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DJS

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If you've deemed good enough, then there is always a way of integrating you into any team, and even one that dominates the world stage like Croatia!

Do you mean like how England crammed Gerrard and Lampard into same team to detriment of team balance?

What nonsense.
 

EJWTartanSpur

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Pretty much echo Ghost Hardware’s posts. Watch a lot of Inter, made absolutely no sense to me that they failed to successfully develop Kovacic and sold him on, but they have previous for this ( Coutinho was another whom I knew would be great and wanted us to sign but alas we really didn’t have the need when he was sold ).
 

Ghost Hardware

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Pretty much echo Ghost Hardware’s posts. Watch a lot of Inter, made absolutely no sense to me that they failed to successfully develop Kovacic and sold him on, but they have previous for this ( Coutinho was another whom I knew would be great and wanted us to sign but alas we really didn’t have the need when he was sold ).
Crazy (and infuriating) isn't it! They keep doing it. I know it was only a loan with option, but I can't help but feel Cancelo, who is just about to sing for Juve, will be the next one. He looks like a serious talent at right back. Can see him being linked to RM, Utd, City in 2/3 seasons for 70 odd mill.
 

lukadownthelane

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Crazy (and infuriating) isn't it! They keep doing it. I know it was only a loan with option, but I can't help but feel Cancelo, who is just about to sing for Juve, will be the next one. He looks like a serious talent at right back. Can see him being linked to RM, Utd, City in 2/3 seasons for 70 odd mill.
Can’t believe Valencia are going to sell him to a different club. If he doesn’t have a pre agreement you would have though Valencia with champions league football would keep him.

I’d love him if we are going to go back to a back 3.

Anyway no more from me on Cancelo in this thread!
 

EJWTartanSpur

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Crazy (and infuriating) isn't it! They keep doing it. I know it was only a loan with option, but I can't help but feel Cancelo, who is just about to sing for Juve, will be the next one. He looks like a serious talent at right back. Can see him being linked to RM, Utd, City in 2/3 seasons for 70 odd mill.

Not to mention Pirlo ! It’s like a blind spot at the creative CM/AM hub
 

am_yisrael_chai

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Crazy (and infuriating) isn't it! They keep doing it. I know it was only a loan with option, but I can't help but feel Cancelo, who is just about to sing for Juve, will be the next one. He looks like a serious talent at right back. Can see him being linked to RM, Utd, City in 2/3 seasons for 70 odd mill.
We were linked with Cancelo last summer and instead we bought Aurier, that is really infuriating because it was so blindingly obvious who the better player was :banghead:
 

dtxspurs

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We were linked with Cancelo last summer and instead we bought Aurier, that is really infuriating because it was so blindingly obvious who the better player was :banghead:
I believe there was a lot of debate last summer whether or not Cancelo could play any defense at all.
 

Keefo

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We love you Herc but Aurier let you down big time last season
We keep praising poch for developing full backs but at the same time talk about Aurier as if he can't develop under Poch.He was one Psg best players (especially in Cl) before he had a row with Blanc(known racist and islamaphobic) after which he missed majority of the season and that's why wasn't ready to play for us and joining at the very last didn't help.
 

Keefo

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We keep praising poch for developing full backs but at the same time talk about Aurier as if he can't develop under Poch.He was one Psg best players (especially in Cl) before he had a row with Blanc(known racist and islamaphobic) after which he missed majority of the season and that's why wasn't ready to play for us and joining at the very last didn't help.
He's still 25 and has been on ligue 1 team of the year twice-I wouldn't give up on him as easily as most of u.
 

am_yisrael_chai

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We keep praising poch for developing full backs but at the same time talk about Aurier as if he can't develop under Poch.He was one Psg best players (especially in Cl) before he had a row with Blanc(known racist and islamaphobic) after which he missed majority of the season and that's why wasn't ready to play for us and joining at the very last didn't help.
I hear that as an argument but the thing is that his issues were about being overly rash, that is a mental thing, not sure how easy it is for a coach, even one as great as Poch, to fix. Hope I’m wrong but equally really don’t want him holding back KWP, who from what little I’ve seen I think could be better than Aurier or Trips.
 
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