For me it’s simple, he is our most creative player, his qualities surpass anyone else in our squad and in a ideal world we’d clone him and have a younger version of a world class player, only his age and fitness has held him back,
Sadly, we cannot afford to hang on to players passed their use by date for too long, in the end they hamper progress from the academy, his experience cannot be bought but we can get the best out of whatever time he has left here, so I’d be happy if he remains as a squad member/bench warmer and only use him when absolutely necessary, 4th/5th sub,
We can’t have it both ways unfortunately, we’re in transition, so we have to find the ultimate balance and put the right and proper components into the mix, Jürgen I believe will have a idea or two of who he believes will be our new creative influence and it would be foolhardy to let Thiago leave, keep hold, tap into his depth of knowledge and perhaps use him as a mentor,
It’s going to take two - three windows to add the finishing touches to Jürgen’s new Red machine, so we’ll need Thiago, Henderson Fabinho et al in helping their replacement’s settle in, use the remainder of their contracts to pass on knowledge & understanding of how things work at LFC,
When he plays we tick, we’re a much more dangerous animal, it’s pivotal we find someone of a similar talent or we could be get very bored going side to side and back again, and very much stifling progress !!
YNWA
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