He could be transformative in our midfield. Playing Tonali in place of Longstaff massively raises the potential of our midfield as he and Bruno can take turns to get back or get forward which will make us far from predictable. The most exciting thing to look forward to, is to see how these two learn to play together, how they read each others games and how, if, they learn to read each other before moves happen. Bruno is moer than capable of doing that, hopefully Tonali is the same.
Howe was far too reluctant to change a winning side last season and he needs to get over that in the coming season because we now have numbers in midfield with Tonali coming in and Gordon looking good for England U21’s even if he doesn’t look fit yet.
Tonali is also much better than Trippier at placing the ball from corners and freekicks as he hits a predictable area more often than not. Our forwards will be licking their lips in anticipation, add Joelinton and Botman into the mix and our corners could become lethal.
We probably need a left-back as our priority now as we can’t have Burn playing in that position, especially when Targett is better than him anyway.