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I like Jordy Clasie too.

Not a bad shout. Fits the profile of what we need. Whether he's ready to be the number 1 midfielder at CFC alongside Matic though? I'm not very sure.

If Holland are going to get anywhere this WC though he's going to need to put in some huge performances, especially now Strootman's out.

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Radja nainggolan is superior to Rakitic imo and he had be a better value for money. I'm surprised how little recognition he recieves. He's been one of the best midfielders in Europe this season and a great shame he was left out of the belgium world cup squad for scrubs like Felliani and Chadli

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Radja nainggolan is superior to Rakitic imo and he had be a better value for money. I'm surprised how little recognition he recieves. He's been one of the best midfielders in Europe this season and a great shame he was left out of the belgium world cup squad for scrubs like Felliani and Chadli

I am surprised he didn't make the Belgium squad.

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Radja nainggolan is superior to Rakitic imo and he had be a better value for money. I'm surprised how little recognition he recieves. He's been one of the best midfielders in Europe this season and a great shame he was left out of the belgium world cup squad for scrubs like Felliani and Chadli

Isn't Nainggolan more in the mould of Ramires/Paulinho than Rakitic?

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Isn't Nainggolan more in the mould of Ramires/Paulinho than Rakitic?

No way. He's a DLP. He reminds me of a gritty,tenacious and more defensive version of Sneijder in his prime.

He's more in the mould of a Bastian or Gundogan more than anything. either way we can't go wrong as they are both quality players.

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No way. He's a DLP. He reminds me of a gritty,tenacious and more defensive version of Sneijder in his prime.

He's more in the mould of a Bastian or Gundogan more than anything. either way we can't go wrong as they are both quality players.

Not really... he is a physical presence, a hard worker but never been a DLP...

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Players like Paulinho or Khedira are what Jose is looking for not players like Rakitic or Kroos.

Different players in different positions performing different roles.

Not singling you out but there seems to be a rush to assert that Mourinho likes a certain player. Usually it's people highlighting Ramires or Ivanovic and suggesting Jose likes 'technically limited' players.

The truth is Jose tends to incoroprate flair players (Hazard, Deco, Sneijder, Ozil, Ronaldo) alongside 'water carriers' to use a Gallic expression as well as those who combine the two (Modric being one of the best recent examples alongside Matic). Rakitic could be seen to be that hybrid type of player so maybe we will go in for him.

We do have a lot of young talent though in Chalobah, Van Ginkel, RLC, Baker and maybe even Pasalic so is there really a rush to buy for this role?

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Different players in different positions performing different roles.

Not singling you out but there seems to be a rush to assert that Mourinho likes a certain player. Usually it's people highlighting Ramires or Ivanovic and suggesting Jose likes 'technically limited' players.

The truth is Jose tends to incoroprate flair players (Hazard, Deco, Sneijder, Ozil, Ronaldo) alongside 'water carriers' to use a Gallic expression as well as those who combine the two (Modric being one of the best recent examples alongside Matic). Rakitic could be seen to be that hybrid type of player so maybe we will go in for him.

We do have a lot of young talent though in Chalobah, Van Ginkel, RLC, Baker and maybe even Pasalic so is there really a rush to buy for this role?

I like Marco Van Hinkel very much and we can use him. But i think he is a box to box CM. I would prefer someone with playmaker qualities next to Matic who is already a holding midfielder. Someone like Modric for example.

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Not really... he is a physical presence, a hard worker but never been a DLP...

He's as much a DLP as Bastian and Gundogan. If he isn't a DLP then neither are those 2 players. There's no rule that states a DLP cannot share some characteristics of DM's and B2B midfielder's.

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