Rolando Mandragora (12 Viewers)

[Mark]

from stu to mandragora, that would be a definitive upgrade

:xfinger:

absolutely.

 

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[The Quazis]

He's in Mancini's Azzurri squad for friendlies.

Hopefully we will be able to see him in the preseason friendlies. However, I don't think he's in our plans for the coming season. Most likely another loan.

 

[Espectro]

Maybe we should give him a chance before bringing a player like Bonaventura... just saying....

 

[LiquidPLP]

They're completely different players. Just saying

 

[MikeM]

Mandragora is a borderline CB. Pure destroyer, decent on the ball. Sturaro with some brains and capable of a 5 meter pass.

Potentially better than Bentancur as pure DM.

 

[Fr3sh]

Mandragora is a borderline CB. Pure destroyer, decent on the ball. Sturaro with some brains and capable of a 5 meter pass.

Potentially better than Bentancur as pure DM.

Bentacur-Mandra-Pjanic

 

[The Quazis]

Mandragora is a borderline CB. Pure destroyer, decent on the ball. Sturaro with some brains and capable of a 5 meter pass.

Potentially better than Bentancur as pure DM.

And we paid 8mln for a teenager with the potential to become a pure destroyer?

 

[MikeM]

And we paid 8mln for a teenager with the potential to become a pure destroyer?

Well if we sold him now we would get at least 8M. For sure his valuation has gone up. He's in the national team at 20 years old.

Even Sturaro we paid under 10M and he's probably worth that now and he turned out worst case scenario. These are decent investments. Pretty low risk, moderate reward. We paid like 5M for Rugani and he's worth probably 30M now.

 

[Fr3sh]

And we paid 8mln for a teenager with the potential to become a pure destroyer?

That's good, I love me some top DM's! Hope he's closer to a Mascherano than a Melo though.

 

[The Quazis]

Well if we sold him now we would get at least 8M. For sure his valuation has gone up. He's in the national team at 20 years old.

Even Sturaro we paid under 10M and he's probably worth that now and he turned out worst case scenario. These are decent investments. Pretty low risk, moderate reward. We paid like 5M for Rugani and he's worth probably 30M now.

I haven't been following him too closely but he was labelled as one of the brightest prospects in Italy. Hence my surprise that a good destroyer is his ceiling.

 

[MikeM]

I haven't been following him too closely but he was labelled as one of the brightest prospects in Italy. Hence my surprise that a good destroyer is his ceiling.

Oh I see. Well, to be fair to him, it's not like he gets many offensive opportunities with Crotone. It's possible he has that talent but it's hard to see it on display. I know for sure that he has grinta and challenges everything in the middle.

Maybe he's like Casemiro or something.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

i have to see this guy for a whole match. his stats are more than impressive for a 20 year old.

@MikeM I thought he was supposed to be a pretty good passer. At least this would suggest he's more than just a 5 metre passer.

 

[MikeM]

@MikeM I thought he was supposed to be a pretty good passer. At least this would suggest he's more than just a 5 metre passer.

Ya I have seen good passes from him. Like I said, it's hard to judge his skill in possession because it's so rare on that team. I was just saying that *for sure* I know that he has the basic requirements of a midfielder on top of being a destroyer.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Ya I have seen good passes from him. Like I said, it's hard to judge his skill in possession because it's so rare on that team. I was just saying that *for sure* I know that he has the basic requirements of a midfielder on top of being a destroyer.

 

[zizinho]

That's good, I love me some top DM's! Hope he's closer to a Mascherano than a Melo though.

hes a Thiago Motta @Mark

 

[Mark]

hes a Thiago Motta @Mark

faster.

 

[zizinho]

faster.

ill take that

 

[Mark]

ill take that

bring him at training, if he does well, keep.

 

[zizinho]

bring him at training, if he does well, keep.

Can/Pellegrini Pjanic/Marchisio/Mandragora Matuidi/Bentancur

looks underwhelming, but Mandragora, Bentancur and Pellegrini are exciting prospects

 

[Bianconero81]

Wtf is that midfield?

FFS, every single time I google his name I get an image of a plant instead

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