Anyone else still think he can prove to be an important member of the team?
He may not have had the best opening season but it takes time to adjust to the speed of the PL, especially as he is rather slow, not to mention his season was disrupted by injuries.
I don't like the assumption on this board that you have to have pace to be a good defensive midfielder, look at Javi Martinez at Bayern. All you need is two other mobile midfielders near you, Javi's job should mainly be defending and clearing up if the midfield get caught.
I personally believe that a midfield three of:
-----------Garcia-------------
Yaya---------------Fernandinho
Would be extremely solid and do very well, especially in European away games and harder PL games.
Spain clearly rate him highly, and we should at least give him a second season to prove his worth. Lets hope he does.