Not seen one person saying our window hinges on it.No where near replacing rose he played left back about 3x last season and my Fulham mates say he is a terrible defender. I'd expect him to only feature in cup games whilst we work on developing that side of his game of that is what we are doing. Those thinking our season hinges on this signing are way off the mark.
But:
1.Hes clearly a target of Poch
2.He clearly wants us
3. Its a deal that will be harder to do with free agent vultures next year
4. If we are to try convert him to full back, getting him in ASAP makes sense, in order to start the process.
These four reasons are why people want him now. Also I would happily bet against the 'cup games' claim as well.
I agree that he doesn't replace Rose right now.