Holding midfielder 3 goals and 1 assist asking for 55m Nah not for me can't see how he will take us forward with FAB playing 90% games in that role
I think that when we factor in how much rest time you already give and will have to give Hendo (who will be 32 in a month) and the rest you will have to give to Thiago (who just turned 31 and is injury prone) + Ox departing, and Jones not being totally ready to be a mainstay in the starting 11, I think it makes sense to add Tchouameni.
The lad looks like an absolute talent. 3 lungs, agile, good eye for the interception, strong, very adept at winning back the ball in all areas of the pitch (key to how we play) and good passer of the ball. He'll be able to play both the Gini role as well as the Fab role when we need him to play it.
On top of all of that you have to remember that we tend to buy players and further develop them so what you are currently seeing of Tchouameni (assuming our interest is real) is not the finished product Klopp and his staff have in mind. For all we know the lad could be transformed into a great creator from the CM position or even converted into a full-on destroyer CDM, etc. When we bought Elliott I don't think any of us expected him to be used as a RCM yet that's how he started the season and performed very well until the injury.
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