i think this is all there is to it. big signing privileges.
he even made him leapfrog the incumbent, Diaz, who had started the season very well.
i think it's brk who mentioned in the commode "Pioli need to help him out of his crisis". i try to engage the least on this topic because he needs time, a season or even more and Pioli is has God like credit with me, but if crisis he is in, then it's Pioli's doing in the first place, by the way he introduced him. made him skip the line. Brahim is the incumbent, and shouldn't have been moved down until he dipped. then the newcomers CDK and Adli should have had somewhat equal chances to integrate the team. (btw my initial thought and still my belief is that CDK would be more useful to this team on the right than as AM) .
one of Pioli best attribute is how he handles the squad, this one situation seems off colors from him. and it has not helped CDK nor the team or himself. but at the moment, Pioli could commit murder and i'll exonerate him

. we're still winning, so no need to xero in on that...results it's what count...though argument could be made that because of that we are not as stable/coherent/drilled as we could be...and for that you pay cash when you play against better sides in europe. can get away with that in serie A on sheer will (Mentality credited to Pioli) most of the time.
anyway, sooner or Later CDK will come good. unlike with past managements, we don't just spend 35M on "air" .... i wouldn't have paid that, never, but if they did, it's for something.
the sooner he starts shining the better, but he should be given the time to settle, a season or 2 even.