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So you want us to have just one player who can do this?Isn't that what we just bought Nkoudou for? Why then spend £30m on someone who really doesn't fit into our team anywhere.
As for fit, the team evolves and adapts. As long as the prerequisites are met (fitness, pressing, shape) then the actual style depends on who is in the side. E.g: Davies and Trippier are more thoughtful players with more technique and passing, Rose and Walker are more aggressive and dynamic; Son is more of a goalscorer, Lamela and Eriksen are more creative.
You get my point.
Sissoko on form is a player who will take players out of the game when he runs with the ball. It gives us an attacking threat which we've not had, and one who can already do it in this league. Nkoudou has so far only done it in France.
Sissoko is also positionally versatile, something which our other midfielders (barring maybe Eriksen) lack.
Lastly, we now have genuine depth. We play five midfielders in total and suddenly for five positions we have:
Wanyama
Dier
Dembele
Sissoko
Lamela
Son
Eriksen
Onomah
Alli
Nkoudou
Carroll
Winks
Eight of these who can play in the deeper two, nine of these who can play in the attacking three, seven of these who can go out wide.
I'd have preferred an Isco type. This signing still makes sense.