I am not too sure that we will sell Gomes.
According to yesterday's game, he is currently a 2nd pick among workhorses (Rakitic, Gomes, Paulinho).
If Iniesta will be gone or if he will be benched, that offers even more playing time for Gomes in the future.
I get it, people think that Dembele will start to play a lot and that Gomes and Paulinho will lose their minutes.
But if Ev will win titles this way, there is nothing till now which indicates that he will make a sudden 180* turn.
Denis and Rafinha will be sold.
Samper won't return.
Gomes has high chances to stay.
Expecting Gomes to leave is the same as expecting that Semedo will turn into a starting Rb and that Roberto will be a midfielder.
That won't happen.
Ev has it's own pecking order.
You can like it or not, but he won't change something only because fans don't like it.
I love Coutinho, but we'll need to test Gomes instead of Iniesta next weekend. Don't know who else should play instead of him vs Chelsea and basically this is the position he plays best in.
Gomes, Busi, Raki, Paulinho/Vidal.
That will be our lineup.
At least even biggest Gomes' haters will admit that Gomes is offering more as a footballer than Paulinho currently.