Something similar happened with us with Van Nistelrooy if you remember. He clearly was one of the best strikers in our history, yet it became clear that the team functioned better with Saha and later on Tevez. What they brought to the team in terms of overall fluidity outweighed their goal ratio inferiority. Just because someone is brilliant at a specific part of the game does not mean they will fit into every style. We can just hope they don't go on to achieve the same success we did in that period.
