This is currently happening in the NBA
And it's unbearable. We've gone too much in the other direction. Coaches and clubs trying to treat this like a computer model.
A part of the reason I fukked with Wenger. You will never see a team with players like Cazorla (weak), Sanchez (wasteful), and Ozil (doesn't track back) in the same team again. Everyone is going to be like Germany.
Thanks. Haven’t been watching long so I’ll go back and find some Ozil clips. It makes sense that you say that those types don’t exist much. I was trying to figure out who fit that style currently and was coming up empty. I missed that era
Someone like Jack Grealish is a throwback player. Possibly Foden.
Thiago, Joao Felix, Neymar, Dybala, Pogba are from a past era too but managers won't build the team around them. Have to see more of Havertz as well.
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To be fair, not many clubs have spent. Only Chelsea and they haven't spent in a couple of years. Outside of them, Villa, Spurs, and Wolves (Money Laundering) it's been quiet in England.