Juan Cuadrado

[Polo7 3,496]

Seems like a marginal upgrade at best.

Over Schurrle? Its definitely an enormous upgrade!

[Fastrobbie 26]

We need more than just an upgrade on Schurrle/Salah if we have genuine amibitions to fight in all 4 competitions and reach the CL final. We need a significant upgrade on Willian and that's not what we're getting here. I remember wanting the Guarin deal to collapse so much because he is very average. Thankfully that did and we got a much better player in instead. I'm hoping for the same here!

Well I assume you might have very extensive knowledge about Cuadrado then being able to claim that he is just a mere upgrade and is not what we should be looking for.

Perhaps you should apply for a job at the Chelsea scouting system, as they must have failed us then

[The Chels 2,502]

Who would you suggest?

Turan. But if we can't get a significant upgrade on Willian then it's best not to get anyone at all (especially not for £27m) because we'll just end up having to upgrade on them too.

Well I assume you might have very extensive knowledge about Cuadrado then being able to claim that he is just a mere upgrade and is not what we should be looking for. Perhaps you should apply for a job at the Chelsea scouting system, as they must have failed us then

Where do I apply? With our RW they have clearly failed us these past few years.

[drog.ba 239]

Turan. But if we can't get a significant upgrade on Willian then it's best not to get anyone at all (especially not for £27m) because we'll just end up having to upgrade on them too.

Where do I apply? With our RW they have clearly failed us these past few years.

Can't see Atletico selling Turan, although he's the better player, Cuadrado seems to more fit the profile of winger Mourinho would want - more pacey/direct

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Roma is making progress on Salah deal, there could be more concrete progress in coming hours (@ManuBaio, Sky Sport journalist)

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Turan. But if we can't get a significant upgrade on Willian then it's best not to get anyone at all (especially not for £27m) because we'll just end up having to upgrade on them too.

Arda Turan is an attacking midfielder converted into a left winger by Simeone. And his goal scoring record isn't that great to be fair; nor his assist ratio.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Turan isn't exactly a creative mastermind. And his end product is worse than Cuadrado's.

[iseah100 5,612]

I'd sell Shirley and Salah for Cuardado and Reus in the summer:)

[Term-X 7,891]

88 games for Fiorentina, only 23 goals. This is in a system where he doesn't have to be as disciplined as Willian, in regards to tracking back etc.

[ilovecolombia 25]

He scored a goal today.

[Tautvix 1,321]

I'd sell Shirley and Salah for Cuardado and Reus in the summer:)

Reus is probably going to Real so forget him...

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I think people need to stop looking at other situations as a means for why it could work now. Look at the style we are trying to play, this is Jose's team, not Ancellotti's. We are playing a very different system from the ones we've played before and you need certain player who fit THAT style, its not a matter of "Turan is good we should get him"

Yeah but I didnt meant that. I would buy Turan because he suits us, not just because he is good player. He is exactly what we lack there.

He is calm as fuck when he has the ball and great at holding it, he would be perfect for counters. He is hardworker, great character too, suits Mou profile.

[killer1257 3,282]

88 games for Fiorentina, only 23 goals. This is in a system where he doesn't have to be as disciplined as Willian, in regards to tracking back etc.

Wasn´t Cuadrado a right back when he started playing in the Serie A?

[Magic Lamps 11,668]

As most people I don't have the time to follow every random player we are linked up and watch all his matches. IMO one can also make an opinion by watching match highlights. Idk if posted before but I found that pretty informative

[LAM09 6,768]

Wasn´t Cuadrado a right back when he started playing in the Serie A?

Correct. He was a RB at Udinese.

[LAM09 6,768]

As most people I don't have the time to follow every random player we are linked up and watch all his matches. IMO one can also make an opinion by watching match highlights. Idk if posted before but I found that pretty informative

He plays in one of the top five leagues in the world, and Fiorentina have been in Europe for the last couple of seasons. In addition, he played an important part in Colombia's WC campaign.

He isn't a "random player".

[Daniel1980 1,425]

killer1257, on 22 Jan 2015 - 02:26 AM, said:

Wasn´t Cuadrado a right back when he started playing in the Serie A?

At Fiorentina he very often played as a right wingback in 3-5-2(at least a couple of seasons ago he did), so he's definitely used to defending and attacking.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

88 games for Fiorentina, only 23 goals. This is in a system where he doesn't have to be as disciplined as Willian, in regards to tracking back etc.

Do you know that even Hazard scored only ~30 goals from open play in ~140 games for Chelsea? Considering that Cuadrado played as a wingback early on at Fiorentina(and had to defend more than Hazard), his stats are more than decent.