I honestly still don't want him. I get that he'll be cheap and he will give Sane rest but I don't like the fit.
Sane stays out wide with Delph playing inside and Sanchez seems to like to come in alot more as the 3-4-2-1 system gives him this freedom, unless we also buy another LB who can play wide then Sanchez is not ideal.
I'd much rather just see Dilrosun or Diaz (or other more mature EDS players if there are others) play LW if Sane needs rest. I mean, we already have Aguero, B Silva and Gundogan on the bench, we cannot possibly afford to put Sane on there as well if Sanchez starts. I'm all for depth and rotation which I believe are key, but the way your suppose to do that is sprinkle in some youth amongst more mature players so that the youth get some game time (which is enough for them) and the senior players get more than a 50-50 split. In something like a 75-25 split, you would get no complaints from the senior or youth players, but 25 for players like Gundogan and Bernardo is not good enough for them and not sustainable in the long run.
Real Madrid had this problem last season where they had incredible depth, quite literally you could see a bench of Kovacic, Isco, James, Morata, and Asensio. You can't have 5 players of this caliber on the bench and keep the team satisfied with rotation, so ultimately they lost James and Morata. Real even bought a talent like Ceballos (James replacement) and he get's no playtime.
Essentially, while I think Sanchez makes sense in the short term to many people, I don't think it makes sense practically in the long term, it just makes sense to play a kid there every now and then. Just do it Pep... we all want to see it once in a while.
Sane stays out wide with Delph playing inside and Sanchez seems to like to come in alot more as the 3-4-2-1 system gives him this freedom, unless we also buy another LB who can play wide then Sanchez is not ideal.
I'd much rather just see Dilrosun or Diaz (or other more mature EDS players if there are others) play LW if Sane needs rest. I mean, we already have Aguero, B Silva and Gundogan on the bench, we cannot possibly afford to put Sane on there as well if Sanchez starts. I'm all for depth and rotation which I believe are key, but the way your suppose to do that is sprinkle in some youth amongst more mature players so that the youth get some game time (which is enough for them) and the senior players get more than a 50-50 split. In something like a 75-25 split, you would get no complaints from the senior or youth players, but 25 for players like Gundogan and Bernardo is not good enough for them and not sustainable in the long run.
Real Madrid had this problem last season where they had incredible depth, quite literally you could see a bench of Kovacic, Isco, James, Morata, and Asensio. You can't have 5 players of this caliber on the bench and keep the team satisfied with rotation, so ultimately they lost James and Morata. Real even bought a talent like Ceballos (James replacement) and he get's no playtime.
Essentially, while I think Sanchez makes sense in the short term to many people, I don't think it makes sense practically in the long term, it just makes sense to play a kid there every now and then. Just do it Pep... we all want to see it once in a while.