If we can manage to fill the gaps with the holes we would make by him leaving, Parades going back then no, don't worry about it. We are going to be cash strapped and need to fix the defense first and foremost. Not my money, don't care as long as he keeps this momentum.
maybe extend with a slight increase but nothing what he wants
problem is we have shitty CM's to offload that no one wants...now we are stuck having to sell the ones that have been doing their jobs
nailed it
Ok people - next season:
Locatelli, Pogba, Rovella, Miretti, Fagioli, Zakaria*
*sell and replace?[insert name of sixth CM]
Out: Arthur, BigMac, Rabiot, Paredes
He is one of the few players on this team that is almost never injured, can play a full match and doesn't loose his physicality.
At 27, he is in his prime years (neither old nor young). See if we can offer him a little less than what he wants and get another 3-4 years out of him in rotation...