Fredy Guarin

[bushman 2,043]

That is fucking insane if it is true. Mata will eventually be sold imo but swap with Guarin LOL

Never trust anyone who eats too much pasta, I say.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Frank is capable of playing very, very well (look at West Ham, for instance). His problem is he is playing too often because of a lack of CM options - he should be being employed like Giggs at United, not playing 90% of our matches.

He's 4 or 5 years younger than Giggs who was playing regularly 4 and 5 years ago. Giggs now shouldn't be playing at all. He';s not good enough for United even a mediocre United. Lampard shouldn't be playing 3 times a week though or even in quick turnaround games. This signing is fine by me. We badly need another central midfielder and not everyone you buy can be a 40M pound player who has a lot of hype. Guarin will improve the squad and allow us to rotate better and he has some upside.

[lionsden 4,689]

I see what's going on here. Jose bemoans the lack of physicality in the squad, especially in relation to man city and in response, emenalo embarks out on a scouting mission to find the most athletic beasts in europe regardless of talent levels. . .. . Akinfenwa and Elokobi are next. be scared guys.

[Bacika 188]

Don't believe any of thos. It's palmeri or wathever he's called and sky italia. I still think he' shit :-D

[bushman 2,043]

Check this out, see above.

[Thendo 1,088]

Check this out, see above.

3:12 Knee slide celebration...sign him up!

[bushman 2,043]

3:12 Knee slide celebration...sign him up!

Another fine dancer, I might add. LOL.

[Toli 977]

With this transfer i 100% trust Jose as his knowledge of Porto and Inter/Serie A is as good as anyone's! if he wants this player then he must have something about him! i am pretty sure he will improve our team!

I was not sure on Schurrle and was never really impressed with him before we signed him but now having seen him up close for us, i think he is a great signing! and a top talent!

bottom line - Jose Knows!

schürrle wasnt a mourinho signing at all. we wanted him 1 year before mou even arrived.

and yeah mourinho also signed the likes of Quaresma for example. but its easier to say XY knows best instead of using the own brain.

Guarin would be an awful transfer in my opinion, especially with the 15 m pound rumoured. shouldnt people may come to the conclusion that if even Inter fans arent that sorry if he will leave and Inter are willing to sell him in January, that he aint that good or important for them? guarin is a mediocre player, surely better than Essien, but we need to buy in quality and not quantity. if there aint anyone available in January, than dont buy anyone. seems like we are buying for the sake of it.

and signing a stop-gap for 20 m euros ist just plain stupid. the same as paying 35 m for Willian. but yeah, 60m for falcao/Cavani were too much, we know

and comparing coutinho (who was 19,20,21?`) and Ramires (who was 23 and played a great WC) is like comparing an apple to a pear

[bushman 2,043]

schürrle wasnt a mourinho signing at all. we wanted him 1 year before mou even arrived.

and yeah mourinho also signed the likes of Quaresma for example. but its easier to say XY knows best instead of using the own brain.

Guarin would be an awful transfer in my opinion, especially with the 15 m pound rumoured. shouldnt people may come to the conclusion that if even Inter fans arent that sorry if he will leave and Inter are willing to sell him in January, that he aint that good or important for them? guarin is a mediocre player, surely better than Essien, but we need to buy in quality and not quantity.

and signing a stop-gap for 20 m euros ist just plain stupid. the same as paying 35 m for Willian. but yeah, 60m for falcao/Cavani were too much, we know

What exactly do YOU know about Fredy ?

[The only place to be 11,313]

if there aint anyone available in January, than dont buy anyone. seems like we are buying for the sake of it.

But we need a midfield option, and Jose wanted Guarin when he was at Real Madrid apparently. In this instance I'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt especially if it means Mikel and Essien play a few games less.

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

What exactly do YOU know about Fredy ?

I think his point is not to treat Mourinho like a god. He is an exellent coach but he can also make mistakes(as he has already made some). We can not know if Guarin would be a flop or not, but it's interesting to talk about it.

[Sheva. 5,373]

if there aint anyone available in January, than dont buy anyone. seems like we are buying for the sake of it.

We're so hopelessly thin at DM that Essien is starting PL games - don't buy anyone sadly is not an option.

[Toli 977]

What exactly do YOU know about Fredy ?

I know that he is a good player but not what we need. he has a good shot from the distance and a good technique. but he is slow and often very sloppy in possession. he is more a AMF than a CM, especially because defensively he is very weak. he aint also running that much and he isnt a guy who is actually dictating a game. he is a little bit like a Van der Vaart, who often tries to get in to the box and shoot or pass through the defence. he aint the DPL we need nor is he someone who can dictate/command a game. futhermore he isnt very dynamic and we already have Lampard, Mikel and Essien who are all slow.

@Sheva but not buying someone who costs 20 !! million euros. we arent talking about peanuts. if we would buy someone as a stop-gap who is cheap, maybe ok, but 20m is a lot. and Mourinho never wanted him at Real Madrid..if he wanted, they would have bought him. It aint like Inter was relucant to sell him at all.

[bushman 2,043]

I think his point is not to treat Mourinho like a god. He is an exellent coach but he can also make mistakes(as he has already made some). We can not know if Guarin would be a flop or not, but it's interesting to talk about it.

Well, no one here doubt Jose´s ability to coach. We also know, Jose made mistakes, as I pointed it out here.

Just to say, Fredy is not good enough, but not knowing much about him, is not my very smart or is it ?

It seems to me, you are going to the left, then to the right, but....?

[kellzfresh 7,229]

i'm a little unsure about this transfer because spurs have sandro, dembele, capoue, and paulinho. All of them have high energy, most of us wanted them here, but none of them have high long range passing, none of them. I dont want us to buy a player that does not have long range passing, it wont improve the pivot by much. This is what improves a pivot attacking wise, ability to pick up long dangerous attacking passes quickly

The question is can Guarin give that yaya toure pass to zabaleta for citys second goal against arsenal??