I still think he looks the result of some deranged form of Giraffe/baboon rape.
Marek Hamsik
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£12 frigin million. Thankyou talksport
I don't rate him THAT high, but I'd hate if Liverpool actually got him and we didn't, for some reason.
That's a bit harsh on giraffes and baboons.
£12m 
He will cost at least twice as much.
He will cost at least twice as much.I rate him at a lot more tha 12 million.
Don't know much about him but I know that he's better than 4 Koncheskies or 3 Poulsens.
Gambit...does caughtoffside have a story for you. Time to get your candle back out?
Though according to goal.com ( who as unreliable a source as they are, they are a million times more reputable than caughtoffside)and there is a lot of different sites running with this story which is a concern as they're all not just carbon copies of this one.
If Goal.com or Caughtoffside.com come up with anything, there is absolutely no truth in them. I m not saying the other sources are reliable but they are not as bad as these two.
Anyways I just hope we sign at least this lad. He will good value for money and he himself said it would be hard to turn down United. He is better than Ninis and is the only available player out there, who has not moved to a new team or signed a new contract in the last six months, that we can sign to replace Scholes.
Anyways I just hope we sign at least this lad. He will good value for money and he himself said it would be hard to turn down United. He is better than Ninis and is the only available player out there, who has not moved to a new team or signed a new contract in the last six months, that we can sign to replace Scholes.
The goal.com hamsik to chelsea originated in the Italian media.
Do Want.....>REALLY REALLY REALLY want.
Let Chelsea have him
I think Fergie will go for young English or Kagawa of japan before he would blow so much cash on Hamsik. Hamsik would be amazing but I am sure Fergie will look to get potential that he can develop for a better price. Kagawa looks good and would sell zillions of more shirts that Hamsik!!
His assist for Cavani was great, a little chip... nice !
His goal also reminded me of Scholes, gets into the right positions, and just scores !
I think he has 8 goals in Seria A ( with Pastore having 1 goal more )
Poor start to the season but I think he is finding his form now and Napoli have rocketed to 3rd place now with him Cavani and Lavezzi doing the damage...
His goal also reminded me of Scholes, gets into the right positions, and just scores !
I think he has 8 goals in Seria A ( with Pastore having 1 goal more
) Poor start to the season but I think he is finding his form now and Napoli have rocketed to 3rd place now with him Cavani and Lavezzi doing the damage...
Not seen much of him, is he as good as Ive heard?
Hamsik is going to cost 20-22m I think. That is the amount you have to pay today for a player of his caliber. He can just walk into our first team and take over from Scholes. I really wish we get him in the summer.
I'm still not sure he's the midfielder we need. I don't really see him as a replacement for Scholes. SAF spent £17m on that boy Anderson, he was the replacement for Scholes and he won't be giving up on him and thrashing out £40m on a player. We're far more likely to sign a Roy Keane type I think.
Sign both him and Pastore and sell whichever one is shit to Chelsea. Abramovich would be happy.
But Anderson is not exactly a playmaker. So he can't replace Scholes literally. Hamsik is a playmaker, like Scholes.
I wouldn't really say Hamsik or Anderson are like the latter day Scholes.
Is he anywhere near as good as Scholes when it comes to passing?
Depends if your saying at a similar age then yes. He's not a Scholes replacement, more a case of imagine if we were able to get a young Nedved.
is anyone?
not many thats for sure. It seems the playmaker types of xavi and scholes are on the wane. Heard good things about Thiago Alcantara in the Barcelona B squad though i've never anything of him.
Messi is turning into a playmaker as well some of his passing is breathtaking in its vision and precision!
Fabregas is the closed young(ish) player I can think of, but he never pings the diagonal balls like Scholes does, in fact Xavi doesn't really either. i'd say Pirlo was the most similar to Scholes but in reality he's a very unique player with his passing abilities. I think we need to give up on the notion of getting a direct Scholes replacement, this guy is the best English midfielder of his generation after all.
Xavi doesnt really play the longer ball as thats not Barca style nor is it Arsenal style. Scholes is one of the few players whon could play in a game where he passes it 60 yards or when he is playing loads of short passes.
not really under Pep, I have seen him ping them under Rijkaard. Though not in the vein of scholes as scholes sits much deeper, like pirlo. As you mentioned, the style of play really dictates how Xavi passes but he is one that I would think could match Scholes in terms of those long diagional balls
Today only Xavi and Pirlo are as good passers of the ball as Scholesy is. Hamsik cannot play those wonderful diagonal balls Scholes plays but he is more than capable of some brilliant passing and through balls.
We're not signing him.
Are you drunk?
Yes he can. Just not as good as Scholes in his prime, but then who is?
REASON: There will likely be a bidding war for him with Chelsea and City strongly linked, he might want to stay at Napoli anyway as they look likely to be in CL next season and have a good and perspective team, he'll probably cost £35m+ in this market which I doubt we could afford and isn't the box to box midfielder Ferguson should be looking for at the minute. If we were ever to pay a hefty price for a midfielder, it'd more likely be someone like Modric who has been proven in PL or at least someone who's been proven outside of his domestic league when it's not PL (Champions League, international competition), Hamsik hasn't done either.
The previous 2 seasons Hamsik, was every bit the box to box midfielder.
Since when is Naples in Northern Italy?
Admittedly I've not seen him that much but I've always got impression that he needed protection from Gargano to have freedom in dictating the play. Also, I doubt we will go after a Serie A midfielder again after we witnessed what change of pace does to a player when we had Veron over here.
On a good day, Banega can play them left and right foot. The one snag is, he's only had a good day about three times this season so far.
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