ken_job » Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:46 am wrote:Is there any possibility and/or merit in us using Emre as a make-weight in any potential Keita deal. If Keita was to come in we probably have too many midfield players and a return to Germany to a champions league side may be attractive to Can?
Not a bad shout that, now that Coutinho looks like moving into MF there will only be 2 spots available in the starting XI for CM's, if Keita arrives you'd imagine he'd be a shoe in to start so that would leave Hendo, Wijnaldum, Can, Lucas and maybe even Lallana all fighting it out for the one shirt.
Obviously you do need depth to your squad but we could probably afford to lose 2 of those players and still be okay.
Can is a German international so Leipzig would probably be up for that deal and as you say Emre might be interested in a return to Germany himself where he would be playing week in week out for a club in the CL. Leipzig are are rising force in the game with a lot of resources behind them so he wouldn't be going to unambitious club.
After all if Emre stays here and Keita signs how much football is he realistically going to get? It might be a good move for all parties.