He's perfect for Man City's system because he's good on the ball and good at covering in behind. He would not be good for us because we are nowhere near as dominant as City and he isn't as good when forced to actually drop in and defend for any kind of extended period. He isn't what we need.
To be fair I think Bernard and Richarlison are more than good enough to start on the wings, especially when we get a better striker in (Kean). It's not their fault they didn't get more assists due to DCL being absolutely kack, although granted Bernard could and should score more.
I am not ok with him starting. I would like us to get a better winger in, but I don't think we need somebody to go into the starting xi, as Richarlison and Bernard are both superb. I mean, I always want us to get better players, but regards starting xi players I think we have bigger fish to fry.
Its baffling to me that people think we are fine without signing another winger. As soon as Lookman left we were short of cover. But we also need more quality as you said. Our defense was top 4 quality last season but we scored a similar number of goals as Palace (no offense). A striker will help some of that but Dom got 6 goals and Tosun 3 last year so are Kean and DCL going to get a greater enough total to hit 70ish next term? Unlikely imo. The wings need improvement too if we want to push the CL.
Lookman played for like 4 games last year. We are missing nothing with him gone. We could definitely USE an upgrade at winger, but with a real CF, and Bernard getting another year in the league its much less pressing IMHO than CF and CB.
The problem is if one of Bernard or Richarlison had gotten hurt Lookman would have been needed. Which is why we are short now. It's the same reason we need Schneiderlin despite him not getting many minutes.
