See I've thought about this a fair bit and in SOME ways it makes sense.
So the big signing besides for Pickford has been Klassen. Klassen is gonna be the midfielder who makes the runs, sets players up etc and he seems to be really good. He adds the pace to games that Koeman wants.
Rooney will add another dimension to the game. He knows how to control games to what the game dictates. He's not the fastest player in the squad and Koeman knows that. He'll be on when the pace needs to be slowed down. Also, when he comes on opposite players are gonna be trying to shut him down. That's gonna pull players away from their positions meaning other players will be free to try and make the runs needed to score. And lord knows he's good at setting them up. He could actually be a crucial signing. He's the guy who's won everything there is to win in the Premier League. That experience will be massive. Especially given how young our squad is.
Plus, you know what Dutch players are like. He could either be really terrible or really good in the Premier League. And again Rooney will help with that.
It would have been great to get Martial. I do worry about where most of our goals are gonna come from next season and relying on Ramirez is a risky move. Especially considering him and Lukaku are two very different kinds of players.
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Down with this sort of thing.
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