We can't rely on having only one creative CM in the squad. Denis is shit. Gomes isn't creative at all. Paulinho and Rakitić are box to box, Roberto is pretty direct and Alena is a mixture of B2B and creative midfielder.
He would have enough playing time if we sell Gomes, Denis and Deulofeu.
We have Messi and Coutinho.
And Messi will play deeper and deeper as he is getting older.
Lemar isn't a creative midfielder.
He is more like a creative winger.
Plus, we already have one 150M gamble in our team (Dembele). I doubt that the board will double that gamble with another French kid worth 100-120M.
Imagine having a 270M worth gamble in our team with 2 guys:
1. one is a RW and occupies Messi's area and it is hard to find a place for him in the team
2. the other one is a winger and usually occupies Coutinho's (who will stay here for 5+ years) area.
If we are playing EV's 442, we don't need Lemar.
If we are playing 433, we don't need Lemar.
If we have Coutinho and Dembele, we don't have room for those two, and especially for those 2 plus Lemar.
A part where you mentioned that Lemar would be willing to sit on a bench, why would he be willing to do so, and Dembele isn't willing to do so?
Players like them want to play.
And yet again, both of them don't have a position in Barca's team and they will need a lot of years until they will be of Barca's level (matchwinners).
You'll reply: but we won't be able to buy him then, he will be too expensive.
True.
If we buy him now: he won't play and we can't wait and develop him for 3-4 years. And he won't reach that level with a limited playing time here.
If we don't buy him: we will miss on him in 4 years, when he'll develop (in meantime) somewhere else.
It's tricky, I know.
