wonder which EPL team will try poaching Valverde/Rodrygo this summer.
Why Valverde? He's basically the #1 name on the team sheet.
Rodrygo might be lured away if he loses a starting spot later, but not next season.
There's no reason a manager as adept to adjusting the system to suit the player can't make it work with Bellingham ahead of a double pivot of Cama/Tchouameni, or a mid 3 with Kroos and Valverde and Vini-Mbappe-Rodrygo up top.
They will have options. And after years of basically no depth up front and then actually no striker, I doubt Perez will sell some of his key guys. Güler might go on loan, Brahim Diaz will still get rotational minutes. Dani Ceballos will probably be gone.
Modric will probably stay and plug holes/come of the bench. Kroos will stay as long as he feels he's still a top tier player (he is).
The only guy that I think might end up playing a bit less than he'd like to in his favorite spot might be Camavinga - but even then, he's likely to get 30 starts and another 20 bench appearances.
Bit like this season, Tchouameni started the last couple of games over him, but he's played about 40 games, started 30 - and even if he comes off the bench, he's been super impacftul.
With all the spotlight Vini and Jude get, and the older legends in Modric and Kroos - even Rüdiger who's solo-carried the defense this season... Valverde, Camaving and Tchoumeni have been brilliant all season and get overlooked by a lot of people.
Also, Carvajal has been back to his best the whole season, #1 RB in the world when he plays like that.