Alejandro Moreno

And I was sitting here and said, well, he's probably not going to play as a centre-forward at Manchester City, so maybe he should go to Manchester United.

And Stevie, you said, and at that point, were very clear that if it were you, you would go to Manchester City.

I was kind of like, I don't know.

I don't know, you know, with that sort of tone, dismissive as I was.

Well, I was wrong.

You were right.

I was wrong.

Let me tell you something.

Simeone is changing the face of this team.

And it's maybe early days.

Look, it may be just perhaps me getting excited.

But what I've seen from him is a player that can do both the work on the left side and the right side.

And whatever he does on the left side or the right side does it better than the other alternatives.

He gives this team a true threat on the flank.

So if you take Doku on one side and Simeone on the other side and Simeone on the left and whoever's playing on the right, it's an actual threat on both sides.

Winger type players that can beat defenders from 1v1 situations that don't necessarily have to cut the ball back so that they can recreate and recycle possession of the ball.

That, I think, benefits Erling Haaland.

So I go back to the conversation about Erling Haaland.

If you have guys that are not predictable in the attack because they're willing and capable of taking players in 1v1 situations, it makes his job easier because he can now find the space inside the 18-yard box knowing that somebody is about to get to the end line and cross the ball and put it into a dangerous area.

Simeone has provided that for this team.