Stu Wright
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That's what Mo Salah was last season.
He was the best for Liverpool, definitely, but I think you can argue he was the league's best striker, best winger and best number 10.
He gets more goals than anyone else and more assists than anyone else, and he dictates how the champions attack.
And now he's leaving.
So Liverpool have gone and got the best possible number 10.
They've gone and got the best possible number 9.
And now what they need is a couple of wingers to ally into this.
And then what you need to do, and then it's back to your thing, where you've committed to Gravenberg.
So you're looking at one other starter who might be supposed to lie.
Could be Curtis Jones, could be McAllister, but I suspect it might be someone that Liverpool bring in.
And then you're able to say, right, this is what the side is.
That lad dictates, this lad runs, there's the number 10.
And it could be that Sabazlai ends up getting a bumper contract out of Liverpool because they look at it and they go, well, he can play there, he can play there, he can play there, and you're never going to play the same team every week.
But look how good he is at being able to do all that.
And he can even play right back for you as well.
And then I think the next thing then for Liverpool becomes who's departing and then what it is that you're building.
And then the next phase that I think, and I get in your building blocks, I don't think you've got Gakpo.
But I think Gakpo's a really important one for the season because what he gives you is the stability, the knowledge, the know-how that he's got.
I know he's not a lot of people's favourite player at the minute, but if you're going to transition in with two new wingers plus Rio...
And then you get a year more out of Gakpo, and then hopefully Rio is ready now to absolutely rock and roll properly with one more year's development.