We might sell Vidal or Pogbs.
But we could survive that, if we had the players to field in the left wing.
Failing to get those, would mean we are stuck with 3-5-2, which could only get us that far...
If on the top of that we lose Vidal, then that would be a step backwards.
Losing Vidal alone, was not reason enough to see Conte leave, but in the content of other failures, perhaps...