Is he could enough to be in our first 11? Yes. Should we be getting better? Yes. I'd prefer Parker, for what he'd offer, but certainly, as a squad option I'd love to have Tommy back. He's improved since he left us. He did well for West Ham when finally over his injury.
We're very short in centre midfield right now, so we do need 1-2. Petrov is past it. I think Makoun will come good, while Delph and Bannan are potentially very good, but still unproven. For free, he'd be a good signing indeed. He might be a bit cumbersome, but he's tidy on the ball, obviously as we know he has a thunderbolt shot, and his set pieces are decent.