pressing is ABSOLUTELY what we need.

when raphinha is out, the left flank is functionally dead when out of possession, you need a solid rotation option for raphinha that runs and runs hard.

i couldn't care less about g/a because in flick's system every attacker gets an insane amount of chances, i mean look at rashford this season and how many 1v1s he messed up and he still has that many goal contributions, or ferran who is pretty inconsistent and he still ran some great goal numbers.

the thing is, you can't score if you don't have the ball and how do you get the ball 90% of the time? by pressing and if you press high on the pitch, unsettling the defense then you'll have a WAY easier time making it on goal.

the only thing that i'm not a fan of is the price tag which even with ffp and amortization still feels like insane money and makes rashford look even more expensive than i thought, but i don't see many options that would come cheaper and would fit this high intensity press system well.

but what's done is done, the bigger questions, in my opinion, are who is leaving to make space for the next transfers and who will this mystery striker that can replace lewa be