The most concerning thing about Weigl is his current form and recent ankle injury, who knows how badly it affected him. In all other respects he looks like an ideal choice (I watched him a lot at BvB, he looked as good as young Busquets under Tuchel). I agree that Jorginho would be a good alternative to him.
As for SMS, I don't understand why he's being mentioned in the context of DM position. Completely different player, more a 'KdB' than a patient midfield controller. Not press-resistant enough, not very good defensively.
The more you speak about SMS the more I disagree with you!
For me, Milinkovic-Savic is possibly the most press resistant of the lot we've been linked with. His ability to use his body to hold off a defender or two before giving the ball to an unmarked teammate is reminiscent of Yaya and Busquets, he's particularly great at using his first touch to beat someone pressing him by either wrong footing them or using it to put his body between the ball and person pressing him
He's a player who has had his head up and knows what he's going to do before the ball arrives at his feet, which is generally what makes players good at resisting pressing teams, it's something Pep's talked about and something Fernandinho, Yaya, Busquets, Weigl & Jorginho all do.
Not good defensively? Again I really disagree, he's good defensively for the type of midfielder he currently is, box to box. He makes a lot of tackles, he tracks runners, he wins the ball back.
Doing the job at the base of midfield is different, positioning much more important but as he's not played there it's hard to say how good he'd be, and impossible to say how well he'd react to Pep teaching him.
Also Fernandinho was a box to box midfielder who even played as a #10 for Shakhtar, Fred doesn't play that role at Shakhtar but he was seemingly very close to being bought in January and may still be a target, so we know it's not necessary for a great #6 prospect to already be playing there.
I feel like you don't want us linked with SMS, which is fine, everyone's got their opinion, and we're not linked with him these days anyway, but disagree strongly on the reasons why.
I agree with you on Weigl and Jorginho though.