Jan-Carlo Simic of Anderlecht looks like born to play as a stopper in Amorim's system. Physically great for his age, is suited to possession based football and he's good at progressing the ball.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
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Kingslayer18
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Anyone watch much Ligue 1 and can share any insight about Lamine Camara and Amadou Kone (or any other promising CM/DMs)?
I really like Amadou Kone. He's actually scarily similar to Baleba when he was at Lille. Good athleticism, fast and a great carrier of the ball, press resistant, good defensive characteristics and his ball playing ability will improve. He's shown the ability to make a line breaking pass from time to time, he just needs to trust his ability more. He wouldn't be a liability on the ball that Ugarte is. If Brighton lose Baleba, I'm pretty sure this would be the guy they would target to replace him.
If we somehow manage to sell Case and want someone who can rotate with Ugarte, this would be the guy. Monaco were trying to get him in January, he won't cost more than 20-25m and in my mind, could replace Ugarte in 2 years. He would do well as a partner with Mainoo or Kone in the long term.
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Not an unknown but definitely not a typical link but Daizen Maeda at Celtic could be a decent option to fill up the squad and provide competition. He's 27 so in his prime so will add some experience to our younger prospects. Could be a good pick up at the right price, could even dangle the prospect of loaning some of our best U18/U21 prospects (Jack Fletcher, Moorhouse, McAllister, Kingdon, Scanlon, Kamason, Thwaites etc...) to sweeten the deal
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Sounds very promising. We should be after these kind of players.I really like Amadou Kone. He's actually scarily similar to Baleba when he was at Lille. Good athleticism, fast and a great carrier of the ball, press resistant, good defensive characteristics and his ball playing ability will improve. He's shown the ability to make a line breaking pass from time to time, he just needs to trust his ability more. He wouldn't be a liability on the ball that Ugarte is. If Brighton lose Baleba, I'm pretty sure this would be the guy they would target to replace him.
If we somehow manage to sell Case and want someone who can rotate with Ugarte, this would be the guy. Monaco were trying to get him in January, he won't cost more than 20-25m and in my mind, could replace Ugarte in 2 years. He would do well as a partner with Mainoo or Kone in the long term.
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Does anyone has some insights on Finn Azaz (24) of Middlesbrough? He's at 10 goals and 10 assists this season and is a number ten. Could be a cheap alternative for that position, but I don't know much about him. Also an Irish NT player which follows the old tradition of buying British and Irish talents.
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Nice player but isn’t even a nailed on starter for Ireland which should tell you something about his levels.Does anyone has some insights on Finn Azaz (24) of Middlesbrough? He's at 10 goals and 10 assists this season and is a number ten. Could be a cheap alternative for that position, but I don't know much about him. Also an Irish NT player which follows the old tradition of buying British and Irish talents.
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Not saying we should target him but just watched the Arsenal PSV highlights and Couhaib Driouech seems to have quality technique. Never heard of him before but he had a nice shot that was saved by Raya and then he's scored a gorgeous chip at the end of the game.
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If I’m right he’s not even a starter at PSV. In my view PSV is a good place for talents to develop, but they’ll need to have at least 2 seasons as a starter under their belt before becoming interesting for other leagues. Players like Saibari, Lang, Bakayoko are far ahead of him.Not saying we should target him but just watched the Arsenal PSV highlights and Couhaib Driouech seems to have quality technique. Never heard of him before but he had a nice shot that was saved by Raya and then he's scored a gorgeous chip at the end of the game.
His team mate Saibari seems interesting though. He’s a creative AM (sometimes right wing). 24 years, but a bit of a late bloomer.
This is his second season as a starter if I’m right and he’s really stepping up.
Eredivisie: 21 games, 7G, 8A
CL: 10 games, 3G, 1A
He’s physically strong and pundits talk highly of him. His transfermarkt value is €23M. Think he’ll be available between €25-30M this summer as PSV are tough sellers
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On a whole different note, Kluivert is doing well this season. Seams to finally become a bit of a player.
This year in 27 games 12G and 5A. Though 6 were penalties.
I think apart from his stats he’s also playing quite well, but I don’t see enough of Bournemouth to form a proper opinion.
25, PL proven, seemingly playing reasonably well and potential to develop.
Any opinions on if he may be good enough for us?
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