Awful. Got a couple of side passes almost intercepted or at least very close to an Atletico player, takes literally 3 touches to the very least before opening play to the other side. This guy is just not it, and no one sweating at Liverpool for losing him should say it all. Waste of fees and salary.
But there are better mids in serie a than Can. I really dont get what we saw in him. He hasnt done anything. He was injured the last months when Pool was going to final. Had no influence in that run.
His a Sturaro replacement.
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Yeah thats it. This guy is a german/turkish Sturaro.
The free transfer addiction has to stop. How many sideways passers do we need? It's not actually a good deal just because it's a free transfer when we now have 4 midfielders that can't make a forward pass between them. If you take away Pjanic who is good but imo not World Class you're left with a midfield that is absolutely shit. Like 7th place Juve shit.
He has no redeeming qualities. He's not that good defensively, he's doesn't read the game well, he's slow, he cannot pass forward, he can't dribble to save his life, and he's not a serious goal threat.
But he was a free transfer, so Beppe couldn't help himself.
That literally describes all of our midfielders bar Pjanic and Matuidi to some extent. And Matuidi has his own irredeemable flaws like the fact he's barely a footballer these days and as soon as his stamina goes he'll be pub level shit tier.
Again, there’s a reason this guy was never listed under the “midfielder” category for his country. They could only ever trust him as a RB - even when they had injuries to key players during friendlies. I think that alone speaks volumes about his quality as a player. Yet, here he is as a key midfield member of a club with CL aspirations.
The free transfer addiction has to stop. How many sideways passers do we need? It's not actually a good deal just because it's a free transfer when we now have 4 midfielders that can't make a forward pass between them. If you take away Pjanic who is good but imo not World Class you're left with a midfield that is absolutely shit. Like 7th place Juve shit.
And he wasnt even free. We paid him and his agent 16M + 5M a year net (just slightly less than Pjanic and more than some key players from previous seasons)
Khedira at 23 was a cornerstone for bronze medal Germany in 2010, at 25 he was Germanys best player at the Euro. Did Emre even start playing regularly for his NT yet?