felmani26
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He's suffered with injuries (particularly knee) which has meant lengthy spells out but still generally regarded as a key player for Leicester.
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Ghost Hardware
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I mean long range passing. If you watch Monaco he is much more focused on short passes and interchanges. The fact he often plays a B2B obviously affects this but even so I’ve watched a lot of him and he rarely sits deep and sprays incisive passes up the pitch and when he does he has a bellow 50% success rate. It’s just not his forte. I’m saying it would be nice to have a dm who has more creative range to their passing ability as well as ability on the ball aa it makes a team harder to defend against.
As for agility it is a worry for me. I think he can play as a lone DM as when not acting as a B2B he will take up the deepest central midfield role. He covers a lot of ground which is backed up by his heat map which shows him popping up everywhere. Again tho that will be skewed somewhat by the double pivot and his alternating role as a DM/B2B. But I have watched games where he didn’t have the acceleration to catch up with an oppositions attack.
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Nick-TopSpursMan
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Reasonable concerns. I get what you mean about longer passing, it would be nice to have that kind of passer from deep.
The agility thing is something we need to trust the scouts on but yeah it's a fair concern, although if his positioning is good enough he can mitigate it.
I still think we should be looking at Gourna-Douath too.
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I can see Jonathan David and KWP being targeted by us this summer as contracts expire in 2025 and kwp is HG.
I think we will look to take advantage of expiring contracts for the likes of fofana (2025) at Monaco and Lloyd Kelly at Bournemouth (free).
I think we will look to take advantage of expiring contracts for the likes of fofana (2025) at Monaco and Lloyd Kelly at Bournemouth (free).
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Agreed, you would think that they and Ange would have taken that into consideration especially considering how high our back line is. If they think he can play that role then who are we to argue.
Archie Gray will remain my top pick for the DM position because it makes the most sense to me even if he’s privy but if that isn’t an option then I agree with you re Gourna-Douath. Like I said until you mentioned him I had completely forgotten about him but you were spot on to bring him up. Probably the perfect younger pick who could immediately contribute. The only problem is he’s probably cost at least €40 mil if not more.
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I know he has his haters but do think Rabiot is a talented player. Could be someone to replace GLC with although personally hope he stays.
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If we are going down that road I'd prefer Palhinha
Ghost Hardware
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Considering our transfer ethos has moved significantly towards younger players i'd be absolutely amazed if we spent the money it would take to get him considering he will be 29 this summer.
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Got a massive attitude problem and am his mother is his agent. She’s just as bad by all accounts
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Laughed more than I should have done.
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I actually think he has pulled his socks up at Juve quite a lot but he's 29 and currently on £148k p/w. Zero chance we would even consider that IMO.
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@Ghost Hardware do you think Zubimendi could handle the intensity of the PL and do the defensive work needed in our system?
I know he's likely going to Arsenal but interested to know your thoughts.
I know he's likely going to Arsenal but interested to know your thoughts.
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Also, no idea if it's just a purple patch but maybe we should be looking at Rodrigo Muniz of Fulham.
22 years old, 6ft1, mobile, good in the air and at link up.
He has 2 years left on his contract although Fulham may have an option for an extra year.
Very interestingly though his agent is CAA Base...
22 years old, 6ft1, mobile, good in the air and at link up.
He has 2 years left on his contract although Fulham may have an option for an extra year.
Very interestingly though his agent is CAA Base...
kendoddsdadsdogsdead
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Probably a long shot, saying that Werner at 28 for 15m, and on 170k makes Rabiot with no fee seem like a deal that wouldn’t be completely off the table. Who knows,
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Been thinking on this. I'm not totally convinced tbh. Problem is he's not the most physically imposing player. I think he would benefit our build up play more then our defensive resilience. I like him as a player and in certain aspects I think he could add a lot but the more I think about it the more i'm not sure he would give us the stability we realistically need. He's tenacious and reads the game well, hence his high interception stats, but he isn't ever going to be physically dominant.
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kendoddsdadsdogsdead
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Could be all overblown, who knows. Someone says something about him/her and it snowballs and becomes gospel.
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I may be wrong but I have a feeling it's a purple patch
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