Fair enough, but he seems keen to take the game by the scruff of the neck and make things happen for Argentina, whereas that has been less and less the case for Spurs.If you actually watch Argentina it is clear to see he far from just good because he is surrounded by good players. He makes passes that are all in him and that nobody other than Ndombele for the few minutes a season he cares can make.
What does work for him with Argentina is he isn’t asked to get the ball from CBs who can’t pass, run with it past his two MF partners who can’t progress the ball and then pass into a forward group that usually has at least one player not close to good enough.
It is funny when people cry about PEH having to do the job of three MFers, which is complete BS, when he is a major reason GLC and Ndombele are forced to do too much to make up for his lack of skill.-
He should be sold and his fitness/availability is certainly a concern but his skill is something we should be looking to improve on and we have nobody on the team to replace it and are even less likely to bring someone in to replace him if he is sold.
In fairness he was active yesterday, just sloppily so and trapped in a lifeless team performance.
We can’t rehabilitate him and Ndombele at the same time, that 10 role in the 4-2-3-1 is the spark for both of them. And Ndombele’s potential contributions are bigger and more needed.
Just a dumb spitball, what if Lo Celso was the false 9 for our ECL B team? He has goals in him, and it could hardly be worse than what we’re doing now.
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