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I've always acknowledged and appreciated his (Dembele's) qualities - just think he had deficiencies too - and for a team that struggles to transition quickly against bus-parkers I think those deficiencies were under played by many because they like to see a player dribble.
Whatever the debated pros and and cons of Dembele, he's struggled to stay fit throughout his time with us and now he's just plain fucked. Football's getting faster and faster and cleverer and cleverer, he's going in the opposition direction.
Ay-ou-arr (I think??)
I sincerely hope we are not buying him to play there, even in the 3cm system. Better than Sissoko I guess, but then, who isn't? Even as the AM, I'd rather we were a bit more ambitious and went for Fekir, but I'd reluctantly live with Barkley as an AM but for CM we really need to get someone bloody good, as we are very weak there IMO, not another makeshift solution (like Barkley) that ultimately is a fudge.
Barkley wouldn’t particularly be my choice but given his contract situation and our previous interest I think it’s what’s most likely. I think you can forget about us signing anyone from Lyon unless they’re in the last year of their contract, they get top dollar for their players and that’s not how we roll