Vidal and Davids comparisons

Lawd, you people will be disappointed and the first ones to overreact and want his head.
Stick with Matuidi. Looks a bit better with ball, definitely better touch, but has penchant for dangerous turnovers (prefer him coming on as RM or LM rather than CM), much better in air (can help defend set pieces after coming on when leading and can hoof the ball to him down the line), more mobile/better stamina, much worse decision making.
Style and level wise he's lower table EPL type. Decent talent but not WC potential level. I don't know what Pirlo ball will be like, but thought of him in usual very calculated and cautious Italian gameplay is funny.
Don't know if he'll do well enough for us to exercise 20m option or not (more chances this season due to corona circumstances being more favorable to players of his type and age), but this is an excellent, well thought out transfer on and off the field and financially (no risk loan).
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@Fr3sh is murican? Did he migrate from sunny Cali to Arctic Canada?