Pepe (8 Viewers)
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I wouldnt complain too much about this transfer, his prooven to be a decent defender at porto and with our ageing defense a 23 year old sounds about right. Hope he wouldnt cost much. Ive seen him play a few times for FC porto, the first and formost was against rangers where he scored two goals in the UCL. Also seen him play against benfica and Inter. Whilst we are going for him, It would be nice if we can get Quaresma and if possible Diego Ribas too.
Pepe has been a quiet bright spot among European defenders this past season. If I were to pick the top defenders in the Portuguese SuperLiga this season, he'd come around third, following Anderson and Luisão (both from Benfica, and all three coincidentally Brazilian) and ahead of Sporting's Tonel.
The thing to note about Pepe is that Porto plays with only three fullbacks. The guy is incredibly fast -- some say perhaps the fastest defender in the world -- as he often helps make it look like there are four defenders back there. But he's quite young and capable of bone-headed errors that young players make.
There's a lot of potential there -- and given his age, this makes me think this is just a story without substance or, at best, he'll be acquired to be loaned out.
The thing to note about Pepe is that Porto plays with only three fullbacks. The guy is incredibly fast -- some say perhaps the fastest defender in the world -- as he often helps make it look like there are four defenders back there. But he's quite young and capable of bone-headed errors that young players make.
There's a lot of potential there -- and given his age, this makes me think this is just a story without substance or, at best, he'll be acquired to be loaned out.
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