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Aug 19 2019, 01:30 PM
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Primavera
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But Atletico is really admirable. How shrewd their operations work and how many talents they tend to discover/land. It's really a great model.
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Aug 19 2019, 01:44 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 19 2019, 10:37 AM) Not Milan related, but has anyone seen Joao Felix? Probably the best player in the world for the next 10 years alongside Mbappe. Atletico have done it again. tbf Atletico did nothing. Benfica did it all then banked themselves £130M. Usually Atleti get these guys for minimal outlay then sell at a horrific profit. Falcao, Aguero, Torres, Forlan etc. This time they're paying standard market rate for a world class player. Only got him for that price mind you because he's only 19. The guy's numbers, for a 19 year old, are absolutely unreal. 26 league apparances, 15 goals and 9 assists. You're right about Mbappe, I pegged him for the world's best striker when he merely broke through at 18. He was remarkable and it was clear he would be the best unequivocally. He's already a world cup winner. About as good as they get.
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Aug 19 2019, 04:21 PM
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Surely he can't. That something clubs used to do in the 80s and 90s, turning wingers into TQ and such. But nowadays... I really don't think so. What a mess, we're starting the season almost completely unprepared and unequipped.
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Aug 19 2019, 10:20 PM
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QUOTE (Fillipo Simone @ Aug 19 2019, 04:21 PM) Surely he can't. That something clubs used to do in the 80s and 90s, turning wingers into TQ and such. But nowadays... I really don't think so. What a mess, we're starting the season almost completely unprepared and unequipped. Well, only two years ago Sarri turned Mertens from winger to CF and he scored a shitload of goals. Or Pirlo from trequartista to DM. Same with Pjanic. Players do evolve and change roles, it has nothing to do with the 80s and 90s. Whether it will work for Suso, that's a big question. Sometimes I think he can pull it off, sometimes I think we should have signed a proper trequartista instead. But I agree that starting the season with such a big question mark is not a good thing. Hopefully we can sign Correa. QUOTE (William405 @ Aug 19 2019, 07:50 PM) Damn. I saw a highlight. He looks incredible. Him and Mbappe will become the new Messi and Ronaldo. For Mbappe's sake, I hope he leaves PSG.
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Aug 20 2019, 09:35 PM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 20 2019, 12:20 AM) Well, only two years ago Sarri turned Mertens from winger to CF and he scored a shitload of goals. Or Pirlo from trequartista to DM. Same with Pjanic.
Players do evolve and change roles, it has nothing to do with the 80s and 90s. Whether it will work for Suso, that's a big question. Sometimes I think he can pull it off, sometimes I think we should have signed a proper trequartista instead. But I agree that starting the season with such a big question mark is not a good thing.
Hopefully we can sign Correa. Pirlo's switch happened almost 20 years ago. I'll give you Mertens but it's more of a rarity nowadays. I think we're in a terrible mess. The coach want's to play a certain, specific, antiquated and more complicated system but I somehow doubt we're even half-way equipped for this. Sure, Bennacer might turn out good, and sure Krunić might be okay (I doubt this very much, but let's assume). But we still lack the true possession DM like Ambrosini or more recently Bakayoko. I don't think Bennacer alone is gonna cut it and Kessie...well I don't expect anything out of him. Next we still lack creativity even though we have a bunch of players who are creative, but we don't know where exactly to deploy them in the new system. Next we need a TQ but none of the options (and we have a bunch of them) feels extremely comfortable in this position nor did our test matches (Serie C team, Kosovo team, American tour too far off - why don't we play something like the Berlusconi Cup anymore, with Inter and Juve??). A next we lack the gem player that connects the TQ and Piatek. Not to speak that if Piatek gets injured we have no other sub then the Leao kid. And we still got a bunch of players that are either useless or surplus to our system. If this would be mid-July I'd say were doing okay, but hell... QUOTE (X-Offender @ Aug 20 2019, 01:31 PM) Bonaventura was terrible for two years before his injury. Doubt he can make a difference now. Bona wasn't terrible, that's a harsh overstatement. He was good and also never really got the chance to play in midfield.
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Aug 23 2019, 11:36 AM
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The thing that doesn't get in my head is why have we splashed 30M for Leao as a potential sub player all the while we are only 10M short for Correa who seems to be our top priority because we're not giving up on him? How does this make sense?
Yes, we expected Silva and maybe Castillejo to be sold. But why not invest first in Correa, and then if and only if we have the chance grab Leao as well? I'd be more then fine with Piatek and Correa as first strings and a experienced but much cheaper sub then now lacking one of the key ingredients.
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