It's an interesting situation, for sure. Once you've got your team going well you have the opportunity to attract some big players, and sometimes just the right one can make a major impact for the long term. Or it can disrupt your team, messing up the chemistry and making unhappy the players whose playing time is cut. You of course have to plan for the future, and Lampard is none too young. So perhaps the Pastore question depends on how comfortable you are with McEachran and maybe De Bruyne. Usually with a squad like Chelsea who have virtually no homegrown players, McEachran is one you must keep. Pastore is certainly a dynamic and exciting player. This is not to denigrate Bale at all, but you've already made a committment to players you use on the wings who are fairly young, and have even younger backups, I see less opportunity to fit Bale into the squad - though he does have the advantage he'd count as "trained in country".
I'd mostly agree with the two posters above who suggest you don't need either, but there's just this slight feeling that an attack-minded central mid (your bench is mostly DMC types with Romeu, Martinez, and in Yaya you have midfielder who is happy to attack but isn't going to forget his defensive responsibilities) might not hurt.
I'd mostly agree with the two posters above who suggest you don't need either, but there's just this slight feeling that an attack-minded central mid (your bench is mostly DMC types with Romeu, Martinez, and in Yaya you have midfielder who is happy to attack but isn't going to forget his defensive responsibilities) might not hurt.
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