With Mourinho, Griezmann. Every team that he built played 4-2-3-1 and I think that Griezmann would be perfect for that role (hard worker, scores a ton of goals, fools defenses with ease etc).
Griezmann up-front on his own in rotation with Rashford and Pogba in a 3MM.
Griezmann would be perfect because he is capable of playing in a 433 too. Not as well as when he is a 10 of course, but if we have him, then we can do a 4231 with martial, griezmann and mkhitaryan behind ibra/rashford. Pogba would be box to box and someone would hold. In a 433, griezmann, martial flank Ibra, while Mkhitaryan drops deeper to form a 3 man midfield with pogba in front of one holding (like how Peps ciyy is doing with de bruyne and Silva. Mkhitaryan has played deeper before so being more central could work for him, though of course, pogbas role would still be box to box as that is what he is best at. He isnt a pure 10 and I wouldnt want to make him the pure attacking guy. Either formation would work and with griezmann would have potential world class players in all front 5 positions. Martial with his potential (and rashford), ibra, pogba, miki, and then griezmann. Just the perfect signing to complete our attack I think.
Hasn't Mourinho's #10 always been a midfielder with a major offensive threat rather than a forward?
The issue would never be about Griezmann's ability as a number 10/second striker, it's more about possibly limiting Pogba's ability by restricting him to a less lax role.
I'm not so sure Griezmann would work as well a lone striker. His movement and finishing ability are incredible but I feel he needs that man ahead/in conjunction to make the runs off of.
Most of the time, yes. Lampard however was pretty much a second striker for some time.
I really think that Pogba's best position is a box to box player, whatever the formation, so I guess it can work anyway. And well, in difficult matches away from home, we can play 3 in midfield, with Griezmann shifting on the right.
They are an awkward fit for each other in the same team. Don't think anyone is keen on a 4-3-1-2 anymore.
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Deschamps played both Griezmann and Pogba in roles that didn't really suit them during most of the Euros. Pogba was famously played deeper than usual, almost in a holding role, while Griezmann was played wide right a lot. Of course, Griezmann plays better as a second-striker and Pogba plays better in a less- restricted box-to-box role.
Source for this?
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Tbh, if any big club had come in for him, he'd have said the same imo.
Chelsea and Spurs made bids for Martial the same summer.
Spurs made a move for him before he signed a new contract, but he decided against them, and not surprisingly given that at the time Monaco were playing in CL quarter finals and Spurs were getting knocked out of Europa league. Chelsea asked to be kept informed about the Martial situation and thought Monaco would only sell summer 2016 (this summer), so they were very disappointed when Martial moved to us within a space of a day and by the time they made a move for him, everything was already sorted out for him to move to us.
Griezmann has come on record saying how Beckham was his idol and when United played Sociedad, he got one of United shirts and he posed on some paper with the United shirt on. So I'd say very different cases.
Where did you get the bold bit from?
Just the way he moaned about their poor start to the season, saying if it carries on they will be relegated. Probably just talking in a bad mood after a poor result, but it's still a good sign for us.
