You don't necesairly need to build a team around one player but structuring it to get the best out of your more elite players makes a lot of sense.
Yeah certainly, especailly as that player has truly world class attributes. You should have a style of play imbeeded in a side, my chosen style would be very similar to the Poch years. 2 Very fast full backs 2 centre halves and then 2 holding midfielders a creative midfielder given the license to roam and a player running late into the box. Ndombele is absolutely outstanding and i think will get better and could truly help take us places.
One of the things I like that the Southampton manager has done is not only make sure the youth teams play the same way as the first team(all clubs have done this) but to make them train at different times to the first team so that more of the youth team can train with the first team and so that he and the coaching staff can watch both training sessions. Of course in training they should work on tactics so that if plan a is not working in a match thhey have a plan b.
For the sheer fun of it and because i am bored this is how i would line up for next season
Lloris(other if we can afford)
Tangana Rodon
Aarons(spence,or eyoma) Regulion(Sess)
Kessie(Zakaria)
Holberg Ndombele
Auora(lyon player)
Kane Son
If we could afford to try and sign Konsa or Ben White I would go for it but im guessing with them being English the is a premium to it. It is a shame we sort of stopped our policy of buying young British players because it made good financial sense and also it is now because of Brexit even more important.
Collins at Stoke looks a very good player who will make it at the top level as a centre half. I think going down a league you can see Tucker at Gillingham has everything to get to the top level, i am not saying he will make it as so much can go wrong. But if we signed him for 2m and then loaned him to a championship club for a season, then the following year loan him to a lower level prem club i honestly think he will end up where Konsa is now. Being talked about as a 50m player. Im sure you could sell it to the player that this is what we had in mind with your career.
If we went back down that path that we used to do of targeting talented British youngsters then I think we would do better then we are and you can then sign really good players like Auora from Lyon, i watch a lot of french football and that guy is good. A sprinkling of talented players in a squad like Ndombele, Aoura and kane and son and I think we would have a really good team again.
