Sander Berge

Ruducus said:

He replaced N’Didi at Genk when he left for Leicester.

Consensous is he’s been more than a capable replacement. Had he not got a hamstring injury last year he’d already not be at Genk.

Really highly rated, very good defensively and an absolute unit

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LexingtonSpurs said:

Made a list of UEFA 50 for the future: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2528631.html

Sander Berge (NOR, 20 – Genk)
The 1.90m-tall midfielder comes from a family of basketball players but is showing huge promise with the ball at his feet in Belgium.

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barry said:

I love your optimism. It's really brilliant. I think we'll buy them because they're cheap, without any alterior motive.
Sometimes i wonder why we just don't go straight to d on our list and sign them early, rather than play all these games. Surely they'll be cheap and can get a full preseason in.

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Primativ said:

No problem with these signings, in fact they are exciting in a signing young potential kind of way, but if him and Grealish are our only two signings this window it's a disgrace for where we are as a club and what we should be doing.

These players will not get us challenging for the major trophies and by the time kids like Grealish and this guy are good enough to really light the PL up (2 or 3 seasons providing they aren't flops), the likes of Eriksen and Kane will be off. Just look for example, how long it has taken Eriksen to become as good as he is, 5 seasons or so. We don't have this time to wait. At this stage we absolutely need to be signing players who are almost the finished article, or at least the 1 rung below.

Still, it suits Levy's player trading company strategy....not winning trophies strategy.

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Luka Van der Bale said:

Well for a start, within just the last year that approach would have seen us miss out on Foyth, Sanchez, Aurier and Lucas. People love to ignore the times when Levy's approach has paid off.

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Lilbaz said:

Eriksen improved us immediately, dele improved us immediately, kane improved us at the age grealish is. Just because you don't think they can improve us doesn't make it so.

Give them a chance ffs.

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TheAmerican said:

Well his name is an anagram for grandee beers, sign him up!

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sbrustad said:

Berge is, together with Kristoffer Ajer (CB at Celtic), probably the biggest talents coming out of Norway now.

He’s taken the steps up in quality with ease since his debut, first in the Norwegian top division, then Genk and the National Team.

Not sure if he’s ready for the Premier League but it wouldn’t surprise me if he does the same here. He’s only 20 years old and would be a great buy at the quoted price. Still, I hope we’re looking at players that can definitely improve our match day squad in addition to making deals like this.

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

Good info thanks. Could you see him possibly being ready in 1 season if he joins, learns the English game and plays understudy to players like Dier, Wanyama, Dembele if he stays etc?

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Primativ said:

To improve this season on our 3rd place finish and lack of trophies, we need to bring in better players than Sander Berge and Jack Grealish. Disagree all you want but I am certain I will be proven correct.

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ToDarrenIsToDo said:

If he makes it on this list he's definitely worth getting in so he can work with Pochettino as far as I'm concerned. Would be a shame if it's not us that are in for him or if he goes elsewhere after some of the Norwegian feedback on here about him

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St José Dominguez said:

Berge would be as an understudy to Dier that would allow us after selling Toby to move Dier to CB if a CB was injured. Grealish would be a backup/ rotational option for Eriksen and Dele. I've no idea about Berge but assuming he's a good young player what is so wrong with improving the squad with young prospects? It's served us well so far.

I want us to go sign an expensive starting player too, be a little more flexible in our transfer policy but that doesn't mean both those signing can't be smart signings too. I'm absolutely certain Grealish is going to surprise a lot of people. I'm really frustrated with this window but sometimes it's like we haven't signed players who have become fantastic for us.

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St José Dominguez said:

Berge would be as an understudy to Dier that would allow us after selling Toby to move Dier to CB if a CB was injured. Grealish would be a backup/ rotational option for Eriksen and Dele. I've no idea about Berge but assuming he's a good young player what is so wrong with improving the squad with young prospects? It's served us well so far.

I want us to go sign an expensive starting player too, be a little more flexible in our transfer policy but that doesn't mean both those signing can't be smart signings too. I'm absolutely certain Grealish is going to surprise a lot of people. I'm really frustrated with this window but sometimes it's like we haven't signed players who have become fantastic for us.

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am_yisrael_chai said:

Can anyone honestly say he is better than Skipp or Amos or TOB ?

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am_yisrael_chai said:

Can anyone honestly say he is better than Skipp or Amos or TOB ?

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