I don't see how his ethnicity is important.
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Smith Rowe has signed a new contract and will wear the number 10
It’s every Englishman’s God-given right!
Partey is world class, though - you have to trust that. He just hasn’t been available that much, and when he has been we’ve rarely been able to use him properly (and I doubt he’s been fully fit at any point last year).
Xhaka’s replacement needs to be the guy who sits deep (and, ideally, not constantly dropping to cover LB, which is where Tavares comes in) and and Partey needs to be free to play box-to-box, which is his strength. If he’s out, or needs a breather, then we need someone with the same profile (Lokonga) to come in so we don’t have to keep changing shape and finding workarounds every other game. I’m sure everyone else is as sick of the constant tinkering and left field solutions as I am.