If Trent is off to Real Madrid, Rodrygo might be the attainable forward option.
They will add Mbappe and Endrick in summer, so Rodrygo’s minutes might be hit. He is fast, versatile, scores goals, and would help to fill a Mo Salah shaped hole when that opens up.
I agree that Trent is a conundrum. So good on the ball and so much talent and vision. But the downside is what we all see, as the defensive aspect isn’t quite there. That applies whether he is on the right or in midfield. You need to be defensively switched on in either role.
Arguably he could do well in a double pivot in 4231, but the other player will need to be defensively very solid to give Trent a modicum of freedom as more of a deep lying playmaker. But it still feels like we are making a compromise in some ways.