Arda Turan

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Turan is nothing like Hargreaves and is 10 times the overall player Oscar is.
He's fantastic in tight spaces, you could give him the ball while he's being power bombed by Hulk Hogan and he would still come out with it. He's as good as any in Spain, and I include Iniesta in that.
He also works incredibly hard for the team, he won't shirk his defensive abilities or switch off when the opposition have the ball.
He's more of a team player, he's the player who will keep things going and dictate the pace of the game. The only player he can replace is Willian since he's not productive enough in front of goal to replace Oscar. Maybe Cheslea are saving their FFP credits for a Pogba bid as well.
I think he and Herrera would be magical in a midfield 3, I don't know about the agent tho
 
cyberman said:
Turan is nothing like Hargreaves and is 10 times the overall player Oscar is.
He's fantastic in tight spaces, you could give him the ball while he's being power bombed by Hulk Hogan and he would still come out with it. He's as good as any in Spain, and I include Iniesta in that.
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This whole post is just full of ridiculous exaggeration. I'd have Oscar ahead of Turan and it wouldn't even be close.
 
cyberman said:
Turan is nothing like Hargreaves and is 10 times the overall player Oscar is.
He's fantastic in tight spaces, you could give him the ball while he's being power bombed by Hulk Hogan and he would still come out with it. He's as good as any in Spain, and I include Iniesta in that.
He also works incredibly hard for the team, he won't shirk his defensive abilities or switch off when the opposition have the ball.
He's more of a team player, he's the player who will keep things going and dictate the pace of the game. The only player he can replace is Willian since he's not productive enough in front of goal to replace Oscar. Maybe Cheslea are saving their FFP credits for a Pogba bid as well.
I think he and Herrera would be magical in a midfield 3, I don't know about the agent tho
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Talk about hyperbole.

Willian I think will be a pretty much nailed on starter for us.
 
Hyperbole? The man is a ridiculous talent. I'm reading comparisons to Hargreaves and freaking Milner while Oscar is supposedly above him in the pecking order. I can only conclude that most here haven't watched him consistently enough.
No matter who he joins, by mid October there will be posts on here about how fantastic he is and and how they didn't know how good he was. 'I can't believe we signed Ramos for the same price we could have has Turan at'
Well have to wait and see I suppose
 
cyberman said:
Hyperbole? The man is a ridiculous talent. I'm reading comparisons to Hargreaves and freaking Milner while Oscar is supposedly above him in the pecking order. I can only conclude that most here haven't watched him consistently enough.
No matter who he joins, by mid October there will be posts on here about how fantastic he is and and how they didn't know how good he was. 'I can't believe we signed Ramos for the same price we could have has Turan at'
Well have to wait and see I suppose
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Think he'd be competing with Oscar for that spot in the team. Not saying one is better than the other. He's miles better than Hargreaves and Milner obviously.

I agree with your point about people coming around to him after watching him for a couple of months. One of those players who isn't a sexy name so some of his new clubs' fans will moan at first but he'll quickly become a favorite.
 
Comparisons to Hargreaves are rather kind on Turan (although they are completely different players). Hargreaves is not some random mug you know. Both hard working but Hargreaves was hell of a lot more effective in the role he's supposed to be playing than Turan.

Oscar works hard and is more effective. Oscar over Turan every day of the week.
 
I think that in some of the very biggest matches (against the City's, United's, Arsenal's, and the very biggest CL matches) José may prefer Arda to Oscar. Some of the matches in which Oscar had already been benched for. Arda is more secure with the ball, is significantly better with the ball at his feet and in tight spaces, and the work rate and defensive contribution wouldn't drop off with Oscar out of the team like it did with Cesc playing higher up the pitch.

-------------Costa-------------
Hazard------Arda-------Willian

Or

-------------Costa-------------
Hazard------Oscar-------Willian
 
I don't want Turan for that kind of money but at the same time i don't want to see him at Chelsea either. People who think he's no better than Oscar i think you will be surprised. Both of them are technically good and work hard. But Turan just has this Tevez like quality to him, like a dog with a bone. He can be technical but he can also play very dirty. I also think he's physically a lot stronger than Oscar and is a better dribbler.
 
akash02 said:
Comparisons to Hargreaves are rather kind on Turan (although they are completely different players). Hargreaves is not some random mug you know. Both hard working but Hargreaves was hell of a lot more effective in the role he's supposed to be playing than Turan.

Oscar works hard and is more effective. Oscar over Turan every day of the week.
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You're massively underrating Arda. Crazily so in fact. He'd easily displace Oscar in Chelsea's lineup at the moment. Oscar obviously has time on his side though.
 
justboy68 said:
You're massively underrating Arda. Crazily so in fact. He'd easily displace Oscar in Chelsea's lineup at the moment. Oscar obviously has time on his side though.
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I'm really not. The fact that people are down to praising how hard he works says it all.

He's a good dribbler and an easy player on the eye but Oscar is clearly a better player overall while working quite hard himself. Even an inconsistent Oscar has shown he's more effective and I put his relative lack of form down to him barely having a rest since he's joined Chelsea. In fact, I don't think he's had an off season yet.
 
akash02 said:
I'm really not. The fact that people are down to praising how hard he works says it all.

He's a good dribbler and an easy player on the eye but Oscar is clearly a better player overall while working quite hard himself. Even an inconsistent Oscar has shown he's more effective and I put his relative lack of form down to him barely having a rest since he's joined Chelsea. In fact, I don't think he's had an off season yet.
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If he didn't have an off season he would be starting every game and Chelsea wouldn't have to rely on Fabregas to do his job for them.
 
Turan is better than Oscar in pretty much everything bar putting the ball in the net. If Chelsea signs him, Oscar will be in bench IMO.
 
Bit of an odd signing for Barcelona, no?
 
DWelbz19 said:
Bit of an odd signing for Barcelona, no?
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Yes considering he's not exactly what they need and his agent said he'd me moving to the PL. I'd still be surprised if it wasn't Chelsea.
 
Barca are in election mode. Who's making the call? Is he negotiating with Barca or one of the candidates?
 
Would take him here, he is a great little player. His ability in tight spaces is ridiculous. He gets overrtaed by some and underrated by a lot of posters. I didnt want him at first, but now thinking about it again, he could be a hit for us.
 
I would take Arda ahead of Oscar anyday, having said this we don't need Arda.
 
When I saw 29m for a guy who tends to play in a wide role for Atleti, at least that seems to be the consensus...with the numbers he produces, I hope United's interest is paper-based and not legit. Would make little sense.
 
iBoss said:
How are they making signings and selling players if the board might change soon?
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Vidal was signed before the interim board was in place i believe. Currently they have no president. The interim board oversees the election.
 
Being better than Oscar isn't exactly an achievement now, he has been bang average for the second half of last season... Chelsea with De Bruyne in #10 would be terrifying. Anyway seems like there is some pretty ridiculous overrating of Arda Turan on here. He is a good player, nowhere near the very elite though. We shouldn't be in for him, neither should the likes of Barca
 
Should slot in effortlessly at Barca, quite literally, since his job will be to keep the bench warm.
 
prarek said:
Vidal was signed before the interim board was in place i believe. Currently they have no president. The interim board oversees the election.
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The club statutes actually do not permit player movement during this interim period, yet Bartomeu has nevertheless managed to pull the strings on deals to help his election. In keeping with how nauseating this board has been.

The chain of events that led to Turan's signing is apparently linked to Laporta being able to trump Bartomeu in reaching an agreement in principle with Pogba

Sounds like it's happening although I never saw it coming
 
FCBarca said:
The club statutes actually do not permit player movement during this interim period, yet Bartomeu has nevertheless managed to pull the strings on deals to help his election. In keeping with how nauseating this board has been.

The chain of events that led to Turan's signing is apparently linked to Laporta being able to trump Bartomeu in reaching an agreement in principle with Pogba

Sounds like it's happening although I never saw it coming
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Just read this on marca.

Bartomeu defended the idea of the club's interim Managing Commission getting involved in transfer business. "I've resigned, but the club continues to work on what was agreed on in April", he noted.


http://www.marca.com/en/2015/06/29/en/football/barcelona/1435614688.html
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Didn't even know the interim board had power to sign players. Strange.
 
Its amazing how Iniesta can be rated so highly on this forum and then Arda be so underrated. They are very similar players although used differently by their teams. If we used him the same way Iniesta is used at barca we'll have an amazing player on our hands. Get it done woody.

Also how can people say we don't need him? He's exactly what we need as we show no interest in keeping di maria in midfield or trying Januzaj there.
 
cyberman said:
Hyperbole? The man is a ridiculous talent. I'm reading comparisons to Hargreaves and freaking Milner while Oscar is supposedly above him in the pecking order. I can only conclude that most here haven't watched him consistently enough.
No matter who he joins, by mid October there will be posts on here about how fantastic he is and and how they didn't know how good he was. 'I can't believe we signed Ramos for the same price we could have has Turan at'
Well have to wait and see I suppose
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This. He is underrated because not many people have seen him play regurlarly, he has magnificent feet, ball control is out of this world and he can make things happen. I don't know if we need him in the team due to the volume of players we have that can play a number 10 role but no doubt about it he is a great talent. I would be happy if we do sign him, but it just means we will probably consider selling Mata who played very well for us when we needed him to step up.
 
Rumours in the Ukraine are that Atletico have Yevgen Konoplyanka lined up as the replacement for Turan. Konoplyanka and his agent/father are apparently holed up in some hotel in Madrid, waiting for the transfer to go through. It's all very dramatic.
 
prarek said:
If he didn't have an off season he would be starting every game and Chelsea wouldn't have to rely on Fabregas to do his job for them.
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By off season I meant a break between seasons. Since he's been at Chelsea he's had no break to my knowledge. He's been involved in international football every summer.
 
akash02 said:
By off season I meant a break between seasons. Since he's been at Chelsea he's had no break to my knowledge. He's been involved in international football every summer.
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Ah my bad. Anyway Turan and Oscar are different players. The central play comes more natural to Oscar. I think if Turan goes to Chelsea he will be competing with Willian and Turan will be a big upgrade on Willian. He's just better everywhere.
 
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