Rebelred said:thats true too,but the team he's building lacks a midfield engine,n if he sees fletcher and smith as being the right players for that role,I'm bob marley
Again, it's fairly obvious he wanted Essien for that role but what can you do. By all accounts he's buying someone in January but agin speculation is probably jsut a waste of time. Smith is being tried out (why not?) and Fletcher is a developing player.