Hasn't played a single minute in he PL his season. Good central midfielder though,would be great as a Cabaye replacement we've been searching for. I wonder what price they'd ask though...

Edited by mattteo (07 Nov 2020 4.14pm)

He has played in all their Europa League games and particularly impressed in the 4-1 win against Molde. Martin Keown thinks he would benefit from going out on loan

At the moment, our field players look like this: Clyne (Ward), Cahill (Tomkins if fully recovered), Sakho (Dann), PVA (Mitchell)- Kouyate (McCarthy), Riedewald (Milivojevic)- Eze (Townsend), Jordan (Macca more defensive), Zaha (Schlupp)- Batshuayi (Benteke).

Plus Kelly, Ferguson, Meyer, Wickham, who are down the pecking order. Willock wouldd play central.midfielder playmaker or behind the main striker.

Ayew?

I wouldn’t mind him at the end of the season as a purchase, I like him and think he has potential. But on loan it’s a waste of time same as Gallagher. We have quite a stacked midfield. I think Riedewald is the future and we have plenty of options to partner him. The 2 Maccas, Luka and Kouyate (arguably he’s fully a CB these days) are all competing for one spot.

At Maccas age and with Luka’s form fallen off a cliff it’s definitely a long term hole we need to fill, but for this season I think it’s not necessary and is something we could address in the summer. Unless any loan deal we arrange had an option to purchase in the summer.