Lavia now, Andrade in January, in anticipation of Thiago hanging up his boots (at Liverpool) in the summer of 2024. Jobs a good un.
And no, I am not suggesting Andrade is the exact same type of midfielder as Thiago, before people pile in on that!
But let’s imagine a summer 2024 midfield group of:
MacAllister
Szoboszlai
Jones
Lavia
Andrade
Bajcetic
Elliott
Trent*
(I keep doing the Trent asterisk, in anticipation that he either becomes a full time midfielder, or more likely, continues in the inverted fullback role, where he will do most of his good work popping up on the ball as a playmaker in midfield).
Anyway, that group above has trophies in it, for years to come.