Maybe not as outstanding as the others mentioned, and was never going to be another Ronaldo, but its hard to deny that Valencia has proved a solid signing imo
Matteo Darmian | LVG confirms he's on his way here for a medical
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If we cant get both its good ww can get one. I dont really care if our signings send tremor through our rivals...
Think it was more of them all just quoting sky italia and di marzio at the same time, as they reported it shortly before that.
It's reached the player height stage. Hope there's something concrete soon.
Ok we coveret the height. Lets talk about a clothes he wears. 
So which RBs would send shivers down the spines of our rivals?
frantically googling "Matteo Darmian topless"...Ok we coveret the height. Lets talk about a clothes he wears.
Very good point, perhaps Woody can bring out the chopper for London to Manchester.
Woody only does that for £30m and up.
Nothing on the BBC yet. Isn't Di Marzio meant to be a buffoon?
https://instagram.com/p/431NJNDNFw/?taken-by=matteodarmian36
He just wrote this on his insta. As good as ours.
Google Translate below;
The day has come, after 3 years fantastic leave Turin. Wonderful three years where I learned to play, have fun and I learned above all to live !!! It is thanks to my teammates and my fans who have become so, a player tried from all over Europe, is only about you and Mr. Ventura, more than a coach to me, the second father.
Right now I have no words, I'm just crying ... remember that I leave Turin for a future career choice, not because I am evil. Turin will always be my second home, I never tire of her. I do a imboccalupo to the whole team and the fans and say goodbye ... Torino!
This is not a goodbye but a see you. In these three years we went back to A, we won against Juventus after 20 years and we are back in the so-called Europe League.
I think to go away with a clear conscience affixed, at least I hope so. My I did for this team, I gave all of my heart and my soul. It was an honor to play for Torino and also be in a few games the captain!
I think the love I gave to this city, will be returned in a few parts.
Thanks for everything Turin
IT COULD BE FAKE - DONT HOLD IT AGAINST ME
He just wrote this on his insta. As good as ours.
Google Translate below;
The day has come, after 3 years fantastic leave Turin. Wonderful three years where I learned to play, have fun and I learned above all to live !!! It is thanks to my teammates and my fans who have become so, a player tried from all over Europe, is only about you and Mr. Ventura, more than a coach to me, the second father.
Right now I have no words, I'm just crying ... remember that I leave Turin for a future career choice, not because I am evil. Turin will always be my second home, I never tire of her. I do a imboccalupo to the whole team and the fans and say goodbye ... Torino!
This is not a goodbye but a see you. In these three years we went back to A, we won against Juventus after 20 years and we are back in the so-called Europe League.
I think to go away with a clear conscience affixed, at least I hope so. My I did for this team, I gave all of my heart and my soul. It was an honor to play for Torino and also be in a few games the captain!
I think the love I gave to this city, will be returned in a few parts.
Thanks for everything Turin
IT COULD BE FAKE - DONT HOLD IT AGAINST ME
Fake account.
He's been a fixture in the Italian national team for more than a year, and has already played in two matches against England. You hardly have to be a 'bullshitter/google expert' to know a bit about him.
I do like that the transfer has been so under the radar though. Very much reminds me of Evra and Vidic. Both well thought of in Europe but totally unhyped in England, and the transfers were basically done before anyone knew anything was happening.
How is his injury record? Anyone?
Valencia
Added a disclaimer just in case.
I was not saying there is any RB worthy of that right now. Just hypothetically we can get both a good player need for a position (not only right-back) as well as being a statement of intent eg. Ramos for central defense
Apparently he's hardly missed any games over the last few years
Only a matter of time indeed then.
Reliable for Serie A transfers, bullshitter for other transfers (the second part is my personal opinion).
Caf trusts him more than any other ourno though.
Surely this can't be true. Otherwise we'll quickly change that.
I don't know how can you like football and only watch English football.
Hopefully we'll get this wrapped up shortly and hopefully he'll slot straight in as first choice RB. Don't know much about him, but if he can nail down the RB slot then it solves a few problems. Obviously he'd be an upgrade on Valencia and also it would add a somewhat permanent fixture to our back four. If Shaw can nail down the left back spot then we can start finding our best centre half pairing and try and start the new season with a fairly settled back four. It's amazing how much better our defence would look, even without adding a Ramos or an Otamendi, if we just had a settled back four.
That being said, I do hope we add a top class centre half to out team.
That being said, I do hope we add a top class centre half to out team.
When attacking balls in the opposition box he is. In his own box there are a lot of times where he has problems dealing with balls into the box and lets his man get away and gives him a free header due to his poor concentration. That is something both Ramos and Pepe share in common. His concentration definitely improved under Mourinho (as did his positioning) and it is not as big a weakness as it was before, but it is still big enough of a problem that it sees him still give away lots of free headers to the opposition due to him allowing the opposition player to peel away while he is caught ball watching. That is not to say he is poor in the air or anything as he still wins a good bit of his headers but calling him a "beast" is too much. He is certainly no Vidic or Terry or even Pique when it comes to winning headers in his own area. Where Ramos' strength lies IMO is his ability to play well while defending in a high line. He deals very well with pacey and tricky attackers when isolated against them in one-on-one situations, even when there is lots of space behind him and not much support to cover for him. He is certainly much better in that regard than the likes of Terry are.
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Wish we had an EPL transfer guru like Balague for Liga bbva and Di Marzio for serie A.
Although Guillem has been pretty shit since he became the director of that non league team Biggleswade... I think.
Although Guillem has been pretty shit since he became the director of that non league team Biggleswade... I think.
Ok we'll take £5M off the transfer fee then, thanks for highlighting that weakness.
good job
we should keep our targets unnoticed. otherwise years after arsene wenger will come out to moan how close he once was to signing darmian
Brilliant, an actual signing. Can't wait for some ability at RB
VERY impressive if that's right.
Not everyone's got the time.I don't know how can you like football and only watch English football.
AC Milan get 400k apparently
Ah the famous could've been Arsenal front line of Ronaldo and Zlatan.
I know people rave about Robben in this goal, but Ramos did well to keep up with a speeding Robben. Robben was on a half turn and already running by the time the ball was played and Ramos reacted. Ramos tracked him all the way.
I would say that they are quite similar, although Rio was a much more intelligent (and so better) player. Ramos oscillates between Rio (the calm fecker) and Vidal (the mentalist who eats defenders), although probably not as good as either of them.Pretty good summary. So he's a poor man's Rio then
Don't want to jump in the discussion but thanks for posting that, made my morning a bit better
So everyone reporting that this is a done deal but no confirmation as of yet? Hope we can wrap this up and get as many of our new signings as possible early into training with the rest of the lads.
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