It's interesting to see a heat map as when watching the games every week, it's something you notice in how he's literally everywhere on the pitch. You don't get players like that scoring a goal a game on top of that. It's just not normal.
It'll be interesting to see how he can lead this team now that Iniesta has gone to China and he's now going to be the main captain.
This is another reason I think Valverde needs to stay, as it's also about stability in continuing to have success. I do agree with you about becoming tired of his football due to him being more conservative, although at the same time, It didn't help matters with having a lack of options in terms of creativity and pace for a lot of the season. With Coutinho and Dembele in the side, this changes a lot in this regard and after winning a double, the winning mentality is there and he'll be hungry for more. Let's also not forget that he literally only got it wrong in one game all season, it was a big one against Roma, but still, it's not something that he can't put right next year. A few signings would go along way themselves and you can bet this board will be going all out for more star signings this summer.
Hopefully when Andre Gomes leaves(which is inevitable), Aleña will take his place rather than a new signing being brought in. I also don't get why someone such as Grimaldo isn't brought back to the club to replace Digne, who has done absolutely nothing since joining.
I don't think much of Paulinho either. He had a cracking first half of the season and brought something new to the team, although since then he has been absolutely gash. He's definitely not the type of player who will help you continuing to progress.
Denis Suarez is one I'd like to see stay. He's a very talented lad and if happy with not playing a regular first team role, he can be a very useful player. With this said, he needs to play quite a bit more than he has been.