He was injured for a while (and an ankle injury, the way Ode plays, with twists and turns and cuts, etc is very difficult to recover properly from) and since then, we have Saka and Jesus injured. I admit there are parts of his game that could be better right now (scoring from positions he used to score from), but there are very few in the game that can do what he does. Maybe the Dubai break is what he needs to get himself settled and re-connected with the team and let them all gel more. There are glimpses of it, but now it needs to be each and every game from here to May. And my God, we need no more injuries.
I dunno, maybe we will get a surprise and Saka will be back slightly earlier than expected. That would be a huge boost. And Benny is also coming back now. Hopefully Martinelli is not out for too long. This 'break' came at the right time for him also.
