I do think we'll get him, but itll be interesting to see how it pans out. Guess the way we use Bruno and Pogba together will say a lot about future plans?
When I look at our current midfielders, I see Bruno Fernandes obviously as a player we see as a starter long term, and I see McTominay the same way (and the club does as well). Mctominay is a box to box, Bruno is a #10. What would give us the perfect balance to those 2 is having a Carrick behind them. Passing range, creativity, intelligence but someone to dictate games with their passing and give the ball to the attackers. That's what we need IMO. I just dont think itd work having McTominay as the defensive mid behind Bruno and Grealish, there would be no positional discipline or control there. And it's not like we have Pep as manager who can make a bunch of attacking mids work while player together in deeper positions. Regardless, one way or another, our side needs a Carrick type, a deep lying playmaker who will organize the midfield and spread the ball around. That could give us this as options:
Rashford Martial
Bruno
Grealish Mctominay
*Carrick
Martial
Rashford Grealish Bruno
Mctominay *Carrick
Rashford Martial Greenwood/James
Grealish Bruno
*Carrick
He'd be a very good signing and I could see all the above working, but hes kind of like a cherry on top piece rather than the key part of the foundation to make it click, which is what the holding mid would be. That's imperative to get right. Not some high energy ball winning player who isnt much of an intelligent passer. A busquets, a Carrick, a Keane (dream scenario), Fernandinho, Fabinho, Etc.
