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He already can play anywhere in midfield - he has even played as RM for Brazil NT and SP (gattuso under Carlo position), it's just that Lazio seem to exclusively use him as an attacking mid.

Hernanes was what they call in Brazil a "volante" in his SP days. His position was LM - like Seedorf under Ancelotti - and even CM - Pirlo under Carlo. From what I remember watching him play, he was rarely, if ever, used as a pure trequartista at SP ... only at Lazio did they start using him in...

yep, and not only Milan fans but indeed it must have had a lot to do with the age factor - the guy was almost 34 yo when Milan signed him and it reminded people too much of the Emerson transfer, I guess. anyway, MvB has always been a player I wanted at Milan and was throwing tantrums when he...

I am not disagreeing with the above, it's just that my criteria for transfer of the season is the one where almost everybody thought of as a dumb move but turned out to be a stroke of a genius - in short, the surprise factor for me is key. Zlatan's behavior in the final 1/4 of the season left a...

not team-wise, player-wise - Milan fans thought of van Bommel as a joke of a transfer but he was one of the decisive players for the scudetto, especially in the final part of the season - along with Silva, Seedorf and Pato - when Ibra was winning the race for dumb-ass of the season. in...

van Bommel for me - getting Zlatan was money and title in the bank but in terms of decisiveness and exceeding expectations, all for free, it's the Boss imo