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Ok, gotcha. So, for example... if he was playing for France, he would do better having a player like Kante behind him playing that DM role. Which, I guess makes him more like our Dembele then... albeit stylistically different. Thanks for the insights. Much appreciated.Yes, I meant Diawara. But to clear things up on Ndombele, who I am very familiar with, I hope you don't have expectations of him actually being like Kante. He is not. He hunts but not incessantly like Kante. He is definitely more #8 than Kante will ever be. Pairing of him and Rabiot would leave your MF with an adventurousness with which I don't feel Poch would be comfortable. In the PL I do believe Ndombele would need a more defensive-natured partner. It wouldn't have to be an out and out DM but it probably couldn't be Rabiot unless it was Pep-style or purely countering.