Sorry I fundamentally disagree. Firstly, you're hugely underrating Keane's ability on the ball which was far better than just 'simple' and 'accurate'. All of the very best teams in the world have a playmaker in midfield, someone to control the tempo, retain possession, switch the play and pick out key passes. Pogba is capable of some of those things, but not all of them and so for me the most important midfielder we can find is someone in the ilk of Modric, Scholes, Pirlo etc etc. For the 'stopper' role, we need someone that can get around the pitch and play with extreme quality ala Carrick. I am just not convinced that Rice has any of those qualities at all, like someone said above he looks more in the mould of Eric Dier who frankly no absolute top team would touch.