Dell Boy
Player Valuation: £35m
Why would I compare Wondo who has done bupkus with the national team nor won championships to the guy that has helped carry our team twice, has 5 MLS Cup rings, and carried his national team for YEARS? The Wondo argument is irrelevant, and is also a grand total of two years (yes, even including his last year).
4th best player? I watched every single LA game this year. His partnership with Robbie Keane - who indeed DID carry LA this year - was instrumental to the team. Of the goals Robbie Keane scored LD assisted on 50%. LD on average provides the majority of LA's chances per game, and creates 3 chances/game, more than any other player - including Robbie Keane - in MLS. And those stats are without taking more than a minuscule amount of LA's dead ball chances.
The whole team sucked in the beginning of the season, I was around for it. Not just LD. All three DPs sucked donkey balls, and all three had a conversation with Bruce Arena.
And for these reasons the US is a foreign land and we should be careful about lauding Donovan too much to come back for a majestic third loan.
Yes he was brilliant in his first spell with us and still good and better than we had in the second but the team is moving on in the last 12 months.