Keita Baldé Diao - LW/SS - Lazio (11 Viewers)

[KB824]

That is crazy depth indeed. But one of Kean or Cuadrado won't be there if we sign Keita.


Hopefully if will be Kean loaned out because our squad is stronger for having Cuadrado as backup.

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Any way you look at it, the issue of a lack of depth for a 4-2-3-1 in attack would be solved.

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Winter is coming...we will need all the men we can get

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lol snuck my post in between you and the old man

Laugh all you want.

But remember this

When you turn 47, YOU are the one who will be freaking out about your two girls starting to like boys.

 

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[Osman]

Yep, I honestly expected us to sign 1 winger, us signing 3 good wingers while keeping Cuadrado is defenitely an overkill I didn't expect lol.


I say 3 because even if Keita is a deadly scorer as SS (he ain't CF), he is really a natural winger first and foremost still.

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[GiocataGrande]

This guy is so pacey, perfect for countering. Really hope we manage to sign him. IMO a better signing than Schick

 

[Lapa]

Apparently we already bought this guy and he turned into Pipita.

 

[IliveForJuve]

Apparently we already bought this guy and he turned into Pipita.

Are you saying he's fat and gay now? Tuz gonna have a lot of fun then.

 

[PhRoZeN]

Monaco are supposedly interested in this guy as Mbappe's replacement (Sky)

 

[Juliano13]

I apologize for my part in it, but the disrespect to our best attacker is insane imo.


When it comes to Keita, we will defenitely sign him imo, so you shouldn't worry.

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What insane disrespect? Judging by the responses and - reps most people here agree with you. For the record, I never liked Higuain, not when he was a Real player or Napoli player. I didn't change my opinion based on the fact that we paid 90m for him, unlike other people who were mocking him and saying Tevez is miles better and now lick his fat balls. I always thought Higuain shouldn't even be a starter for Argentina. Milito was better in 2010, Tevez was better in 2014 and Icardi is better now.

 

[pitbull]

And no Higauin is very far from bad signing. I couldnt care less about good bussiness. He is a clear significant upgrade to our team. And just because your best season was HISTORIC season doesnt mean you are bad signing just because you arent likely beat your own record again, ffs he was our top scorer, how can that be a bad signing.

I don't think you can determine what is a good or bad signing if you couldn't care less about the business side of the transfer. He had a good season regardless of his shit performance in the CL final, but we paid more than good money for him, he's our most expensive signing ever by quite a big margin and is earning the biggest wage any of Juventus players has ever received, do you feel like he has been performing to that standard?

 

[PhRoZeN]

I don't think you can determine what is a good or bad signing if you couldn't care less about the business side of the transfer. He had a good season regardless of his $#@! performance in the CL final, but we paid more than good money for him, he's our most expensive signing ever by quite a big margin and is earning the biggest wage any of Juventus players has ever received, do you feel like he has been performing to that standard?

90m is insane. If he was prolific enough in CL that would have met the standard. IMO

 

[dolph]

Yep, I honestly expected us to sign 1 winger, us signing 3 good wingers while keeping Cuadrado is defenitely an overkill I didn't expect lol.


I say 3 because even if Keita is a deadly scorer as SS (he ain't CF), he is really a natural winger first and foremost still.

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Totally disagree. He played his entire youth career as a CF, and scored for fun. Played as a CF the first couple of years for Lazio, looked like an insane talent. Lazio then turned him into a winger, and he kind of feel of the radar. The last 6 months they gave him the chance as a SS and he started delivering again.

He is definetly more suited to play as a SS or even a CF, than as a winger.

 

[IliveForJuve]

I don't think you can determine what is a good or bad signing if you couldn't care less about the business side of the transfer. He had a good season regardless of his shit performance in the CL final, but we paid more than good money for him, he's our most expensive signing ever by quite a big margin and is earning the biggest wage any of Juventus players has ever received, do you feel like he has been performing to that standard?

90M for a striker who can't deliver on the big stage and is entering the end of his prime AND basically has no resell value doesn't seem like good business.

Of course he's only been one season with us so he still has time to perform in the CL but nothing really indicates he will.

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Yep, I honestly expected us to sign 1 winger, us signing 3 good wingers while keeping Cuadrado is defenitely an overkill I didn't expect lol.


I say 3 because even if Keita is a deadly scorer as SS (he ain't CF), he is really a natural winger first and foremost still.

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You must be fucking high.

Just take a look at his playing positions on Whoscored:

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/136294/Show/Keita

He is obviously a striker. It's his main and best position.

 

[The Quazis]

When it comes to Keita, we will defenitely sign him imo, so you shouldn't worry.

Hopefully you're right. I'd go mad if we miss out on him.

 

[lgorTudor]

There are 32 reasons for you stfu


Mandzukic became terrible as CF for us. Why should we have weakened our attack with Mandzu as our spearhead for sake of signing CMs or AM we should sign regardless of getting Higuain anyways? And who are the available top AMs or CMs we should signed last summer? Besides the Pjanic we got, which shockingly, like a top team, we were able to do while signing Higuain too, instead of neglecting our attack.


If simpleton like you say someone who scored 32 goals should never been signed, whatta heck would you say of Mandzu who barely gets to double digits each season? We signed him easier from Atletico because he lost his scoring touch with them. As he did for Croatia. There is a reason this new top utility role of being tactical team player out wide was created for him. Because he is not fit to lead an attack line anymore at all (why we wanted to keep Morata and signed Higuain, because he was deemed not enough for good reason). He was everywhere but be in box and even miss chances, let alone score. There were times Chiellini was deadlier scorer then him.


Talk about weakening ourselves big time, for what? Because your ego doesn't allow you to like Higuain? Get over it.

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Your rant is based on what you perceived to be a suggestion of mine to play Manzo upfront as striker. But I said Dybala and Manzo as spear heads for 4231 which means Dybala is the CF and Manzo his replacement.

I am sick and tired of trying to punch it into everybody's brain that Dybala is a forward and if you have a forward and look for a CAM (summer 16 mercato) the smarter thing to do is to buy a CAM and not another striker while forcing the first one out of position

This isn't even about Higuain, but the overall purchase of a striker with other positions uncovered and weak.

Discussion over

 

[cimenk]

Which one will you choose ?
Schick for 30m or Keita for 25m

Attitude wise, I prefer Schick more. I believe he has bigger upside for improvement. But his previous failure medical check up is a question mark. Is it something serious or cureable?

For now, Keita is more complete as a player, but I'm afraid if he become impatient when he sit on the bench

 

[IliveForJuve]

Your rant is based on what you perceived to be a suggestion of mine to play Manzo upfront as striker. But I said Dybala and Manzo as spear heads for 4231 which means Dybala is the CF and Manzo his replacement.

I am sick and tired of trying to punch it into everybody's brain that Dybala is a forward and if you have a forward and look for a CAM (summer 16 mercato) the smarter thing to do is to buy a CAM and not another striker while forcing the first one out of position

This isn't even about Higuain, but the overall purchase of a striker with other positions uncovered and weak.

Discussion over

Damn, son.

100% spot on.

 

[Hust]

Laugh all you want.

But remember this

When you turn 47, YOU are the one who will be freaking out about your two girls starting to like boys.

They are listening to Selena Gomez dancing in the sun room

oh god, its started already...


edit: thats why we have the 2nd amendment.

 

[Stephan]

That is crazy depth indeed. But one of Kean or Cuadrado won't be there if we sign Keita.


Hopefully if will be Kean loaned out because our squad is stronger for having Cuadrado as backup.

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Well he is linked with loans, either smaller side in Italy or to dutch league.

 

[Fr3sh]

This is the new standard of Tuz now, you just have to avoid certain topics for your braincells sake.



There are legitly people here who convinced themselves Mandzukic is better then Higauin for us, straight up hatoration up in here.

Mandzo>>>>Higuain not even close

 

[Osman]

You must be fucking high.

Just take a look at his playing positions on Whoscored:

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/136294/Show/Keita

He is obviously a striker. It's his main and best position.

No, but someone who actually seen him for Lazio. Ofcourse he has been more effective as SS attacker and has had his breakout in that in last 2 months of the season. But everything before that doesnt go out the window. That link shows 7 games in attack and 24 games between wide role or attacking mid/side midfielder. Get it? What his more familiar with his career so far has been a winger, just because he has become deadly enough in attacking phase doesnt suddenly change all that.


Lazio changed to 3-5-2 formation in spring (compared to 4-5-1 or 4-3-3) and since he has no overall work ethic or creative playing style like Felipe Anderson, he played in 2 man attack and did very well. Emphasis on SS here, because when I say CF, I refer SOLELY to someone who can play sole center forward on his own. Keita doesnt do that, atleast not as effectively, he was a support forward with insane counter attacking ability playing off Immobile. He had the freedom to drift everywhere he wanted, and he often did so by going wide and cutting in, since it gave him more 1-1 duels, that is when he wasnt playing on counters, then it didnt matter because if he had momentum, they stood no chance most of the time. Case in point is the Rome derby, he was everywhere in attack, everywhere. And he has honed his finishing skills enough to just pounce on moves. His evolution reminds me a bit of a young Aubameyang in St Etienne.

 

[MikeM]

I like him more as a striker or inside forward type. I don't like him much as a 4-4-2 winger.