But if he's merely matching Gundogan and getting no rest then what's the point? It's seemingly another KDB level player people want.
Fern has to play at the moment because we don't have anyone. Pep is admitting it.
Against lesser teams, Fred or Jorginho would have taken his spot & in tougher games maybe even played in the same team. That would mean much less work over a season, for Fernandinho, even sometimes when playing.
As it turns out, neither would have been ideally what we want as they are neither great creatively nor defensively, just a bit 'meh' like Gundogan. But the idea was that either would be a solid, important player in that position, & take the weight off Fern, which is what we need imo.
Then imagine ditching Gundogan for a real top, exciting mid, with Foden also taking over from any who lack form or who are getting older, then replacing.
We would be incredible, as the workrate we had v Liverpool, could be the average.
