you will not get a world class player to come and sit on the bench though will we and its abundantly clear Jürgen will not split up his special front three who gives collectively more than the sum of the parts so to speak. Harry Wilson had a good season with Derby but isn't at the level yet where he could begin to think of getting a place but just look at how Mo developed under Jürgen then we have young Brewster and Divok the CL winner and destroyer of Barca. Its going to be very difficult to find the right fit regardless of finances
That first sentence is indeed the response I was looking for.
I generally feel that some of us believe there’s a huge drop in quality at the bench and therefore we’ve the need to find a quality player.
As you’ve said, world class players are out due to playing time, wage and transfer fee.
Then again, some of us want an upgrade on our legend even though he delivered from the bench time and again.
So we look for young hungry players who have some stats in other leagues but are unproven in the premier league.
That probably gives the same confidence/feeling as promoting our younger players who went out on loan to the first team.
Ideally, everyone wants a marquee signing like VVD or Ali. But at this stage it is not easy to final a player who will improve our front trio. VVD and Ali were easy upgrades given what we had in those positions. But our front three are firing.
In truth, I advocate sticking with our legend and Rhian. They’ll know our style of play better. Then take back Harry Wilson and develop him if needed.
Think about it, we lost the league only at the Etihad. Largely because Joe was out. And now that Matip is playing at a very good level, there’s probably enough cover in defence.
We already have a good enough squad. It’s just a matter whether we want to go along the lines of “we can’t sit back”, “we need world class cover”, “we need to stop city from getting their player”, “we need that same quality on the bench as the front three”, “whoever we have doesn’t convince me, they cannot make it” etc.
My point is... whoever we’re looking for, we might already have in our backyard to do that job. Do you have the confidence in the coaching team and in them?