He is that good, the reason why some people would like to see him given the chance to actually do something before we splurge out 40-60m on another player.
Rodri has averaged 50 games a season for the last 3 seasons, barring injury does he really need an expensive rotational player option? He has played 35,34,33 in the PL.
Lavia could play those few games and not to be disrespectful we can surely find a team to rest Rodri against that isn't in the top 10 and not suffer.
I am an advocate for more game time from the bench as well, you know when we are leathering a team but Pep likes to bring on more full internationals for the last 10 mins, it is the one thing I wish he would alter tbh.
I would love to see some of our youth get more chances, the league cup should now be used as a breeding ground to see them step up, 5 or 6 guaranteed to start supplemented by players needing to keep match fit etc.
Ultimately we will lose some of these talents if we do not give them a chance, I know this doesn't bother some and others will think it is a great help to FFP as we make 10m from Bazunu etc and they are also right, it is just a long standing dream to see us field a team with a good proportion made up of our own YA products.