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He wouldn't get playing time. Spalletti loved Vecino and Valero at such an extent that Kondogbia feared he wouldn't play much and forced a move. There was also Gagliardini who was still rated highly and Spalletti, unsuccessfully, tried to turn him into a DM. Even Brozovic didn't play much till Spalletti changed his position. Things weren't much different the following year. We just replaced Rafinha (who had replaced Mario in January) with Nainggolan. If anything, they were worse because Brozovic had already established himself as our starting DM and playing time would be even more limited.To be fair when you look at the way we treated Karamoh it’s tough to believe this kid would have developed to be anything like he is now.