Summer Mercato Thread 2020-21 (133 Viewers)
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I wanted Danilo when he was at Porto still, he obviously has some talent cuz hes been one of the top players for Porto for years, and probably their best in his last season when they beat Bayerm 3-1 in the QF. But that was 5 years ago, the guy isnt cut out mentally for the very highest level, i think its safe to say now that hes not met expectations at the 3rd top club in a row, all in different leagues. He should try Paris next, hes gonna have less pressure on him in the league and the rest of the team is used to underperforming in CL, so he will fit in. But i wouldnt want him to stay beyond this summer. Maybe if we played a 3 man defense as a backup RCB, but hes too expensove for that
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Well hed be our 2nd best fullback this season (maybe even best if he found his 2018 form) and the best attacking one, so im not. We lack pace on the flanks, AS and Cuads are dead from playing every game and not having support from others. It was a mistake to plusvalenza him because we couldnt get rid of other expensive players.
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Well hed be our 2nd best fullback this season (maybe even best if he found his 2018 form) and the best attacking one, so im not. We lack pace on the flanks, AS and Cuads are dead from playing every game and not having support from others. It was a mistake to plusvalenza him because we couldnt get rid of other expensive players.
Meh, his positives far outweight the negatives, and his defensive liability gets way overblown. In the 3 CL games he wasnt present for, we conceded 4 goals. In the 7 he played in, we conceded 5, 2 vs Atletico where he played 5 minutes and 2 vs Ajax where he played 25 minutes. SC vs Milan he played full game, we won and didnt concede. Atalanta in the Coppa was a disaster all together, we lost Chiello in the 1st half and subbed Cancelo, so Rugani of all players was our only CB out there. Serie A, 13/30 goals came in games/minutes he didnt play, and he played 25 games. We concede more often without him than with him.
I understand hes not exactly Chiellini in terms of defending, and he had couple of brainfarts, especially 2nd half of the season where he had that patch of bad form. But the whole team looked gassed and switched off, i dont think its a coincidence he looked his worst right around then. Id still take that Cancelo over what we have right now, they can have their 30M difference and Danilo back
I understand hes not exactly Chiellini in terms of defending, and he had couple of brainfarts, especially 2nd half of the season where he had that patch of bad form. But the whole team looked gassed and switched off, i dont think its a coincidence he looked his worst right around then. Id still take that Cancelo over what we have right now, they can have their 30M difference and Danilo back
Attitude problems is only reason Im ok with us losing him. On the pitch his offense and creative and technical qualities outweighted his defensive woes by a margin for me. Especially when you consider players who take his minutes in De Shittio and Danilo are conpletely inept both attack and defense.
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