And Palacio’s a decent striker but I’m not convinced he’d do too well in Europe. He doesn’t score anywhere near as many as he should for Boca, and when you look at the clubs he’s been linked with in the last 12 months – Arsenal, Barcelona and Madrid all spring to mind – well, would he be an improvement on any of their first-choice strikers, really?

As you say, a ‘smaller’ club would be better for him at first (although bear in mind Villarreal will be in the Champions League group stages), or perhaps a bigger club in a ‘smaller’ league such as Portugal, the Netherlands or France. But time will tell, because he’ll surely get his shot at Europe at some point.

But then Gago had a great second half of the season for Real Madrid – he was one of their key players and his level of performance rarely dipped. He seldom gives the ball away, though he rarely plays a killer pass either. Though at Madrid that hardly matters with the likes of Sneider and Guti just in front of him. As for Banega, he picked a bad time to join Valencia.

I would love to see how Palacio would do in Europe. Hes an unusual striker and I can’t think of many over here with a similar style. David Villa might be the closest in the way he drops deep, runs into channels, is adept at running at defences but can score tap-ins too. Villa is better than Palacio though, for me. I just hope he doesn’t sign for Barca, where he’ll inevitably be expected to shine immediately and dropped if he doesn’t. Better to go to a smaller club – Villareal or Santander, maybe, adjust to the different pace away from the spotlight..