I sincerely doubt he was even regarded a top CM in England? You’re telling me was top CM when Rodri, KDB, Rice, NU and MU Bruno’s and Mac Allister was around? AV hasn’t regressed heavily after his departure either
It's really time to ship him out, it's been 4 seasons right now and nothing has changed. Can't dictate the play often, can't play b2b and not really a DM either. I'd sell him along with Douglas and Teun
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Bayern would be a bad career move for him anyway, they've got Musiala as a #10 and future star. He'll be a RW over there as well.
If he goes, he should be played as a SS or #10 imo.
I just feel bad for him, so we signed him instead of Como (where might had played more often) only to give him a couple of matches and shipping him out?
I'm really curious see if Giuntoli would try to offload Douglas, Koop and Nico G. I reckon we can only sell them at a loss and that would mean minus valenza in our books but keeping them on the bench for one more season would also be a bad scenario. Our future really looks shit
What’s the point of signing a washed up #10 when we have a potential very good #10 in our ranks with Yildiz. I'd like this club either develop and invest in talents (and sell them for big time profits eventually, plusvalenza baby) or just sign superstars.
Seems like Bologna have a difficult roster remaining. They’ll be facing us, Milan, Atalanta, Napels, Fiorentina and Inter. We are facing Lazio and Roma (well and Bologna) away as our most difficult matches on paper.
He was just a likable character with tons of experience. I dont think he really needed to be replaced and I dont consider MDG a generational goal keeping talent. I'll put him in the same bracket als Carnesecchi, Miret and Provodel. Just decent Serie A GK.
I think 3412/3421 is actually the best way for this squad to get most out of most. We can finally stop playing Yildiz as a LW, Cambiaso a playmaker from LB and maybe even Koop in his best position again. Chico will be wasted though once we try him as a #10 or SS.
Essentially for next year well...
Where do we even start with rebuilding this club? New coach? 5-6 new elite players? Both?
This season I’d say only MDG, Bremer based on previous seasons, maybe Kalulu, Thuram, Chico and KM get a pass.
I still remember our first 2 games were Yildiz was the #10. He had like 2 assists in 2 matches. But we replaced him with Lord Poopmeiners and considering we didn't have a LW, we put Yildiz there.
To be honest, as a CB he's been pretty good imo. At least way better than I was expecting. He's got strength, pace and is strong in marking his attacker. Seems pretty comfortable on the ball either.
I still think he's an elite talent but this year was a waste for his development because we decided to play him as a LW. It's just so obvious that he isn't suited to that position at all. He's a SS / #10.
Even this winning streak right now means very little to me. We're simply playing shit football and grinding out results. They are in our favor right now but I still don't see a dominating display or clear 2-0 wins over our opponents. I personally think fourth is all we can hope for but the...