"I wouldn't be writing him off yet. His role in the team, if he gets back in and a couple of games under his belt, might be a bit higher up the pitch. The first thing we always say is, 'he can't get around the pitch'. But what we've seen going forward, he does have an eye for a pass. Set-pieces, how many times does he get his head on it?"
"Players becoming fitness freaks... you can go too far the other way. You still need that strength and power in the middle of the park. He's come back and he's lost a lot of weight, sometimes that can affect a player."
"Moving him probably higher and away from that back four and those deeper positions... I don't think he's the best at receiving it on the half turn. Ugarte's going to come in with Mainoo. But when [Casemiro] does play, maybe Ugarte can sit a little bit deeper and he can move on a little bit."
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