Now that this is really happening, I wanted to discuss his role in the team. We are a team in transition, we all know that. With Jose hopefully signing a new contract, that'll give us some much needed stability.
In addition, I think that the fact that Jose IS signing a new contract means that the board will have promised to him that they will make significant investment in the squad. I don't believe he would have agreed to a new contract if things like the Peresic saga were going to continue in the future. So, with Jose at our helm, a squad with young talent, and proper spending incoming, I truly believe that we are a team on the rise. With big ambitions of getting back to where we belong, winning the league/CL, we need to plan for the future, and that means strategically creating a team capable of achieving those things. What that entails is building around certain key players and buying smart, not a blind galactico system, but getting players to compliment those around whom we are building the team around.
For me, Pogba should be seen as a long term centerpiece, along with martial and De Gea. Pogba plays best in a 3, higher up the pitch but not quite in the "10". Even though his creative numbers have been better than in previous seasons, Sanchez isn't the player that we should be playing in the 10 as our creator, neither is Pogba. I like the idea of having him on the right with martial on the left and big Rom as the target man up front. Sanchez is quite good at dead balls and such so it'll definitely improve our service up front, something Lukaku thrives on. With that front 3, Pogba box to box and a creator like Ozil or Dybala at the 10, I firmly believe that we can win the CL.
