Denis Zakaria - CM - Borussia Mönchengladbach (12 Viewers)

[K.O.]

Encouraging signing, but I worry about his injury record, one-footedness, and limited ability to pass out of pressure.

From what I saw so far, he's a pure ball-winning defensive midfielder. Being one-footed and his inability to pass under-pressure is less important as long as his primary task would be to retrieve balls and make simple passes.

As for his injury record at BMG, according to transfermarkt, he had one long layoff due to a "knee injury". The rest are just missing 1-2 games due to Corona and fatigue. Doesn't look like an injury-prone player to me.

 

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[GordoDeCentral]

Or because he's banned lol

Yes thankfully @swag preemptively countered the jinx

 

[swag]

Once in a blue moon I pretend to do mod-like things

 

[Osman]

Once in a blue moon I pretend to do mod-like things

Once in a blue moon the almighty gives us a magical ginger creature we dont deserve, to vanquish the evil panda.

 

[JuveJay]

From what I saw so far, he's a pure ball-winning defensive midfielder. Being one-footed and his inability to pass under-pressure is less important as long as his primary task would be to retrieve balls and make simple passes.

As for his injury record at BMG, according to transfermarkt, he had one long layoff due to a "knee injury". The rest are just missing 1-2 games due to Corona and fatigue. Doesn't look like an injury-prone player to me.

Seems closer to a Vieira than a Momo Sissoko to me, can do the defensive stuff but also bring the ball forward. Might not be as good as Vieira at the latter, or as dominant, but definitely has more than just powerful running forward to his offensive game than someone like Momo

 

[Mark]

Once in a blue moon I pretend to do mod-like things

^^^
mod of the year.

 

[MikeM]

This move depends on the wages. Obviously the fee is a no-brainer but if we give him Rabiot wages, he could be unsellable quickly.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Excellent signing. Big upgrade on the utterly useless and brainless Bentancur.

He reminds me of a Matuidi type player with better ball control. Proper ball winner, very dynamic and can drive the ball forward with his long ass legs lol. I’m hyped.

 

[Leendiz]

If we get him I'd say we've had the best winter mercato in a very long time . Selling bentancur for good money and getting this guy cheap would be even better

 

[X Æ A-12]

arsenal, bayern, barcellona and united were on this guy if you believe he media.

He is that good?

Can he tee up Vlahovic?

 

[Tomate]

If we first have to sell either Bentancur or Arthur before signing Zakaria then this transfer is by no means a done deal and probably will turn into a nail-biter until deadline day.

 

[PhRoZeN]

Encouraging signing, but I worry about his injury record, one-footedness, and limited ability to pass out of pressure.

Yeah a lot of the hype around this guy was before he injured his knee.

 

[Ronn]

We’re signing another DM. I’d like to hear what @Cronios thinks about this.

 

[gray]

This is pure genius. Bring on the investigation!

 

[DutchJuventino]

This is pure genius. Bring on the investigation!

BINI THE GOAT

 

[DanielSz]

Zakaria
15 starts
2 goals
1 assist
0.6 key passes
90% pass accuracy
1.2 interceptions
1.4 tackles
8.1 possession lost
1.2 fouls

Bentancur
13 starts
0 goals
2 assists
0.6 key passes
88% pass accuracy
1.4 interceptions
1.7 tackles
7.0 possession lost
1.8 fouls

And Bentancur plays in the tougher league. Idk, I‘m not against the move or anything, but I still think people underrate Benta. Maybe Allegri will take Zakaria to another level, we’ll see.

 

[U Picciriddu]

Zakaria
15 starts
2 goals
1 assist
0.6 key passes
90% pass accuracy
1.2 interceptions
1.4 tackles
8.1 possession lost
1.2 fouls

Bentancur
13 starts
0 goals
2 assists
0.6 key passes
88% pass accuracy
1.4 interceptions
1.7 tackles
7.0 possession lost
1.8 fouls

And Bentancur plays in the tougher league. Idk, I‘m not against the move or anything, but I still think people underrate Benta. Maybe Allegri will take Zakaria to another level, we’ll see.

Don’t fall to much for stats. It are dry numbers without context, in many cases it doesn’t say anything imo

 

[DanielSz]

Don’t fall to much for stats. It are dry numbers without context, in many cases it doesn’t say anything imo

shouldn't ignore them either. They exist for a reason.

 

[X Æ A-12]

This is pure genius. Bring on the investigation!

all gas, no brakes

 

[U Picciriddu]

shouldn't ignore them either. They exist for a reason.

The eyes chico, they never lie