Most of these lineups are fantasy football starting 11s. In a 4-3-3, there are two schools of thought. One is to have a Busquets / Fernandinho / Kimmich type who can do it all. Positioning, distribution and defend. Of course, these players are few and far between. The other two midfielders are creative passers with high work rates. Iniesta/Xavi, KDB / Gundogan, etc.
The second school of thought is to have a DM that is more or less a deep lying playmaker, but also is very smart with positional sense. Jorginho, Pirlo, Veratti, maybe a Frenkie DeJong. The other two midfielders are ball winning midfielders who can pass and get forward at times. Mount, McKennie, Henderson, Winaldjum. This can work really well in a counter pressing system like Liverpool uses.of the top of my head,
unfortunately, we are sort of caught in the middle. We don’t have that Busquets type, nor the Jorginho type. To further compound the problem, the brilliance of Pogba and Bruno is that they are deadly on the counter attack and in the final third, but aren’t ball winners and Pogba’s work rate is poor.
McFred fit the second typology. In fact, I believe Fred would thrive in that system — he plays that role for Brazil.
Declan Rice doesn’t fit either. His passing range is too limited for the Busquets or Jorginho roles. He’s essentially a CB playing as a shield for the back 4.
Off the top of my head, there’s not a lot of options available for that type of player: maybe Brozovic, maybe Veratti, Saul might be able to play that role, but it’s not a given.
at the very least, we may have buy a DM and sell Pogba too to make this 4-3-3 work.