central midfield is still an area that needs improvements though. pogba is a virtual footballer, locatelli isn't versatile and consistent enough, fagioli improved a lot but he's far from a dominant force in the league (let alone on international level), miretti will need an other 2 seasons to be able to achieve consistency, rovella can turn out to be a loca level player. the others we have either in the squad or on loan are not even worth mentioning.
the last very good midfield we had was the pjanic - khedira double pivot and it wasn't at mvp level by any means. or one can argue that the matuidi - pjanic - khedira trio wasn't bad either. anyway, what came after was getting worse by each season. this season rabiot is our only international level midfielder, when his royal highness decides to show up that is. i don't mind rabiot leaving, i'm not a fan by any means, i can't forget the infuriating absolute zero effort he showed for years, but we have to be very careful with his replacement. someone like frattesi would be just an other one on the neverending list of downgrades in jjland.