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The bigger problem is with not replacing him.
It was widely reported LAST SUMMER, by both journalists close to the club and by journalists close to the Belgium national team, that Dembele had decided he needed to move on to either Italy or China for the sake of his career. I'm convinced that the only reason he didn't leave in the summer was because the Chinese transfer window closed while the World Cup was ongoing and Belgium had advanced to the knockout stage.
We desperately needed someone to fill his place in the squad, and we had ample time to line up the transfer for his replacement. We just completely fucking botched it. All the moreso considering that it happened in January, by which time we knew full fucking well that Winks and Sissoko were the only CM options we'd be able to rely on given that Wanyama was crocked and Dier had undergone abdominal surgery.
Completely agree, that is my entire point.
Just don’t understand why people think we should gave kept him.