Been in a crap team with dour managers and as a result his form has suffered - a club heading in generally the wrong direction (probably not after Colin sorts them out). A rare chance to realistically get a player who has the league experience he does, and it still young doesn't come along that often. In our team and with Val's coaching, I would put money on him being a success.
Not outside our first choice front 3, and one of those isn't ours. If we don't go up and Dike leaves, who would be a credible replacement with a better pedigree?
He isn't good enough for us based on years of evidence of how little he has done since he played for us. Steve Gibson won't be happy losing 23 million pounds worth of investments for nothing.