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The question with Vlahovic is whether he’s had a breakthrough session or a purple patch. In the ‘buy to develop’ market that’s the risk we’re always going to have, which is fine but it does mean we need to do our homework. If we pass on him and he has another great year, we won’t be in for him next summer.
Re Martinez, he’s got a lot that’ll work well- he’s tenacious, good on the ball, positionally versatile and has flair. I’d be nervous about him down the middle as I don’t think we have the midfield to play without a powerful number 9 for more than a couple of games here and there, and there’s always a question with players of his type as to whether he’ll adapt to the past of this league, but as far as talent goes he’s as good as we’ve been linked to lately,
Re Martinez, he’s got a lot that’ll work well- he’s tenacious, good on the ball, positionally versatile and has flair. I’d be nervous about him down the middle as I don’t think we have the midfield to play without a powerful number 9 for more than a couple of games here and there, and there’s always a question with players of his type as to whether he’ll adapt to the past of this league, but as far as talent goes he’s as good as we’ve been linked to lately,
There are some tweets, the majority, that you dismiss out of hand, and then there are some you just instinctively know are true.
Maybe he will release at the end of the window he is our last choice centre mid
So you are basically blaming Berge for getting Sheff. Utd relegated even though he hardly played for them last season
Since, according to your claim that he's "a whole lot of meh", shouldn't that (him being out) have helped the team to stay up then?Btw, if you think he's the most overrated player in history, either you have very little knowledge of football or you have a strong inclination to overexaggerate ...
PS! When he played for Genk he was their fastest player on the 40-meter sprint test, at 4,7 seconds. Cristiano Ronaldo - one of the fastest players - runs it at 4,47.
I would like to send him out on a season-long loan to another EPL club - maybe Watford, Norwich or Soton - and see how that goes.
Or, do as Dinamo Zagreb did with Modric back in 2003, when he was 18: sending him out on loan to Bosnian team Zrinjski Mostar to "toughen" him up.
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On like Berge, and I also think that the reason we’re being linked to good but not to shelf CMs is that the 3 looks set to come from Dele. Skipp, Lo Celso and Højbjerg anyway, with Ndombele and Winks set to stay too, while John looks ready for minutes. Therefore were more shopping for depth.
We’d all like to see the midfield upgraded but equally I think the club have identified defence and attack as the areas to really go to town on this summer, and there is a finite budget unless Kane leaves.
If we thought we were due a windfall from City then I’m sure the midfielders being linked would be in the same class as Romero and Martinez.
Hopefully Ndombele steps up, finds consistency and gives us what we thought we signed at long last. That cold well be the difference between an ok session and a very good season in my opinion.
We’d all like to see the midfield upgraded but equally I think the club have identified defence and attack as the areas to really go to town on this summer, and there is a finite budget unless Kane leaves.
If we thought we were due a windfall from City then I’m sure the midfielders being linked would be in the same class as Romero and Martinez.
Hopefully Ndombele steps up, finds consistency and gives us what we thought we signed at long last. That cold well be the difference between an ok session and a very good season in my opinion.
So you are basically blaming Berge for getting Sheff. Utd relegated even though he hardly played for them last season
Btw, if you think he's the most overrated player in history, either you have very little knowledge of football or you have a strong inclination to overexaggerate ...
PS! When he played for Genk he was their fastest player on the 40-meter sprint test, at 4,7 seconds. Cristiano Ronaldo - one of the fastest players - runs it at 4,47.
I was being a bit hyperbolic with that first statement, I admit. Norwegian press has been talking him up for years, and quite early started linking him to some of the biggest clubs in the world. Sure, he is quite quick on a 40 meter sprint, but most actions by a CM involves shorter distance movements, and for those, he seems just too big. It takes time for a big guy like that to turn and move. With the ball he is very much a play-it-safe kind of guy. There seems to be little in the ways of creativity and creation. Compared to the hype I have seen him receive, I just ... do not see that he has much to offer. As a Norwegian, I hope I am wrong, as we do need someone who can run the midfield for our national team. I just can't see him being anywhere close to the top midfielders out there.
Was he responsible for Sheff Utd being relegated? Correlation is not causation, but they were flying high until he replaced Lundstram in 19/20. Lundstram was a player that I guess did not impress the management much, although he did deliver on the pitch. Berge, on the other hand, has been praised a lot, but does not really make anything happen in games (except against Spurs, of course). Is he to blame for the relegation when he was out injured most of the season? He was their record transfer, their form turned on its head when he arrived, and he sure did not help when he was out injured almost all of last season.
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Who would your ideal partner be for Romero? Interested to hear your thoughts on that.
*(It can be any realisitc player we can buy)
please show your skills at Everton.
Don't deprive the Everton fans of the indescribable joy of watching you in their midfield
He's not gonna get his chance to show his skills here because he won't start
If he wants to revive his career he shouldn't be so stubborn and happy to sit on the bench. He has to move on for his own good.
See that just sounds wrong and weird.. and he's just not very good.
Looks as if they've spent around 2 months discussing payment structure if one is to believe the "news" coming out...
Alfie is going on a Scandinavian trip.
Tottenham are set to step up their attempts to sign Sporting Lisbon's Joao Palhinha, with manager Nuno Espirito Santo a long-term admirer of the 26-year-old Portugal midfielder. (A Bola - in Portuguese)
I still don't understand why we aren't looking into Alessio Romagnoli...
He has one year left on his contract and he's left-footed.
AC Milan was reported to be interested in Sissoko, so an added bonus might be if we can decrease the amount paid by offering Sissoko as part of the deal.
He has one year left on his contract and he's left-footed.
AC Milan was reported to be interested in Sissoko, so an added bonus might be if we can decrease the amount paid by offering Sissoko as part of the deal.
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