I'm sorry, but over the last few years we've collectively justified too many of these types of signings.
Rodwell, Sinclair, Fernando, Delph. Etc etc.
If you'd told me a few years back we were signing Ferdinand, Evra, Valencia or Vidic, we'd have not just accepted it, but justified it because they were top quality players, even when on the wane. Being rags doesn't negate their talent. We did it with Hargreaves ffs.
But Evans is not in that bracket. He's woeful. He's spent the last year in parked bus sides with defensive midfielders in front of him defending a packed bus. It's hardly the expansive and smooth Pep style, is it.
If we are doing it on a budget, move for Ben Gibson. At least there's room for progression.
I get that we're trying to sign a cheap back up, but he's a truly terrible idea. Just keep Mangala ffs.