- Aug 6, 2018
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Will miss Dembele but I’m intrigued to see what potential replacements will bring to our midfield. Dembele on his day was unplayable but it’s so frustrating that he never actually became the player he could maybe have been. His ability to beat a man and his ball retention are amazing. However, he never really posted more than a few goals a season with us and injuries limited him. I know his main role wasn’t to score goals with us but a player with that ability could really have kicked on and taken a step or two forward. As Les Ferdinand described him after we sold Bale, he thought Dembele was so frustrating at times as he never really showed his true ability week in week out.