My opinion of him has largely improved this season, he has been superb for them and they'd be down without him. I'd still be very wary of his (probable) transfer to Spurs though because he's often injured and at this stage of his career it will catch up with him sooner than later, while I'd also be loathed to see anything happen to slow th development of Sandro who I'm very excited about. However, this guy is a far better player than many here, myself included, have credited him to be.