Extremely unpopular opinion comming up :
In the big games of the past two seasons, the main performers in the midfield were
Marchisio : every time except that second half vs sevilla
Vidal : every time, especially against madrid omfg, except against barcelona
Sturaro : excellent games against city and madrid
Khedira : incredible influence, midfield MVP against bayern return leg. They did shit while he was on.
Pogba.... injured during the CL final campaign. Played a big game against City.
We get Pjanic now ? Pjanic who is consistant and always good in great games and excellent at keeping the ball under pressure (which we miss a bit since pirlo passed away)
When Vidal left, our midfield took a hit. Pogba never actually played remotely as great in a big game. As @Osman pointed out several times, we lacked that aggression.
My extremely unpopular decision ? Replace Pogba with Herrera (closest player to vidal) and if everyone is fit this midfield will perform the best yet since vidal left