I dont think so. He wanted partey rice havertz and odegaard all in the midfield. Only way to do that was to ask partey to invert from rb.
would require someone to do the role that white does on the right when zinchenko inverts. Gabriel can’t do that especially going out on the wings and putting crosses in. Tomi and kiwior are more suited for that.
The toss up was between white and Gabriel and white is simply the better player imo thus he got the nod.
I thought that Mik was punishing Gabi for entraining rumors of going to a Saudi club during the transfer window. Must have heard wrong
It’s open to interpretation, I think there was something in it tbh, but the majority of fans are going with the tactical theory.
i mean as soon as zinny started again, gabby was back so tactical def fits
I dont think so. He wanted partey rice havertz and odegaard all in the midfield. Only way to do that was to ask partey to invert from rb.
would require someone to do the role that white does on the right when zinchenko inverts. Gabriel can’t do that especially going out on the wings and putting crosses in. Tomi and kiwior are more suited for that.
The toss up was between white and Gabriel and white is simply the better player imo thus he got the nod.