1. This is the right decision.
2. Lallana is a class act and I wish him nothing but the best.
3. De Zerbi wanted him for another season. If he wants a like for like replacement - and it probably won't happen in a million years - then please sign Marco Reus. I'd love to see him and Gross...
The club is obsessed by metrics, stats and this guides our recruitment policy. With one glaring exception. In terms of pure numbers we would not be spending high wages on a player with pretty ordinary goals and assist numbers like his, but it is the intangibles and immeasurables with this guy...