If his performances for us earn him a move to Madrid, he'd instantly become the best signing we've made in years.
Sergej Milinković-Savić
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If his performances for us earn him a move to Madrid, he'd instantly become the best signing we've made in years.
They both aren't of a similar profile to De Jong and they don't offer something that different to what we already have. They will be more effective but they aren't gonna help us play the way Ten Hag wants imo.
Makes a lot of sense. No Bruno means we can actually keep the ball in possession and control the game.
SMS doesn’t offer something different to what we have? Fred and McT can’t play a simple pass without giving the ball away and they certainly can’t dribble without giving away possession either. SMS can be the link between defense and attack that ETh is looking for. He is strong, doesn’t fold under pressure, can pick a pass and can dribble with the ball upfield.
Would be an amazing window. SMS and Rabiot in a double pivot with Eriksen infront of them would be great.
Ehh they already have spent big in Tchouameni to add to Camavinga. Their midfield is set for the next few years.
Exactly, non issue
That’s not going to stop them from getting the next big player who comes through in a couple of years.
I'm comparing him more to Bruno and Eriksen and I don't think he's great under pressure despite his strength.
His touch and close control is excellent
Oh for sure they won't but I think their focus will be to add a striker in the future. That is why I think our chance to sign Sesko has gone. If he hits it off at Leipzig he will have Barca, Bayern and Real all looking for strikers in a couple of years.
Why would you compare him to Bruno? SMS isn’t going to play #10? I would start Eriksen at #10 and SMS in the #8. Bruno needs to know he is not indispensable. His performances haven’t been up to the mark for a good 12-15 months.
He is 10x the player Bruno is. A genuine world class midfielder.
Lazio fans see him as a god.
I'd love that. Get the guy and bin the smug faced Barca prick.
It is and it isn’t, In the same way Pogbas was and Pogba couldn’t handle the press either. Not consistently anyways.
If we signed him I’d leave the build-up to Eriksen and hopefully Frenkie or someone like him.
He isn't being signed to play as a #6. He will replace McTominay as the box-to-box midfielder
The reason Pogba kept giving the ball away was he never kept it simple. He always tried to do complicated things and tried too hard. That’s why when it came off it looked great but most times he lost possession. SMS is different. He keeps it much simpler on the ground. So he doesn’t lose possession as much.
€68M for this plank will see us lumbered with more unsaleable deadwood, a midfield trio of him, Rabiot and Eriksen will barely scrape top 6.
He loses possession as much as Pogba but with a far worse pass completion rate.
He's played over double the minutes Pogba has
Agreed, the amount of times he tried to play fancy like he believed he was the best in the yard among school kids. Yeah he pulled off a highlight or 2 in some games that wowed fans, but in games when it cams to grafting, he couldnt be bothered to get stuck in.
Add to that, he'd do stupid stuff deep in our half putting unnecessary pressure on our defence. Wasted talent, no one can deny the talent he has, but he couldn't be fecked when things weren't going right.
What other realistic options do you suggest? Or do you much rather prefer we keep playing with McT, Fred and Bruno and that will help us get top 4?
That's true over their career and per 90.
I don't want any of them bar Eriksen, we'll barely scrape top 6 whether it's McFred or this lump and the trash from Juve.
I disagree. SMS is a much better player with his back to goal and much better at hold up play. Pogba only does well when he is surrounded by good players. Same with Juventus when he had Pirlo and Vidal behind him and same with France when he plays with better talent next to him.
Also attempts an average of 10 more passes per game putting him in the 91st percentile (Pogba 68th)
I don't know. I feel like there's some serious underrating of SMS here when people say he isn't any better than McT which is who he will be replacing.
You may disagree but what you wrote was factually wrong. You are talking about a player with career stats around 5 possession losses per 90 and 77% pass completion rate. Pogba is around 4 possession losses per 90 and 83% pass completion rate. SMS loses the ball more not less.
SMS losing the ball a lot is a fact.
Is that down to his role in the team or lack of ability? I would suggest the former. I think he's afforded the risk of playing riskier passes in the Lazio side.
McTominay is crap, being better than him isn't anything special, for the price we might as well go for Neves who is PL tested, if we want a technically sound but limited mobility midfielder.
SMS isn't immobile, why are people saying this
SMS would be a top top buy. But if we're willing to spend £50-60m on him, why aren't we willing to spend that on holding midfielder which we desperately need like Ndidi rather than another box-to-box.
fifaSMS isn't immobile, why are people saying this
SMS isn't immobile, why are people saying this
Because he's tall and they're used to Pogba and Matic.
Pogba averages 51 passes per 90 over his career against 47 for SMS.
For someone who is 6"3 he's pretty agile and is very technically proficient. I don't understand how someone could watch him and that is one of the criticisms
I'm going off the last year.