Originally Posted by
Niall_Quinn
Partey. Knew it.
So the Rice thing is just a byproduct of the Partey thing? Not going to spend the next 2 days arguing about why the idea of Partey in that role would be catastrophic. But the amount of balls we'd give away in critical areas of the pitch ought to be enough to knock that on the head. If he's useless at tracking runs and putting out danger for the back four, why would we ever want him further up the field applying these special talents?
No, not spending the 2 days. So we'll let you have Partey there.
How old is Partey? How much longer will he be here? Almost left in the summer didn't he? Is he here next year if we can't bring in a more attacking midfielder to double pivot with Odegard? We'll have sold Rice, or he'd have demanded a move to keep his international career afloat rather than warming the bench for us. Sold at a loss I would think, and a big one.
It's one way to go I guess. We're bringing in Zubimendi, big wages there, and hopefully a striker, big wages. We'll save some on getting rid of Rice, of course. So maybe there is some room to bring in a more attacking midfielder to double pivot with Odegard.
But who? Any names spring to mind? Somebody who could be double pivoting up top with Odegard, and Partey, Rice and Jorginho all booted? We'd have Trossard, Martinelli, Saka, Zubimendi, and don't forget Sterling if he stays. Which leaves Merino as the steel in the middle, given the bloke we dump Rice for will be pivoting away up front.
You sure you thought this through fully?
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