Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no chance we are signing DM,Rabiot and AM
Adrien Rabiot | signs 1 year deal at Juventus. See you all next year
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Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no chance we are signing DM,Rabiot and AM
Interesting. Fbref says he has 83 percent in the wc
So would still need a technical playmaker then
Ideally yes, but I don't know of one outside of FDJ that is the total package and available this summer. But at least this guy covers our biggest current weakness in midfield and brings great energy/defensive contribution as well.
He’s free and available to speak to teams now because of it.
This is a narrative that was pushed by the French Media because of all the drama with PSG and France before the 2014 worldcup. There have been no mention of having a huge ego throughout his time at Juventus.
Bargain bin option. Decent on a free, but I will be very underwhelmed if he is to be our new number 8.
It's not really true. Rabiot had a huge ego as a teenager, it wasn't a narrative it was reality but it was also not a big deal because it was in the context of "'I'm good and I want to play often". After that the image stuck alongside the omnipresence of his mother but the press and everyone around PSG made it pretty clear that he wasn't a problem and had never been.
Also Rabiot wasn't a thing for France in 2014 and there was no negative narrative around him before the 2018 WC, he created that himself with his open letter but also apologized quickly.
I guess my point is, him alone doesn't improve us enough to make us good enough in midfield for an inevitable injury or suspension. So we need far better depth in midfield. An upgrade to martial and de gea won't mean much if any sort of rotation leads to our midfield play falling to pieces.
Rabiot is a top midfielder. Him next to Casemiro would be one of, if not the best, midfield pairing in the PL.
Best in the PL
Yes. If our budget is 100m and we can sell for 70m then we should be able to afford MacAllister and a proper striker.
Lavia, Rabiot and cover for Bruno. Should be possible.
We are not signing a cover for Bruno.
Why not? We need one.
He doesn't miss games so it would be a sweet money earner for whoever rides the pine
When did he become the captain of England?
I’m hoping Diallo can play as backup to Bruno
He can get injured.
To get the best out of players there needs to be competition.
Cannot say I have ever got excited when Rabiot's name is mentioned
Better than City?
Why haven't we been linked to that Le Fee
Yeah I agree we still need a playmaker 8 too and feel signing a free agent like him keeps that door open but I will probably be wrong
They are losing Gundogan next year, aren’t they? Potentially yes. Depends who they replace him with.
The problem is City is such a well coached team who perform consistently at high level and their individual deficiencies are negated. I don’t doubt that if you have Pep a Case-Rabiot midfield he would win the league with it.
Casa,Rabiot & Mac Allister has a good blend of steel,mobility,dribbling and passing ability
We are not buying two no 8‘s.
City's midfield has a ridiculously high technical floor. Rodri vs Casemiro for example. Both world class, rodri though is far better in possession and on the ball and more press resistant, which means he enables them to play their system in a way Casemiro wouldn't. Doesn't make him a better player, and there are ways Casemiro is better.
But also, whether it's Gundogan or Bernardo Silva next to de Bruyne, that's still a higher level than what we could do. Rabiot is good but he'd sit on the bench over there. Still a smart signing for us.
Are they actually two no 8's
Yes, primarily.
Could Rabiot not cover Casa
i would very much be happy to add rabiot, but am extremely amused by people thinking that magically gives us a top midfield. Our midfield needs multiple signings, not just this one guy
Oh it definitely needs a couple more too,ideally a DM to cover Casa and someone who can provide that quality on the ball and the guile to unlock packed defences
100% agree. If we shift McT and VDB (which we really need to do) and bring in Rabiot, a young DM (maybe Lavia) and a top playmaker we'd be much improved.
In a pinch, but he is no specialist dm. Neither is MacAllister.
Better squad player option than Fred and McTominay.
Absolutely he has very good ball handling and passing skills unlike those two.
His mother transfered him from PSG to Juve because "his son needs to play closer to goal".
Eriksen is a progressive passer. Rabiot is a progressive carrier. Both can play the rotation role as the progressive ball. What we don’t have is ball playing keeper and striker to score goals. Upgrading Eriksen to have far better depth in midfield will be an ideal scenario but not the minimum requirement. We should get ball playing keeper and striker first.
So one progressive passer in our squad? Everyone is of the opinion Fred, Scott and DVB are not good enough and should go. We can't go into the season with 3 CM options. Rabiot would just be replacing the hole we have, we still have to invest to improve.
Eriksen isn’t the only progressive passer in our squad. To me is about quality over quantity. City only have 4 midfielders to cover 6 spots plus Phillips as a passenger.
Bruno is a progressive passer, Eriksen is a progressive passer, Rabiot is a progressive carrier, while Casemiro is the DM. If we sell McTominay, VDB or Fred will be the passenger, sell both Fred and VDB first then we can start talking about signing new midfielder. What’s the point if we can’t sell both but using the budget to add more midfielder and have keeper that can’t retain possession?
Without ball playing keeper, we can‘t retain possession means we are just hoofing the ball. We can have prime Xavi but if DDG hoof the ball then prime Xavi will be useless to ask him to win the header. Hence why spending on keeper and striker should be priority first before spending it on midfielder, while we can improve our midfield by signing rabiot on free.
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