Sorry, replied to the wrong post. didnt mean to reply to the one about backrow strength.
Clearly Thompson would be a huge asset to the team....but Walmsley Lees Paasi Norman is still probably the best front row in the competition, and we are likely going to go into 2023 as the favourites regardless of whoever Luke Thompson plays for. My point is, that adding Thompson adds a huge amount of cost to the club, but his signing wouldn't fundamentally change our fortunes on the pitch to the same degree.
We would probably get a better return on investment by spending the same huge amount of money on a top class winger to replace Grace, rather than Thompson.