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I think if we sign Johnson we won't really need another AM, I think Kulusevski could cover for Maddison in the 10 role if he gets injured and we'd still theoretically have Johnson and Solomon covering the RW. I think Kulu could thrive in the 10 role, he has a very good range of passing and not a bad finisher, certainly think he'd be better than Lo Celso there. People are saying we wasted the ~£32m we spent on him but I reckon if he ends up a rotation player covering a couple of positions it's definitely money well spent in this market. Not sure I want to see him as our first option at RW for this season though, we are crying out for pace in that forward line and I can't see Son being replaced since we just went and made him captain.
But back to play and back to his best aren’t the same.
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It's just whether or not he regains enough physicality to be top level player.. he was never a winger who just burned full backs with mad speed, always thought he was a close-space dribbler like Iniesta, and great at passing the ball on the move, first touch, goalscoring ability. If this is the year he really gets his legs underneath him again and can take on a big training workload, loan with even a large option to buy would be a great move for us. But maybe his knees are just fucked and he won't ever be able to keep his body in order for top level sport week after week.
Oh I’m not saying I don’t want him. That would be brilliant. There was discussion here on the injuries and had read this recently.
Everything coming out seems to be that it’s a pure loan. Unlikely we’re sending Gio there in exchange
Fully agree on the type of player. Even think he could play #10 in this system.
No idea what they value him at tbh. And re. injuries, with him it's not really about staying fit and doing what he did last year, it's staying fit, taking on a big training load to be firing for matches, and then actually playing 70 odd mins per game as opposed to 15/20. If he can do that he's an expensive player and worth paying for.
