The thing is, their board seems a bit incompetent to say the least. It seems they need to sell a lot to meet FFP requirements and he'll only have a year left on his contract. If they ask for too much then clubs will simply look elsewhere.
Do you think Kulusevski could be moving a bit deeper to take on the playmaker role?
I would have thought it's Hojbjerg (and possibly Skipp) that Gallagher replaces with someone like Baena for replacing Gio.
That would most certainly be the hope, I agree with @ajspurs regarding his work rate being a very attractive quality for us above all else. Thing is i don’t see us getting 3 midfielders in this summer so if Gallagher is one of them he’s ether playing 10 or 6 and neither do I feel he is particularly right for.
We can already do that with Sarr & Bentancur.
Sarr rotation
He wouldn't be coming in to replace Gio imo - he would be coming in to replace Hojberg and possibly Skipp as well
It’s certainly a possibility but I feel like that might well be a recipe for disaster. If anything I feel Kulu would probably work better as an 8 but we are well stocked there. Maybe he does adapt to the 10 role but considering how prone to injury Maddison is I feel it could be quite a big gamble to have him as our back up playmaker.
It would be, it would be even better if we managed to bring in Archie Gray as well. That would spell the end for Skipp of course.
With European football we will need more depth and even without Cup distractions this year Hojbjerg more than played his part so it's flexibility across the midfield trio (primarily 8/6) that will appeal to Ange albeit I don't see Gallagher as a master of either but then any squad has those players when you are competing on multiple fronts.
It could spell the end for Bissouma as well and i'd still be all for it.
He's good and better than he's given credit for but his best position is as an 8 which is where Bentancur and Sarr are best. Lets him do some stuff defensively, be on the front foot winning things back pressing and contributing a bit further forward. However the ones going will likely be Hojbjerg and GLC and he fits neither of those positions - as a 6 he's too restricted with his engine where he can be proactive winnig it back further up and he's not on the same level as Madders and GLC with the ball. Right now it's £40-50m on the midfield position where the club are arguably strongest overall, the only way it makes sense is if one of Bentacur or Sarr are sold and I'm sorry but he isn't on their level, a fully fit Bentancur is class and Sarr's quality while being 2.5 years younger
