Because I'm looking beyond the end of next week.
Look, maybe I'm wrong. But by and large, centre-backs don't last until their mid-30's in this division any more. Even reliable performers drop off a cliff at around Lescott's age, look what happened to Distin. My fear is that he comes, robs 12-18 months of development off Clark, Clark comes back into the team rusty and now not at the required level, and January or June 2017 we're looking to buy an expensive Clark and Lescott replacement.
Dustin is about 4/5 years older than Lescott. We could get another two good years out of Lescott.