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I do find it a little perplexing that some complain that we don't move the ball quick enough from defence to attack or struggle to break down packed defences. Yet when we get linked to a player who can do this (albeit a player who is having a bad period) people start to throw their toys out.
If we had a midfield of Gomes, Grealish and Winks - with Wanyama and Dier sitting - we'd certainly be moving the ball much much faster than with Dembele.
The likes of Kovacic and Milinovic-Savic are just pie in the sky, whereas we are getting quotes of 40m for N'Dombele. I can see why we are trying to be cute here.
We get the Valencia version of Gomes and if Grealish reaches his potential with us we will have pulled off a spectacular move. And of course it's a risk, but so too would be spending 60m on Kovacic or 80m on Milinkovic Savic.
Finally, is Kovacic really that much better than Gomes??
Yeah, or we get the Barcelona version who is hiding inside his house because he is too ashamed to go out.