Please elaborate?
That bad? Can anyone confirm?
Wow.
I'm starting to have doubts.
I'd like to be wrong, but if he leaves this season it's going to be hard for him, he needs to learn a lot. I feel sorry for him, football is shit nowadays.
If he leaves now, the shot is not going to be for Benfica, but for Renato. And the hand who holds the gun is always the same: Jorge Mendes.
The best decision for him now would be to remain here for a pair of years, until he's 20.
Dollars, btw. The reported fee is 45 million pounds unless I'm mistaken, which will be around 30 million pounds as the main fee, and 15 million being achievement-oriented bonuses.
I've seen 40+20m euros and 40+40m euros reported, just couldn't be bothered to do the exact conversion. Either way, it's not my money and all that, but there has to be a line somewhere. If the players best attributes are physicality and athleticism, he's on the wrong side of that line.
If those are comfortably his best attributes then the scouts who suggest him should be fired given they've been stalking him for months now. If they are his best attributes with his dribbling and technical ability also being of a high level, then it's not an issue. From the clips I've seen he looks particularly good at running at defenders, but it's too small a sample size to say much.
Agreed. I'm not going to claim any kind of expertise on the player. I've only seen one or two Benfica games this season + a few youtube compilations and "every touch" videos. From that limited viewing I'm far from convinced though, and like I said, he certainly doesn't look like a LvG type CM. I don't really see what he brings to the table that for example Kante doesn't, and that money would certainly be enough to buy Kante, a more ready made, proven talent.
He's the opposite of a LVG player. He likes positional discipline, good vision of the field and good sense of positioning. He's against taking risks, it's forbidden to lose the ball, and driving through the middle.
This is delightful, you are doing an amazing job. Lovely. Always said he looks naff.
I'm not portuguese but I can understand it more or less, with a bit of help (Google translate
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Our scouts seem to rate him if the reports are to be believed.I'm not portuguese but I can understand it more or less, with a bit of help (Google translate
Exactly, is from that forum. Obviously there's positive comments about his potential, and more and less balanced criticism. But I find it funny how many people here is always impressed with him, and they think he will improve our team from the start. While his own fans are mainly saying that he's immature for Benfica and he's not ready for a move.
Thank you.
Kevin was quite dissapointed when we bought Martial aswell.
Not entirely convinced I am wrong yet. We shall see.
Di Maria wasn't a failure, he was the highest assister in the league(until he stopped being played) in a team that was a complete mess. If he stayed with us this season he would have looked a completely different player. He needed willing runners to fully appreciate his risky passing. Having Rooney and Fellaini upfront for most of the season was a huge mistake.
He is truly an amazing poster, to even convince someone as assured of my views and opinions like myself... Up to february 2015 I still found him a nothing player, another Kezman story in a rubbish league that would fail to amount to muh outside of rubbish leagues. He had obvious deficiencies, his dribbling and close control was average and I felt his tricks were pre-rehearsed (did it hundred times by myself in training, let's randomly pull it out, hope it confuses the opponent and make me stumble past him) instead of actually being aware of where he is going with the particular skill during the execution. He would be exposed and I have made posts about it if you search back.That bit
Don't worry. We were all conned.
FFS
