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Until we know the make-up of our squad come the start of next season this is all academic. However, our FBs are likely to be very attack-minded (Hutton, Gunter, Bale, Gilberto), and Ramos is known for using the flanks to attack at speed which means there has to be some protection in the centre.
Ramos is a far more attacking coach than Benitez - but Rafa has played that kind of 4-4-2, with a passer next to a destroyer, for years so it does count as an example.
I also don't think we can entirely dismiss the examples of a 4-4-2 featuring Poulsen alongside Maresca or Keita as that Sevilla side was coached by Senor Ramos.
But this suggests that you think Ramos would consider playing Modric in a deeper sitting midfield pairing (like Scholes and Carrick). I can't believe we'd pay £16.5 million for one of Europe's brightest young attacking play makers and play him like that. He's being compared to Kaka, not Alonso or Baraja etc.