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On the plus side you can add him to the list of players Jose Mourinho has left to drift and finally got rid of, plenty in that list would have been fine by me.
Back or sack, that's the crack.Good, if he's not being sacked then he should be backed.
That would be a superb window if we do - comparable to last January.
I just hope that bringing In Zaniolo and Porro will be enough to make Conte happy for now. It is a real shame we couldn’t strengthen the defence as I can’t help but feel these two, although help, won’t change the mentality issues as they seem to be routed with our back line. Still they should def help with our attack. Obv.Personally I really want Zaniolo. If you actually look at him and the qualities he has, you can see that if used as Conte believes he should be, then he could be a fantastic addition. I do think this is one we will get over the line. In fact, I think we will get both Zaniolo and Porro.
I just hope that bringing In Zaniolo and Porro will be enough to make Conte happy for now. It is a real shame we couldn’t strengthen the defence as I can’t help but feel these two, although help, won’t change the mentality issues as they seem to be routed with our back line. Still they should def help with our attack. Obv.
Does Zaniolo look like hes lots pace with his injuries?I just hope that bringing In Zaniolo and Porro will be enough to make Conte happy for now. It is a real shame we couldn’t strengthen the defence as I can’t help but feel these two, although help, won’t change the mentality issues as they seem to be routed with our back line. Still they should def help with our attack. Obv.
Yup, and lloris. Will be a summer job I would imagine.We need a Dier replacement/ alternative big time.
No, physically he looks the fittest he’s ever been tbh. He’s a beast strength and speed wise.Does Zaniolo look like hes lots pace with his injuries?
Could Zaniolo become a Dembele type? Be there to receive the ball from the defence and physically move it up the pitch to the forwards?
That may mean playing 3 in the middle, or just 2 forwards but for those who've watched a lot of him, do you think he'd be capable of a kind of box-to-box, progressive midfielder role?
Dembo rarely scored or assisted but his work and value through the middle of the pitch was immeasurable.
He also started out as a forward before dropping deeper and finding his role.
That would/could actually solve a fair few of our problems then.Yeah he's definitely got a similar skillset. And from what WLB was saying last night the club see him as a perfect player to allow us to play 3 in midfield against teams that try and outnumber us in that area.
Lots of risk with this transfer, but neither Bents or Kulu were lighting it up in Italy either, so who knows, though much prefer a ch and rwb first.
Takeovers takes months and years unless this has been going for that long don’t expect it right nowJust the usual spurs modus operandi. We usually buy at the end of the winter windows if we do
That’s where I thought he would be when he first came through. An all action CM like Toure who could assist and score but with the physique of a CB and the athleticism of a B2bCould Zaniolo become a Dembele type? Be there to receive the ball from the defence and physically move it up the pitch to the forwards?
That may mean playing 3 in the middle, or just 2 forwards but for those who've watched a lot of him, do you think he'd be capable of a kind of box-to-box, progressive midfielder role?
Dembo rarely scored or assisted but his work and value through the middle of the pitch was immeasurable.
He also started out as a forward before dropping deeper and finding his role.
I find the links between Conte and Zaniolo interesting as Conte sold him to Roma in one of his final acts at Inter - does he really love him or is there a bit of story telling in that narrative?I still, probably naively, feel that if we really tried to get him that he’d come here. Although we’d probably have to convince him that Conte is staying.
And a minority investment would probably actually take longer as rather than cleanly just get DL/Enic out, they'd have to negotiate a shareholder agreement governing how they could work with DL on an ongoing basis (what level of decision making they would be involved in, how new capital injections would be dealt with etc).Takeovers takes months and years unless this has been going for that long don’t expect it right now