I was wondering if he's really pressing them to attain a high level of proficiency and understanding of his sytem, knowing that their motivation is rather high compared to some others. Then when they come in, he'll rest Sterling and Shelvey for a couple of months.
When the window closed, most of us would have been sure that Assaidi and Sahin would be played in a game like yesterday's, in preference to Sterling and Suso .