Think this puts in to perspective just how well we've done/we're doing this season.
I reckon we could. We've become the side to buy cheap (most of the time) and sell one player for big money in the summer. Being in Europe helps players stay and helps us afford to keep players om bigger wages. I think we're generally just good at looking after our players and making them feel wanted and valued.
I think the comparison between Maddison and Grealish is past its sell by date now. Its more Grealish or Barnes as both favour the left hand side and cutting in on their right, both very direct and like to take on players, get close to the area and goal and get shots away.
Maddison is pretty different to both - in our shape this season he sits centrally and dictates play just further up from Tielemans and likes to find space, as a typical central attacking midfielder, in between the midfield and defence.
If anything, I think Ndidi or Ricardo are the ones we need to hold on moreso. Ndidi, especially. He's just an absolute beast and helps us defensively so much. We seem to generally perform better when he plays.