ninjamonkey
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It hasn't happened in 3 years, in that time we've seen bernardo, kovacic, kdb, foden, Lewis, stones, nunes, Alvarez and Bobb all get minutes there from the current squad ahead of grealish not to mention players no longer with us, why do you think it's going to happen now?Let's see Jack besides Rodri
Pep bloody loves positional versatility in his players above anything, this is the man who has had Bernardo and foden play left back and centre back john stones as an 8 in a champions league final, if he thought grealish could do that role, we would have seen it by now.
Grealish's game doesn't lend to the tempo we need and demand from our central midfielders, his style of holding the ball, taking many touches and drawing players to him is the complete opposite of the quick, 1 or 2 touch passing Pep wants from Rodri's partner, he can't be doing that in central midfield.
I actually have no qualms about grealish now being able to do the defensive side in that position were he to be put there but the core trait mentioned above that almost identifies him as a player is what I suspect is the primary reason we will never see him there with any regularity and I have no idea why so many people are still so hung up on the idea of Grealish playing central.