We already have 7 centre mids fighting for 3 spots
I don’t think it will happen, signing Thiago that is. But, hypothetically speaking, if it did then I would expect either Ox or Gini to be on their way out which again would leave the midfield numbers as they currently are. In addition to that, I wonder if we are likely to see Jones potentially used in a wide forward role as cover for Mane or Salah because out of the midfielders, I think he’s probably the most suited to being able to do so and would do it much more effectively than what Ox does and this could potentially be instead of bringing another wide forward in.
Also, there’s no guarantee we will bring in a CB to replace Lovren because as we’ve seen with Fab, he is more than capable of playing there so could always act as the 4th CB.
I know it seems as though we currently have too many numbers to be bringing Thiago in but there are definitely ways to fit him into the team and in terms of players to do so, he is definitely the calibre of player we should be looking at. You can never have too many quality players and it’s better to have the dilemma of fitting them all into the team than the dilemma of a bang average squad like we had 5 years ago.
If it’s possible to bring Thiago in then would like to see it happen because he’s a world class player and is at his peak so he could easily have another few years at the very top.
But like I said, I still don’t think it’s a transfer that is going to happen.
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