He's "ON THE DECLINE" Yet he's our Top Scorer (24 goals).
He's "On the decline" yet he's our 2nd top assists.
How can you claim he's "on the decline" when he's CLEARLY our best attacking player??
The facts simply do not match your feelings.
We should not be selling our best players and speculatively buying other players to replace them. We should be strengthening our squad not making it weaker
Who cares if he's 32.
This is FSG Brainwashing at its finest.
He's clearly still a world class player. Luka Modric is 39. If you're good enough youre good enough.
A lot of his goals have been from tap ins/penalties and that's not playing down those type of goals because you still need someone in the right place at the right time to put them away.......BUT he doesn't do half of the things he used to. It's not always about goals and assists, general play, influence on team mates and how you function as a team player, all play a huge part.
He doesn't try and take his man anymore, he doesn't seem able to score solo/wonder goals anymore. There isn't that urge to help out defensively. He's not able to fight players off him anymore. He doesn't really show or demand for the ball anymore, I wonder if he's lost his appetite.
When is the last time you can really say he got the better of a LB?
The majority of fans can see the decline and sometimes as hard it may be you have to listen to what the majority see, goals and assists don't tell the whole story.
As far as selling your best players go, he hasn't been our best player for the last 2 years. That's been Alisson and Virgil. We sold Sadio a few years ago and it was the right decision, we sold Coutinho a few years before that and it was the right decision. There is always a right time to sell.
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