There's this tall young french talent in Manchester, who seems unhappy. Maybe we have a shot?
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He wants to negotiate again with Chelsea on the last year of his contract in 2018. You can say those sides surely disagree about his market value.
Can Witsel be creative?
From what I've learned (havent seen him play properly), he looks like a poor man's Khedira. I mean, what he could offer is already fully provided by the German. Not exactly creative, but intelligent movement off the ball.
Even considering Marchisio immediatly closes the gap we have at DM, I think we still need a creative/technical midfielder from the bench, with similar characteristics to Pjanic. Like that Dahoud guy or stg like that.
I'd like to see Cuadrado playing as a box-to-box RCM. I think he would be very good at it, and a good replacement for Khedira when he cant play. So Witsel would be unnecessary.
From what I've learned (havent seen him play properly), he looks like a poor man's Khedira. I mean, what he could offer is already fully provided by the German. Not exactly creative, but intelligent movement off the ball.
Even considering Marchisio immediatly closes the gap we have at DM, I think we still need a creative/technical midfielder from the bench, with similar characteristics to Pjanic. Like that Dahoud guy or stg like that.
I'd like to see Cuadrado playing as a box-to-box RCM. I think he would be very good at it, and a good replacement for Khedira when he cant play. So Witsel would be unnecessary.
Was a starter in Serie B last season at 18, did well, now is a starter at Atalanta at 19 and so far has been a decisive player for them (scoring 5 goals in 5 games as a midfielder). Definitely a talented guy and worth a shot for ~10m. If we have some money to spar we should buy him in january and loan him back to Atalanta for 1 1/2 years.
Hes got the workrate, touch and to a degree tactical intelligence to pull it off, obviously he might struggle picking up runs into our box, but the offensive advantage especially how wide our b2b cms position when we have the ball, constant double team with Alves. Its definitely worth a try considering our cm and wing options this year.
Its about utilizing the squad, something Max been working on, he knows his strongest 11 but figuring out best combination to rotate them. If hes content with Alves and Licht on right wing and the freedom our two b2b have in this formation, then it's not that bad of an idea to try. Right now the only space johnny square can attack is his seat on the bench.
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