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The question for me with Dele is - Can he adapt his game?
If Jose has been trying to get him to add different aspects to his game but Dele is incapable then he'd be right to sell as players need to continuously evolve.
For example, look at Kane. When he first arrived on the scene he seemed to primarily be a goal scorer, for the last 2-3 years he's learnt to drop deep and be a bit of a playmaker. Son has learnt to be more central and play as a striker on the shoulder.
We know Deles strength is in and around the penalty area as someone who can ghost in and score but also has tremendous skill to score improvised goals.
However, he can't play in midfield as he's too slow with the ball, he can't play in a wider position for similar reasons, he can't play up top on his own as he needs to be able to run in. He needs to adapt part of his game, if he could have become more of a CM who drives the team on and dictates, then he'd be even better but hes not faired to well in that role.
Teams evolve styles and set up, since we stopped playing the typical set up under peak Poch, Dele has struggled for consistency and struggled to find his role.
I don't think its just effort as some suggest, I think its having problems evolving.
If Jose has been trying to get him to add different aspects to his game but Dele is incapable then he'd be right to sell as players need to continuously evolve.
For example, look at Kane. When he first arrived on the scene he seemed to primarily be a goal scorer, for the last 2-3 years he's learnt to drop deep and be a bit of a playmaker. Son has learnt to be more central and play as a striker on the shoulder.
We know Deles strength is in and around the penalty area as someone who can ghost in and score but also has tremendous skill to score improvised goals.
However, he can't play in midfield as he's too slow with the ball, he can't play in a wider position for similar reasons, he can't play up top on his own as he needs to be able to run in. He needs to adapt part of his game, if he could have become more of a CM who drives the team on and dictates, then he'd be even better but hes not faired to well in that role.
Teams evolve styles and set up, since we stopped playing the typical set up under peak Poch, Dele has struggled for consistency and struggled to find his role.
I don't think its just effort as some suggest, I think its having problems evolving.