This comparison has probably been made too many times, but Pep took two natural No. 10s in Silva and De Bruyne and sat them deeper in midfield.
Changing Silva into a deeper role would be akin to us changing Mata to sit in central midfield(ignoring his mobility issues). On top of that, to shield them, he adapted Fernandinho from a more box to Box into a Defensive midfield role.
Meanwhile, the defender issues have been well documented.
I didn't say anyone talking about how it couldn't be done then.
And yet all we hear is how Bruno and Pogba can't function together.
It will probably be said that Pep is a better coach, or has a better coaching system, but we have two midfielders more accustomed to playing deeper roles in midfield already.
Which is why it's strange we don't prioritize DM.
With a new, more solid DM, we could probably get a lot more out of this partnership than what we have so far.