Qwiss! wrote:
Xhaka is better than Elneny. You don' improve by selling Xhaka and moving Elneny up the pecking order. Elneny is an ok 4th choice, move him any higher up the squad and its an issue.
Look at the recent squad valuation (total spend on Premier League registered players), and we were 4th behind City, United and Chelsea. Yet we haven’t finished in the top 4 in 4 years. That immediately tells me that we have poor resource allocation. We have spent enough, we just haven’t spent it well. There’s 2 main problems. We spent it on bad players. And we spent it diffusely. We need to solve both. Concentrate spend on superstars. And recruit better at all levels. (There are budding signs of both).
That means we need a much better starting lineup. Think back to the Invincibles. You knew the first 11. They constantly played together and became a well-oiled machine. That’s the last 2 1-/2 years of Liverpool as well. You get a better return from a great first 11 than a deep team. Thats why I am fine losing at least 6-9 players on this team. I’m willing to sacrifice these guys for 2-3 super quality guys that put us over the top. We have some 30 players. What are you doing with that? The most value naturally lies in the guys in the starting lineup. Take them out. Xhaka, Lacazette stand out most.