Juan Cuadrado (139 Viewers)

Cuads legacy


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Orgut

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2002
18,207
Im not against selling Cuad but even though we have 2 new wingers we need to remember we actually played with almost now wingers in a winger based formation...
Alves was played often as RW Cuad was RW Mandzukic has transformed into a LW and Pjaca was a winger when he was healthy so thats 3 wingers (not considering mr. injury Pjaca) and Mandzukic got to be one of them despite not his natural position...
Now we have 5 wingers+Mr. Injury which means we are in a good place BUT the thing is Pjaca - Will he be healthy or not - If he can stay healthy we can allow ourselves to sell Cuad if not we need another winger instead of Cuad
Keita has been mentioned which is good so we can take him instead..
I would keep Cuad unless we get an offer of at least 40M as we can use someone as fast as Cuad vs teams like Barca and Real (not considering the final) as he can be very useful on the counter..
 

spurdo

Senior Member
Jun 4, 2016
1,877
Cuadrado is a fantastic sub and he seems to have his head set on right, so if he's comfortable riding the bench for most of the season then keep him. He's lost his place as a starter due to poor form and better players arriving, but his unpredictability and insanely clutch moments in big games is a fantastic asset, because it will keep the likes of Berna and Costa on their toes and make everyone fight for a spot in the starting XI. If we keep the 4-2-3-1 he will get plenty of opportunities to show what he got.

If we get a 35m+ offer though, then it's hard to say no, since that money would get us superior players like Schick and Keita, or better yet fund a move for a big name mf.
 

Stephan

Senior Member
Nov 9, 2005
16,392
I think he might be used to get Manolas.

We sell him to Roma or Milan for a 30-40m price. Roma needs option after losing Salah and Montella also wants him, so there are those options to get him sold. We can use Cuadrado to get Manolas also.

And then we go and buy Keita for the money we received from Bonucci or from Cuadrado sell.

--------------Higuain--------------
Mandzu/Keita---Dyb----Berna/Costa

Maybe buy another backup forward low key, but there is plenty of versatility in there between those options. Mandzu can also play Higuain position. Costa can play left or right, Berna can play middle with Dybala. With 3 competitions we need rotation. And these players provide that.
 

Gep

The Guv'nor
Jun 12, 2005
16,420
Lets convert him to a RB. He will be this seasons discovery as Mandzu as a LW was last season.
Giving away penalties and losing his man. C'mon man. What's all this make shifting crap anyway. Identify a position we need to fill and get your fucking man. We're a top tier club. We go out and buy.
 

s4tch

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2015
28,492
'lets try him as a...' is the first sign to sell a player.
this. we tried to play marchisio in every position, then we basically sold him to roma before conte started to play eventually.

btw juan should absolutely stay, he's a great asset to have. also, we shouldn't offer milan or any italian club an other very good player who would walk into their starting lineup.
 

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