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Other clubs transfer thread Summer 2017 ( Barcelona sign Dembele)

Tactics

He was impressive for Porto and had a lot of hype in Brazil (saw him play a few times). I remember having a conversation about him on here with DaGunner (think that was his name) about potential Sagna replacements. Thought he was gonna be huge but he was pants for Madrid. Some quality players have flopped at Madrid though it has to be said.

He's versatile ( can play LB) which explains why City are willing to spend money on another RB having just spent over 50m on Walker.

Klaus

Yeah, Danilo came with a big reputation. It seemed like a lot of people expected more from him.

There might be some weird domestic circumstances at play that make players from Primeira so difficult to evaluate. There have been some shocking big money transfers from Portugal in recent years. Danilo and Mangala both looked terrible in better leagues. I think Carvalho is going to be found out in a similar way if he ever does move. Everything about that bloke just screams houseboat to me, from the way he moves to the way he touches the ball.

Clrnc

A bit like Eredivise. 50-50 in terms of hit and miss. But honestly speaking Danilo is way out of his depth in La Liga. Looks terrible whenever I seen him. Good that City is buying him, he will get eaten alive here.

I am not at all convinced by William as well even though he always looked the real deal for Portugal in international football. There's a reason he is still playing there at the age of 25 despite being linked with all the top clubs when he was 18.

Daz

goon wrote:
Whether or not it happened on his debut wasn't really the focus of my ridicule. Anyway, keep out of my point scoring affairs Klaus, this is between me and Daz.

Lukaku with a match winning performance againt City. That's 2-1 mofo!!

(I don't think I can keep this up...feels yuck talking up a man u player.)

MistaT

Bernadeschi to Juventus sounds done.

On the one hand having Juventus plunder so much talent makes it easier for me as I don't watch much Serie A, but, putting my selfish interests aside, it's a shame to see him going there to likely get limited minutes. Not sure if he fits in their 3-5-2 formation from last season, but he could be a quick replacement for Cuadrado in their 4-3-3.

http://www.football-italia.net/106110/bernardeschi-juventus-done

Klaus

I think Bernardeschi will play as an attacking midfielder rather than on the flank.

On the subject of Juventus hoarding talents, the truth is that they're all there for the taking. No one was interested in Dybala outside of Italy and no one seems interested in Bernardeschi either despite him being a better talent than any of those young kids Monaco have unearthed, bar Mbappe. I have no idea why this is the case, but you can't blame them for moving on players that the rest of Europe for some reason or other don't seem to want.

QuincyAbeyie

Pretty much. I remember quite a few on here (including me) thought that the Palermo owner was just hyping up Dybala.

Rohit

Klaus wrote:
I think Bernardeschi will play as an attacking midfielder rather than on the flank.

On the subject of Juventus hoarding talents, the truth is that they're all there for the taking. No one was interested in Dybala outside of Italy and no one seems interested in Bernardeschi either despite him being a better talent than any of those young kids Monaco have unearthed, bar Mbappe. I have no idea why this is the case, but you can't blame them for moving on players that the rest of Europe for some reason or other don't seem to want.

This doesn't relate to Dybala as such but remember reading long back that Italians are just not the best of travelers.

flobaba

Yup. They're as bad as their English counterparts

Klaus

Rohit wrote:
Klaus wrote:
I think Bernardeschi will play as an attacking midfielder rather than on the flank.

On the subject of Juventus hoarding talents, the truth is that they're all there for the taking. No one was interested in Dybala outside of Italy and no one seems interested in Bernardeschi either despite him being a better talent than any of those young kids Monaco have unearthed, bar Mbappe. I have no idea why this is the case, but you can't blame them for moving on players that the rest of Europe for some reason or other don't seem to want.

This doesn't relate to Dybala as such but remember reading long back that Italians are just not the best of travelers.

I think it's just one of those things that appears to be true until it's not true anymore. What's clear is that they don't move a lot, but not why. The problem seems to be mostly related to a small sample size. People used to say the same thing about Italian managers. Fast forward 10 years to present day and 4 out of the 8 managers who've won Premier League are Serie A imports.

MistaT

What surprises me is that I feel a lot of young Italian talent actually pans out as they're relatively patient on moving up and they have a decent development program. Would (potentially naively) trust us buying talent from Italy far more than from other English clubs, or from any league bar Spain and Germany.

jones

Neymar to PSG done apparently. What the actual fuck

Bryant

jones wrote:
Neymar to PSG done apparently. What the actual fuck

Looks like PSG wants Alexis too.

Bold Tone

They both play on the left so, hopefully, them getting Neymar ends their interest in Sanchez.

Anfield1884

Dijk on strike.

Keita/Dijk/Salah would be a brilliant summer, would boost the quality of the squad so much.

Gazza M

You guys aren't getting keita though

Anfield1884

I think we'll get one of Keita or van Dijk.

Gazza M

Yes, van dijk

lorddulaarsenal

If that punk Dijk goes on strike to force a move I wouldn't want him anywhere near my team

Qwiss

@lorddulaarsenal wrote:
If that punk Dijk goes on strike to force a move I wouldn't want him anywhere near my team

I know right, what a Dijk.

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