Yes….for me he will be remembered like Larsson. Like a good player in the twilight of his career who played for us for a while. The end.
Unless he actually does something of note this season.
I agree with you that unless we win anything that's how he will ultimately be remembered. Fondly, no legend stuff or Robbo comparisons (which only you make).
Regarding signing him earlier, context is relevant:
1) His output and attitude would absolutely have been far far better than we got these years from Martial, Lukaku or a spent RVP/Rooney if we go back a bit further. People would have liked Larsson a bit longer, but we didn't need him, did we?. Blanc earlier? We had Stam and got Rio after. We've lacked a proper, mobile and hardworking centreforward for the best part of a decade.
2) He WAS gettable. His name was consistently ON the table re moves to Chelsea/Us. Only time he was definitely out of bounds was at PSG from Zlatan's exit to Neymar's arrival. That wasn't true of, say, a fit peak Schweinsteiger or Ronaldo himself (whom many are saying they wish had returned here instead of going to Juve).
3) We are pretty fed up with sulking primadonnas and agents talking shite. Do you even know who is Cavani's agent? I don't. I'm actually Uruguayan but never heard of him.
4) Ole's "bizarre words" make his case in a nutshell: imagine the crap mood on the first training session after getting roasted by Liverpool. That is EXACTLY where attitude, leadership and a winning mentality shine through. No fingerpointing, no woe is me, back to work, simple really.
How can you possibly not appreciate that or understand how our fans do?
And yes, we are a distinctly better team with a proper centreforward. It just smacks you in the face every single time. Defences look far less comfortable/impenetrable, other players get more space and time on the ball and his pressing recovers balls or forces rivals into errors we recover it from. Pretty sure Cristiano scored one if not two of his goals from such situations.