Yep he was doing it on his own under Conte, if he’s come back from his injury ok, he replacing Sarr will take us up another level entirely. (Nothing against Sarr who has been seriously impressive this season for his age etc but Bentancur imo is close to world class.
Sarr is a beast and will get better and better. He will be a superstar
Good to have options that can drive each other on and lessen any drop in quality.
Bentancur is very good.
He’s better than Sarr as an 8 for sure, he’s not a 10 and not really the 6 in this system.
Nice post overall and when he’s back it’ll make our options at CM even stronger which is great and it’ll take time for him to find his form and fitness after such a serious injury.
Sarr looks fantastic but Bentancur was certainly better pre injury. I think it’s also worth taking into consideration Ange who seems the raise the level of most players so in theory Bentancur could possibly even be better then he was.
.Bentancur is probably our quickest CM. Eats up the ground both with and without the ball, probably not as press resistant as Bissouma but he’s not far off it. As you say he was an absolute machine for us before he got injured and probably our best player after Kane last season. Sarr has been excellent and still young but I’d prefer Bentancur in the bigger games as he edges it.
GLC has to be fit though...It's a luxury that we shouldn't have to rush him back into the starting line up as soon as he's available. His first couple of games should be from the bench and if he impresses then stick him into the #8 in place of Sarr (and I love Sarr). If Bentancur returns to his pre injury form then I'm incredibly bullish about the potential of a midfield three of Bissouma, Bentancur & Maddison. Then when the AFCON starts, if we don't bring another midfielder in then Hojbjerg could just come straight in for Bissouma or Bentancur slips back to the #6 role and Lo Celso comes into the #8. Bloody lovely to have so many options
He will but are people forgetting how good bentacur is when fit? Everything sarr does bentacur does to a much higher level, bentacur is incredibly press resistant a very good fast dribbler, a beast defensively and scores goals. He’s world class.
I don't think Bentancur's performances were all that brilliant. He's classy, but not quick, and like Biss, had a tendency to get caught on the ball. But, he previously didn't have anything like the options and movement around him that he'll have when he comes back. If he proves able to use those options and movement, then we'll have a very strong midfield squad.
Interesting to see how Skipp develops under Ange too or if he will be a 5th/6th choice long-term and kept around as a half decent home grown option.
