circumstance; he chose those circumstances. That's why I don't think he's being mistreated, he chose a team that's buying success with the full knowledge that more players would be bought at his expense. He has a league winners' medal from last season because of that choice. My whole point wasn't who is better, it's that there's only one logical choice between the two and that's all there is to it - the same as if Pogba went to Arsenal and displaced a lesser player who'd had to work harder to earn his place. Shit is rough, have sympathy but nobody's being mistreated here.

Has anyone mentioned any other players that could be dropped for Jovetic? Because the focus seems solely on Bony, who was signed for so much money specifically for his immediate and consistent impact.