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rakib567

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lets sign some brazilian youngsters and make some profit.

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he played at standard for 5 years and has 80 caps for the national team.


I've watched more games involving Witsel, then all the fancy players you make formations about combined.


Which explains why i can explain what type of player he is, whilst you think he's a DM/AM.


Well, that and your lack of braincells.
i said he can play in those positions. he's best position is box to box midfielder.

if our team believes in his ability and want to sign him, it's for a reason. Your opinion dons't matter. :)
 

Zacheryah

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lets sign some brazilian youngsters and make some profit.

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i said he can play in those positions. he's best position is box to box midfielder.

if our team believes in his ability and want to sign him, it's for a reason. Your opinion dons't matter. :)
What you say is wrong. You say it because he's simply listed as having played in those positions, but you didnt watch any game. Witsel at DM is a huge failure and he had the grand total of 1 good game as an AM, mainly cause the opponent was so poor.
 
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Their transfer policy is fucking hilarious. Outside of De Bruyne, who was their last good huge money purchase? Maybe Aguero? LOL
Fernandinho probably. They thrived because they made a few very succesful buys in a short period of time (Kompany, Yaya, Silva and Aguero) now that spine is breaking and they haven't been able to replace them. Gabriel Jesus should turn out to be good value.
 

Hist

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Their transfer policy is fucking hilarious. Outside of De Bruyne, who was their last good huge money purchase? Maybe Aguero? LOL
It took them a long long time and insane money to start competing for the league title and a longer time to make it past the group stage. PSG was built into a top team waaaaaay more efficiently and much much faster.
 
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... Gabriel Jesus should turn out to be good value.
That would be hilarious. Brazilian with no previous European experience landing out of all places directly in Manchester, where Pep is under pressure to win everything, playing Xavi-esque football. He would probably start his career as a CB, unless they try him between the goal posts first.
It would be very easy to adapt. While in Brazil most of the girls would be spending their extra cash on bikini wax and fake tits, here in Pakistanchester we have far-east liberals fighting for feminism and against 'internalized opression'. Culture wise its as close as weather wise.
Probably the only similarities are misjudgements in the sphere of politics. In other words - in Brazil they've had a coup when they shouldn't, while the UK has done the opposite.
 

rakib567

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What you say is wrong. You say it because he's simply listed as having played in those positions, but you didnt watch any game. Witsel at DM is a huge failure and he had the grand total of 1 good game as an AM, mainly cause the opponent was so poor.
Witsel plays at DM in a midfield 2 all the time for both belgium and zenit. Again imo he's a box2box midfielder (like at his time in benfica) and he will be great in a midfield 4 of Witsel- Marchisio - Khedira with Pjanic regista.
 

Zacheryah

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Witsel plays at DM in a midfield 2 all the time for both belgium and zenit. Again imo he's a box2box midfielder (like at his time in benfica) and he will be great in a midfield 4 of Witsel- Marchisio - Khedira with Pjanic regista.
Literally everyone has criticized our former (thank god) NT coach for using Witsel at the DM position because he's absolutely horrible at it.

At Zenith, he plays CM with offensive freedom
 

.zero

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Leroy Sane for €50m was another City bargain :lol:

They really love to throw their money at shite players.
I wouldn't consider Sane a shit player. But I agree that splashing 50m on him wasn't a wise decision. But then again that's what the marketplace dictates, not City's mandate.

If anything I am concerned with when the bubble will burst on the transfer market valuations. I hope we're near the max but I'm probably wrong on that.
 

.zero

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That would be hilarious. Brazilian with no previous European experience landing out of all places directly in Manchester, where Pep is under pressure to win everything, playing Xavi-esque football. He would probably start his career as a CB, unless they try him between the goal posts first.
It would be very easy to adapt. While in Brazil most of the girls would be spending their extra cash on bikini wax and fake tits, here in Pakistanchester we have far-east liberals fighting for feminism and against 'internalized opression'. Culture wise its as close as weather wise.
Probably the only similarities are misjudgements in the sphere of politics. In other words - in Brazil they've had a coup when they shouldn't, while the UK has done the opposite.
Sounds like a lot going on
 

zizinho

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Witsel plays at DM in a midfield 2 all the time for both belgium and zenit. Again imo he's a box2box midfielder (like at his time in benfica) and he will be great in a midfield 4 of Witsel- Marchisio - Khedira with Pjanic regista.
2 man midfield and 3 man midfield are 2 different things
 
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