This is such a confusing thread. Haven't we all seen Richarlison? He's freakin good and he's 21. Fast, good in the air, can tackle, and take people on like cray, super direct. Get an outside back on his wing so he can cut in, with Walcott / Coleman on the right...man, that's firepower we haven't had in awhile. But this kid is really good and he's only 21.
To me, the BIGGEST problem on this club under Silva is how the heck we are going to build from the back and spring our outside backs to generate offense. So I'm more concerned about CM, CB, and LB, but how could anyone be excited about Malcom, Chucky (who I was calling for well ahead of the WC), and not this kid?
My guess is also that they know they can move a lot of their guys. They know they can move Bolasie and Mirallas. Even Cuco. That's my guess.
And Digne is really good. When he was Tierney's age, he was talked about in the same way. I see no reason to believe he isn't every bit as good as Tierney right now.