If they are here to play Lcb/LB then they are not starting ahead of VVD and Robertson.
Absolutely no reason whatsoever that VvD and Romagnoli (for instance) couldn't play at CB together.
In 33 games Gomez has managed 18 so far. Two of them from the bench. He's also played 5 of those 18 at RB. VvD has had no injuries and hardly been rested (always a bit of a risk) and Gomez hasn't covered Alexander-Arnold as much as Trent maybe needed it. It would be incredibly easy to persuade a CB they were coming in to be a starting option. Especially if being bought for big money and seeing an established senior CB move on like Lovren or Matip.
van Dijk and Gomez won't play every game. Rotation and injuries will provide enough games for another top centre back.
The position Gill took on the board of Directors at the FA (not the league, but the FA) was a position specifically allocated to representatives of the Premier League clubs. It was one of, I think, 4 such seats. So no, the perceived conflict is not remotely discouraged.
That case is much harder to make should Gomez return early next month and have no problems for the remainder of the season. Especially, if the club decide to no longer play him at RB (wasnt he playing RB when he picked up his most recent injury?).
In all fairness, as much as I want it to be true, that's two massive "IF" points there. He's still seemingly Klopps second choice RB until a change is made and acknowledged. And I don't think any CB goes a third of a season without missing a single game anyway. Even Van Dijk is already set to miss one in the Champions League and he's the least likely outfield player in our squad to be rested and rarely picks up injuries. I'd guess, best case scenario, Gomez will play 75% of our remaining games. Most but not all at CB. That leaves Matip and Lovren covering up to half our games for Gomez and any Van Dijk misses too between them. Even if a new CB is coming in under the belief he will be behind Gomez in the pecking order he will probably be thinking he can potentially get 30-40 starts at CB in all comps. If we are spending big on an established CB though they are likely to believe that Gomez will be the one covering for them not the other way around. What happens after they've arrived will depend on performance and availability though. Lovren and Matip already have 27 appearances between them this season. There's easily enough room for another top class CB.
Money. Miles and miles ahead of everyone else the first 10 years or so of that 15 years. Arsenal won the PL a couple of times but that was before they had to start paying for the new stadium. Then Roman bought Chelsea and they could challenge United in the transfer market.
I think there are still doubts about his overall workrate particularly in regards to his defensive side and his numbers - doesnt get as many assists/goals that would probably be needed for the price he would cost given his age.
It was rhetorical
To be fair, he has jogged around a little bit in the same spot when he has felt like it.
Think the reason why Aké gets mentioned so often is the fact that he can also cover LB - on the same level Joe Gomez plays at RB IMO. I don't know if there are other CBs who could also cover LB.
I've mentioned Romagnoli before. I'm not sure AC Milan would sell at all but if they did I could imagine him being around the same price Ake would be if sold. Maybe even cheaper. And the Italian is a captain, full international, probably as good as Lovren/Matip and still a tall player. I think Ake simply gets mentioned so much because of familiarity. If he'd been a Roma youth player ended up at Genoa instead of Chelsea and Bournemouth we probably wouldn't even recognise his name based on ability and performance.
I think from next season Brewster will be stepping into Solanke's role as young, development striker to mostly come off the bench. But I think we do have scope to bring in a more senior player who can rotate with certainly Firmino and ideally at least one other member of the regular front 3... I can see why Werner is the name being mentioned regularly given that he could play either up front or (afaik) in Mane's role on the left of the attack, while seeming to have the quality to push for a starting spot. On the whole I could live with that scenario.
I agree with you but if you are looking for similarities to Sturridge, you can point to setbacks in recovery from all his niggles (or...borken legs, depending on what counts as a niggle lol) so he stays out longer than is usually forecast. But that seems overly harsh.
Some of those forecasts are probably down to Klopp's 'over enthusiasm' for letting the fans know players will be back soon.
He has had one "set-back" to one injury (a result of a bad tackle), and that has, allegedly, not even extended his absence. It has only pushed it out side of the window that was stated by non-club sources.
