Should we not still be looking to bring in more of a natural RW then like a Buendia/Sarr if Pellistri is more of a wide playmaker type player rather than a winger then
I agree with
@TwoSheds that I have only watched these players on YouTube.
However the RW situation is highly dependent on Greenwood in my eyes.
Whilst many people are so sure that the guy is made to play as a centre forward - the fact is that he hasnt really adapted to that in the first team yet.
Can he do it? Most likely yes. Has he done it? Not really. Now that we have Cavani as another striker this makes Greenwood's opportunity as a CF even lower than before.
Greenwood performances as a RW is nothing to necessarily cry about either.
Why do I bring Greenwood up? Because currently our CF in Martial can play a supportive role of interlinking our wide forwards of Rashford & Greenwood. Whilst everyone is talking about Cavani's predatory abilities in the box - its usually forgotten that cavani can play as a supportive striker like a target man that brings others in to play aswell. This leaves Greenwood out wide with traore competing for that spot because they play as inverted forwards.
However, if Greenwood plays centrally or if Cavani is playing more as an ageing predatory striker then can we really play inverted forwards who score goals or do we need more creative ones out wide instead? We arguably have a single fullback (telles) who provides crosses and no one else in the first team except James when playing out wide.
This is why players like Sancho, Beundia, Pellistri and Sarr maybe required when we change our CF's and adapt to their needs. We might need that creativity out wide one day if we stick to a 4231 or 433 and have our CF be our main predominant goalscorer rather than the goalscoring ability spread across the front line and inverted forwards.
If we change to a 352, Greenwood can play centrally with another forward - however in such a formation do we need Sarr, Sancho, Pellistri or Buendia? I'm not so sure.
It's not that I'm over hyping Greenwood as a player - it's the fact that clinical left footed forwards like him are exceptionally rare and useful. He has the ability to play as an inverted forward in a 4231 or 433 or play as a right sided striker in a partnership in a 352.
Traore for me is also a inverted forward directly competing for the goalscoring positions Greenwood plays in (wide in a 433 or more right sided in a 352 partnership). Pellistri is more a creative player that will be useful when such forwards plays as a central striker instead and require them to be our predominant goalscorer.
When you look at Zlatan during Jose's time - you could see the inverted forwards not interlinking as well and Zlatan needed that creativity to be the main goalscorer (hence why jose was going for a player like perisic).
As good as Willian is - does his creativity on the RW help when Aubameyang is played out wide and Lacazette is in the centre? would they be better if nicolas pepe was more consistent in his gameplay & his goalscoring abilities out wide on the right - allowing arsenal to have two goalscorers around a supportive striker?