For me these things are very simple. Allan was brought in to play Ancelotti’s system. If Benitez has concluded he’s not what we need now though, let’s get him out the door for decent value and someone who does fit in.
I’m just not sentimental about any player in the current squad. They’ve all disappointed me so many times. Yeah I think Allan is one of the better ones we currently have, but I’m not going to give it a second thought if he was moved out and we got an effective replacement.
Pace, power, technique, desire. Every player coming through the door now should have as many of these as possible.
Problem is mate, that is a very complex thing, how many windows and players have we gone through in that central midfield since Idrissa left and how much money and wages squandered - Gbamin, Delph, Doucoure, Allan, Gomes via a season of Davies and Gylfi manning the engine room and we still could do with a central midfielder.
Its a hard thing to do at the best of times but in Jan, a limited market, when your form is the worst almost in the league and your staring down the barrel of a relegation fight.
Id turn down 30 mill for Allan at the moment, so letting him out on loan given the context is ridiculous. That said its so bananas its probably no where near true, but Everton and what not.