26 is good, right?
Hakim Ziyech
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26 is fine but he's a quick, tricky winger, those kinds of players usually start to decline after they hit 30. He's got 4-5 years of his best level left, Chelsea don't want 2 of those spent getting used to the league.
I'm more concerned that both the CL quarter finals and semifinals will fall on Ramadan over the next few years.
(They are also played on the worst part of the day: just after you've been fasting for 17+ hours, no less)
He did this last year for Ajax and played well I believe. They're probably used to it by now and adjust to eat at different times (no expert)
Yeah, he did play good while fasting in the first half (his body probably went into digestive mood in the second half after breaking fast).
Most players try to work around it or don't fast, but not Ziyech.
I'm hoping for at least one UCL trophy in the Lampard era.Well hopefully he won't have to worry about that
Nah, the man is going to be 30 in 4 years. That's a no go for the CAF. With the exception of Lindgaard, every footballer above 25 is about to fall from the footballing cliff.
We should have been in for him at this price.
Did he not do that mad closing down vs spurs i think when he was fasting. Where he chased the ball all over the pitch ?
I don't think he's that good. Great final ball though, wicked left foot. He'll do alright at Chelsea but he's still gunna be competing with Willian, CHO, Pulisic etc who are roughly around his level but offer different things.
How does Chelsea get him for £38 million? Did everyone forget that billionaire Roman owns them?
If we were interested we would have been quoted £80 million. Feck off.
If we were interested we would have been quoted £80 million. Feck off.
When the guy who does our business keeps on telling the world how popular, fancy and rich we are, able to do things “other clubs can only dream of”, let’s not be surprised when we get a completely different price when we want a player.
William and Pedro are out of contract at the end of the season. We'll be going into the season with fewer options to be honest.
We paid £70 something for Kepa. Maybe Ajax felt sorry for us.
Also, he was £33.3 million, not £38 million.
At that level, I wonder how many players are actually fasting. It's no one's business either way.
Nice player. Been Ajax’s best player the past 2 seasons since he’s been playing out on the right wing. Great left foot, can dribble and works hard. However.. he’s a complicated character, a bit of a sulk and it’ll be interesting to see how he copes in the EPL. He’ll certainly be afforded less time & space than in the Eredivisie. Still, I expect him to be successful and should make & name of himself because he’s quality.
You will be ok. Chelsea wont get that far.
This is just false tbh
so you don't rate him them.. or are you just sarcastic full-time?
I do rate him, but so what? Do we sign every player I rate? If we don’t, are we now a mess’?
I think you're wrong. I think he will be Suarez-tier. He's mentally superstrong as well. He has been the best player of the Eredivisie since 2014, not just one season. He's going to be a sensation in the PL and I don't understand why United didn't buy him.
well the guys Ole seems to be impressed by are nowhere near his quality... so yes (in my opinion as a supporter of the club for more than 50 years)
Can't say I'm too bothered about this. Never been that keen on him myself. The only Ajax player I wish we had got was De Jong.
I'm not convinced he's going to be a great signing at all for them. We'll take Sancho instead thank you.
Is correct. De Jong was the one.