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His ability on the ball lools as good as advertised, thats going to be a huge assett

He hasnt done much wrong, but he hasnt done that many things right either. He is a handy player to have for sure, but Kovacevic is just on a different level. The sooner he gets the nod the better.

Good points, I wasnt trying to say Haz is like Salah. Just that like Salah he will be given spesific tactical instructions om how to operate to maximise his talent.

These things always fascinate me, why Ballack? What has he done to prove he can be a good DoF? I mean we still have a scouting network, would be surprised if one of our head scouts together with Marina and the board join forces in the transfer window. A DoF does a lot more then just come up with transfer targets though. Personally Id prefer someone like Ramon Verdejo

Haha what? If he took tactical advice from Conte om how to play, Im pretty sure he would take advice from someone telling him he can score a lot more goals and create a lot more assists if he opereates like this and that. Lets be honest, Hazard is a great, great player. But his positional awereness and insticts in the final third is poor and I think Sarri can do wonders for his ens product

To further that point, just look at Salah for Liverpool. Klopp had played him in a much more advanced position and his instructions are pretty much the same. Dont come deep to the ball and run 45 yards and full sprint towards the goal, but save the energy and only attack from certain positions. Salah has pretty much credited his scoring form to Klopp

Yeah theres absolutely no way that Kavacic goes back to Madrid. He went AWOL to force through a move, theres no coming back from that at Real. I think having a loan deal can be an advantage, kind of a testdrive begore we buy. Real never ask for unreasonable fees for players who want to leave as they seem to prefer to get it done and dusted as fast as possible. Wouldnt be surprised if ee signed him in the January window tbh

What you describe there is pretty much Sarrisimo 101. Everyone has probably seen this by now, but thats exactly how we got our pen. Lured them into a press which opened up the entire left side

All this talk about signing Mahrez ment Sterling would be benched and he slots right in, without much of a pre-season. Shows how much Pep rates him

Says who?

Its official, Atletic confirms that Kepa has paid oit his contract and is free to sign with whoever he wants

Theres just always an excuse for him though isnt it? Cant see him playing much under Sarri who values energy off the ball

Was never going to play a single minute under Sarri, best mobe for all sides

Becaise thats the way rekease clauses work, its a loophole for the player to buy his way out of his contract

Fixed it

The point of getting him is to improve our team. It would be better if we could buy him, sure. But I cant really see how this is a bad thing regardless

This is actually happening isnt it

Why not?

Yeah those two wouldnt be mutually exclusive

A journalist who follows Atletic has stated that «as things stand noe, Kepa is leaving». Pinch of salt and all that

I have seen Donnaruma maybe 4 or 5 times and cannot see what the hype is about. Hes young and a decent shot stopper. Thats it. He has distribution ability to speak of, terrible command of area and puts the ball back into dangerous spaces 8/10 times. Allthough Im not a fan, I would much rather have Butland

Kanté - Jorginho- Kovacic is om paper the best midfield we have had since Essien-Maka-Lamps

It comes from several reliable sources, some even say its with an option to buy, which depending on the price would be an incredible deal

According to Marca hes coming on loan for the season, really hope its with an option to buy

One of the best shoot out stoppers of all time? I mean I know you like RLC but cmon. At one point for Arsenal he conceded like 15-16 in a row and dove the wrong way for 90% of them. It was a sh*t penalty.