Guess which one is a midfielder and which one is a "wide left". Obviously discounting the amount of touches for Kroos, I'm talking purely about their position on the pitch. France played in a loop sided formation with a midfield 3.
I love that 100 millions is now a "not that high" fee. They've spent only 55 millions more to build their stadium, ffs
No way Matuidi has played wide left. He has played as defensive CM (on the left of a midfield 3). He covered and helped a lot Hernandez on the left when defending to allow Griezmann to be more offensive minded.
Agreed.That is a midfield 4.
I still moaning we didn't sign him when he was at Leicester and build the team around him.I love that 100 millions is now a "not that high" fee. They've spent only 55 millions more to build their stadium, ffs
They also pay him around 30 millions per year, I think
I love that 100 millions is now a "not that high" fee. They've spent only 55 millions more to build their stadium, ffs
They also pay him around 30 millions per year, I think
You said that the fee wasn't that high, which is not true — it's enormous. The quality of a player is completely irrelevant here. It's a good deal for them, without a doubt, but a deal that requires a lot from them financially (Juventus, however big they are, just aren't a marketing money-making machine like United or Madrid).
That's not how things work though, is it?
Sandro would be an immense upgrade on what we already have, and would massively strengthen our relatively weak left side. He can play in a back three or a back four, and is outstanding coming forward, with the confidence and dribbling skill to beat a man and push forward. From what I have seen of Sandro, he is one of the closest players to Patrice Evra I have seen.
The guy has better crossing ability than anyone at our club, varying between low driven crosses and lofted curling ones, Lukaku feeding off his crossing ability is an exciting prospect. He was a consistent threat for Juve last season, contributing four assists and scoring three goals. Sandro combines his excellent attacking ability with responsible and effective defending. He averaged 2-3 successful tackles and 2.2 interceptions per 90 minutes and he was beaten 0.4 times per 90 on average.
If it is true that Juve have reduced his asking price there, singing him would be an absolute must for us and along with a CB like Alderweireld or Bonucci, would upgrade our back line to being one of the best in the league. Its because of these reasons that he is so perfect for us, I have no hope of us getting him
Not even close as a wing back. And I am a massive fan of Ash.
That said, I'd be surprised if we were in for Sandro now, with only a few weeks left of the window if we wanted him I think we'd have made our move a while ago.
I've said it a few times but I think the idea was going for Tierney but Celtic have said no chance this season, we activated the year extension on Shaw's contract so I reckon we'll give Shaw one last chance this year whilst we wait for Tierney, if Shaw comes good we can save some money on a LB and if he doesn't we can let his contract expire and move for Tierney. There's nothing grounded in fact there, just my gut feeling, I know Castles mentioned us being interested in Tierney at one point.
