Sami Khedira (83 Viewers)

JuveJay

Senior Signor
Moderator
Mar 6, 2007
74,897
I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt because it's early season, but it's looking increasingly like his football smarts aren't enough to cover for his weaknesses. Right now he only seems to have an hour in him.

Last season there were periods where the guy was really pissing me off, which takes a lot, but he overcame it and was fine for the latter run of games. This season it wouldn't be a surprise to see Matuidi and Bentancur take a lot of minutes off him.
 

Dostoevsky

Tzu
Administrator
May 27, 2007
88,982
He does way too many silly mistakes. I actually don't expect him to play much this season and I think he'll only get his chances off the bench.

It's a matter of time before Matuidi perma takes his spot. So imo we'll be seeing Pjanic - Matuidi for the whole season with Khedira coming from the bench while Benatancur will get tiny minutes for Coppa or sometimes when we are demolishing a team.
 

Xperd

Allegrophobic Infidel
Jun 1, 2012
34,834
I have a suspicion that this will be his last season here. He will leave for peanuts for the MLS next summer imo
No. We will terminate his contract by mutual consent and let him go on a free just like most of our free transfers. Getting some money off him is far-fetched.
 

abrakadaver07

Senior Member
Jul 8, 2008
590
Said it before. As much as I like him he's a luxury player. When he has an off-day all of his weaknesses are exposed. Being slow isn't that much of an issue but it seems he doesn't really cover a lot of ground either. Just too passive really and it doesn't work in a 2-man midfield. Ideally I guess we'd play him behind Pjanic - Matuidi but that means going 4-3-3 or something else.
 

Akshen

Senior Member
Aug 27, 2010
10,608
I wouldnt say he is useless for us and dont see a reason to give up on him. He seems to be worse than Matuidi but he is still a player who helped us reach CL final and win the league last season.
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 78)