and then we switched to Mahrez in the closing weeks - I agree the pursuit of Sanchez was equally a factor, it is not a question of Mahrez as an individual but of his position in the squad, the same as Sanchez. I think everyone accepts now that it was a mistake and our defence should have been the priority. Sancho and Sane would have been an excellent competing pair for the Mahrez/Sanchez role.
If he'd reproduced his Leicester form with us (or arguably been allowed to) there wouldn't be an issue.
On Bernardo also being a factor in Sancho's departure we can agree, on Riyad's performances so far, sadly we cannot. He'll be playing against Chelsea though so let's hope his gifts are on show then.
Nothing to do with sane,he plays on the left
Spurs away, CL. Sane deserved to start that game. To me, if Pep selects him more towards the end of last season, he would've signed a contract. I understand it was mainly Bernardo and Raheem. But, yea, Mahrez was an unneccessary buy. Sane proved more than competent the season before. Should've left that spot for the next young player.
I'm a big sane fan but there is nothing to say he would have been played more,he is clearly frustrating pep about something,we have to balance the team between the younger and the more experienced,mahrez was a great player to bring in,we fans see things in a very black and white way but clearly juggling the team for 4 comps is quite a feat so we have to trust that the club and pep knows what he is doing,it's not like we are struggling to win things is it
