Player Watch Player Watch: Rodrigo Bentancur

[Snarfalicious]

I shit my pants with glee.

 

[arunspurs]

Bentancur is just made for Premier League. Tenacious yet has the elegance to get around the pitch.

If he is fit, he is going to be one of the first names on that XI. No way, he is going to be a bench player with the kind of midfielders we have.

His aerial presence also gives us good advantage middle of the park. More he plays, better he will get

 

[SpartanSpur]

Lovely little cameo. Very composed on the ball but importantly pairs that with great mobility and good size. Made a very good headed clearance late on that would have cleared our other CMs.

I think he'll do very well in England and become a regular starter.

 

[Aay_Jay_Dee]

Lloris > Romero > Bentancur > Kane

That is a great spine to build on

 

[kent brockman]

Early days, but looking very promising. Could prove to be an absolute steal.

 

[Joshua]

Can see the levels in that little clip. Hojbjerg gestures for him to clear up field and he says fuck that and drops a drag back away from the press, plays a neat pass and immediately moves to make himself an option for a return. Reason he played nearly 200 games for Juve. Proper player.

 

[Joshua]

Only caught the last ten mins or so of the game but got the impression there's a bit of Lamela to him?

Not sure. He’s more a “does what needs to be done” player rather than an out and out shithouse. If he needs to make things bitty and be aggressive he will and if things need to be calm his head will be cool. Just a very intelligent footballer.

 

[SixtyFour]

Great introduction. It took precisely one involvement for the entire fanbase to adjust their preferred starting eleven.

 

[Serpico]

I shit my pants with glee.

You need to stay of the currys.

 

[arunspurs]

Bentancur cost is 15m£ - more we see him , that look like ridiculously cheap fee for a experienced 24 year old

 

[VoteMe4Prez]

£15m for that kind of quality, I am IN

 

[dtxspurs]

Maybe Fabio knew what he was doing after all going and grabbing these guys from Juve…

 

[JeremyPaxton]

He looks the bollocks, but then again I remember Tanguy scoring on his debut against Villa, so I’ll wait see a few more games before binning off the rest of our CMs ?

 

[whenstevewentup]

Would love to pair him with Bissouma. I’m done with Winks and Hojberg. We need more athleticism in the middle of the park .

 

[Russ1201]

Would love to pair him with Bissouma. I’m done with Winks and Hojberg. We need more athleticism in the middle of the park .

Not done with PEH but agree with other points.

 

[SirNiNyHotspur]

Looked like a big improvement on what we’ve got, much more excited by this signing but again long way to go before any decisions on either signing…

 

[NinjaTuna]

Would love to pair him with Bissouma. I’m done with Winks and Hojberg. We need more athleticism in the middle of the park .

I'll wait and see what happens with the sexual assault case before I decide I would like him at the club. You're right though in that he'd be great in our midfield.

 

[Finchyid]

Love the fact he got booked on debut!!

 

[Aphex]

Exudes class, even in that little cameo you can see he has it. Exciting!

 

[Snarfalicious]

Maybe Fabio knew what he was doing after all going and grabbing these guys from Juve…

Nah, my pal Gary has a Paramount Plus subscription and his uncle Chuck copped his password and told him he’s a huge Serie A fan and seen tons of Bentancur during his time at Inter Fiorentina and said he sucks.