Foden was fit and available for multiple games yet barely once played in 'the David Silva role' for lack of a better word. Played a lot out wide either side and false 9. Maybe I'm wrong but Pep's words aren't entirely lining up. How will he all of a sudden become a David Silva replacement then, not as easy is it, and definitely not easy to just stick another player in there like Bernardo and hope it will just work out. Gündogan clearly isn't that profile that David was, and neither is Phil really. There's a reason Aouar looks so impressive to a lot of people, because he can control the tempo of the game and dictate our possession, a lot like how a David Silva can do. So yeah, we are definitely short in midfield, not a crisis like at centre half area, but definitely one we could try and improve on.