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Showed good pace and strength on Sunday. Hope he gets a full pre-season before we decide to move him on if that's at all on the cards.

Baleba is but not ready sadly. It's the risk we take and it'll bring success and frustration sometimes. Just have to remember where the model has brought us to so far and enjoy the ride.

I don't disagree at all but just stating the obvious re. what we currently have as CM options. If Baleba hits the ground running next season then we've done it again. If not, then it could be 18months/2 years of one step back when one or two more pragmatic signings could have kept us rolling a...

I don't think they are threadbare at all. We have lots of players at CM which is why Dahoud went today. I think there are just all very very similar. With the exception of a very inexperienced Baleba and a very ageing Milner. We lack the the solidity and dynamism that Mac and Caicedo gave us. I...

I'd say his best position is one of the two centre mids in a 4-3-3 (not the sitter). In a 4-2-3-1 he's not a winger and probably more suited to being one of the two if he has the discipline. Sure he could do a good job as a no.10 but that's not where's he's played even before joining.