They did a discussion yesterday morning about whether, in the modern game, traditional strikers were no longer required and pointed, amongst others, to the fact that we won the league last season without a recognised striker for much of it. I actually found it quite interesting and they should do more of that stuff.
They won't, though, because it doesn't get the masses foaming at the mouth and phoning up to fill their coffers.
The 3 best sides in the country don't play traditional strikers.
Liverpool's only striker is Roberto Firmino, an attacking midfielder Klopp converted into a target man for the wingers to play off. For some reason no one calls him a false 9 although he's as close to that position as it gets.
We obviously play without one most of the time.
Chelsea won the CL last season with only a winger turned striker in Werner and now they're playing their best football with Lukaku on the bench.
PSG don't have one either, Neymar plays through the middle as the striker with Mbappe and Messi on the wings.