I agree the TAA is a fantastically creative player, but do not buy into the narrative that we should just completely drop our standard of what we expect creatively from our fullbacks, especially considering the system Ole wants to play.
Andrew Robertson has 22 assists in the last 2.5 seasons... is he a generational talent too?
Or is it the fact that amongst other things, Liverpool play narrow outside forwards, and therefore their width and creativity from out wide is reliant on their full backs?..
and is it not also true to say that Ole wants to play a similar system to Liverpool whereby our ‘wide’ attackers (rashford, Greenwood, James) are relatively narrow and play in the channels? The main difference I can see in the two shapes is Ole wants to play with 2 midfield pivots rather than 1, which should give our FBs even more cover and therefore license to get forward!
Ultimately, at the highest level the FB roll has changed... All of the current best FBs in the world contribute at least as much going forward as they do defensively. All things considered based on our planned style of play, attacking contribution should have been an absolutely key consideration in the scouting of a new fullback.