Gonzalo Higuain

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23 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Sarri can't complain and tbf - contrary to conte - he never does. He got his Jorginho and HIguain, he got the best ball-playing gk in the world with Kepa + he gets to have Hazard,Pedro, Kante and his beloved Alonso to accompany this. What is a bit mindboggling to me  is to see which lengths the board goes to give a modest manager what he wants but refused to do the same for cheque-book managers like Mourinho and to an extent Conte. Maybe it was not even his results but his behaviour that got Conte the sack. Shame would have loved to see a really good manager backed as much as Sarri is backed now. Could have made us CL competitors again.

What kind of manager though? The board tried for Sandro, couldn't get him. Tried for Koulibaly, couldn't get him. I would say they did try to back Conte, but Conte in the second season messed it up for himself by arguing with players and not ruining ties.

[Fernando 6,456]

53 minutes ago, milan.cech said:

 

Might be too soon. He needs to get used to us and everything. 

To start bad will not be good for his confidence. 

The only thing that can be done is a small cameo in the second half. 

 

[milka 3,346]

Gonzalo #Higuain wants to join #Chelsea. Talks ongoing with Juventus and Milan to have the Argentinian striker on loan with buy option... and trying to find an agreement. Sarri strongly wants Gonzalo, now Juventus and Milan have to decide about the loan

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1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

Sarri can't complain and tbf - contrary to conte - he never does. He got his Jorginho and HIguain, he got the best ball-playing gk in the world with Kepa + he gets to have Hazard,Pedro, Kante and his beloved Alonso to accompany this. What is a bit mindboggling to me  is to see which lengths the board goes to give a modest manager what he wants but refused to do the same for cheque-book managers like Mourinho and to an extent Conte. Maybe it was not even his results but his behaviour that got Conte the sack. Shame would have loved to see a really good manager backed as much as Sarri is backed now. Could have made us CL competitors again.

Maybe it's about the style of football and about the targets themselves that explains why the board are happy to back up Sarri. Mourinho wants to sign players like Perisic, hard working players at their peak for huge fees as well as midfielders and defenders that are physical above all but not so technical. I don't know what happened with Conte but his behaviour probably had something to do with his sacking and clearly he wanted players that the board didn't fancy. In case of Sarri signings, Kepa, Jorginho, Kovacic and Higuain are all technical and/or young players that take us closer to playing the type of football people saw at Napoli. And that been Abra's dream for a while hasn't it, create his own tiki-taka football team in West London but until now he has sacrificed the style of play for short term results and trophies. Maybe times are changing now and Abra has more patience to wait for this particular manager to produce the kind of football he has always wanted to see here.

[mccg 1,528]

MERSE DOUBTS HIGUAIN PL PEDIGREE

Paul Merson has questioned Gonzalo Higuain’s pedigree to play in a key role in the Premier League ahead of his proposed move to Chelsea.

“I'm not sure on him," Merson said. "He was a great player but looks below his best of late.

“He hasn't pulled up trees for a while and now he's coming to the hardest league in the world.

"He won't have any time to adapt either as he needs to hit the ground running as Chelsea need someone to play as their focal point.

"I'd rather someone that has played in the Premier League before and knows what this league demands."

My concerns also...Sarri has nobody to blame if this goes pete tong 

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I think he fits the requirements of what we need at the moment. Versatile player with a lot of movement who doesn't necessarily need a big chance to score a goal. Worked with the coach before so that's a bonus. It remains to be seen what our plans for the summer are, keep higuain or chase someone younger like Werner.

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13 minutes ago, Rapkun said:

I think he fits the requirements of what we need at the moment. Versatile player with a lot of movement who doesn't necessarily need a big chance to score a goal. Worked with the coach before so that's a bonus. It remains to be seen what our plans for the summer are, keep higuain or chase someone younger like Werner.

Possibly both, depending on what we do with Bats and Giroud.

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1 hour ago, mccg said:

MERSE DOUBTS HIGUAIN PL PEDIGREE

Paul Merson has questioned Gonzalo Higuain’s pedigree to play in a key role in the Premier League ahead of his proposed move to Chelsea.

“I'm not sure on him," Merson said. "He was a great player but looks below his best of late.

“He hasn't pulled up trees for a while and now he's coming to the hardest league in the world.

"He won't have any time to adapt either as he needs to hit the ground running as Chelsea need someone to play as their focal point.

"I'd rather someone that has played in the Premier League before and knows what this league demands."

My concerns also...Sarri has nobody to blame if this goes pete tong 

It's a loan. 

Not much to lose. 

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4 minutes ago, Fernando said:

It's a loan. 

Not much to lose. 

If he dosn't get the goals that he was brought in to get , no doubt we will lose top4 in the league 

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3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Sarri can't complain and tbf - contrary to conte - he never does. He got his Jorginho and HIguain, he got the best ball-playing gk in the world with Kepa + he gets to have Hazard,Pedro, Kante and his beloved Alonso to accompany this. What is a bit mindboggling to me  is to see which lengths the board goes to give a modest manager what he wants but refused to do the same for cheque-book managers like Mourinho and to an extent Conte. Maybe it was not even his results but his behaviour that got Conte the sack. Shame would have loved to see a really good manager backed as much as Sarri is backed now. Could have made us CL competitors again.

Your comments make 0 sense. I am not sure what you are talking about. Under Mou we signed tons of player, we signed Cesc, Luis, costa, salah, etc. In his last season he wanted a young CB, we tried stones but he was too expensive at that moment. 

With Conte, he got bakayoko, Kante, Luiz and Alonso and Morata is signed because he clashed with Diego. 

With Sarri, Jorginho is the only real purchase . Kovacic and Higuain is on loan. Since, Courtois wanted to leave we need a gk. Please don't say buying a new gk means backing Sarri. Sarri wanted Courtois to stay.

Furthermore, what is the difference between Higuain signing to Giroud signing under Conte? 

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Furthermore, what is the difference between Higuain signing to Giroud signing under Conte? 

He's a level or two above. Arsenal reserve to someone that scored 36 in a league season & played for Real Madrid and Juve.

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1 hour ago, mccg said:

MERSE DOUBTS HIGUAIN PL PEDIGREE

Paul Merson has questioned Gonzalo Higuain’s pedigree to play in a key role in the Premier League ahead of his proposed move to Chelsea.

“I'm not sure on him," Merson said. "He was a great player but looks below his best of late.

“He hasn't pulled up trees for a while and now he's coming to the hardest league in the world.

"He won't have any time to adapt either as he needs to hit the ground running as Chelsea need someone to play as their focal point.

"I'd rather someone that has played in the Premier League before and knows what this league demands."

My concerns also...Sarri has nobody to blame if this goes pete tong 

That's eased my worries a bit, usually when Merson makes a prediction the opposite happens.

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3 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Sarri can't complain and tbf - contrary to conte - he never does. He got his Jorginho and HIguain, he got the best ball-playing gk in the world with Kepa + he gets to have Hazard,Pedro, Kante and his beloved Alonso to accompany this. What is a bit mindboggling to me  is to see which lengths the board goes to give a modest manager what he wants but refused to do the same for cheque-book managers like Mourinho and to an extent Conte. Maybe it was not even his results but his behaviour that got Conte the sack. Shame would have loved to see a really good manager backed as much as Sarri is backed now. Could have made us CL competitors again.

one great difference between conte and sarri is that conte wanted to win titles, so he complained for the market. and he wasn't backed up by the board when his rough methods of work were criticized by the players 

sarri wants to build a winning squad in 2-3 years so he doesn't complain about the market, and he puts no extra-field rules so that players are happy

 

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1 hour ago, mccg said:

MERSE DOUBTS HIGUAIN PL PEDIGREE

Paul Merson has questioned Gonzalo Higuain’s pedigree to play in a key role in the Premier League ahead of his proposed move to Chelsea.

“I'm not sure on him," Merson said. "He was a great player but looks below his best of late.

“He hasn't pulled up trees for a while and now he's coming to the hardest league in the world.

"He won't have any time to adapt either as he needs to hit the ground running as Chelsea need someone to play as their focal point.

"I'd rather someone that has played in the Premier League before and knows what this league demands."

My concerns also...Sarri has nobody to blame if this goes pete tong 

Why am I not surprised that came out from Paul Merson?  

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1 hour ago, mccg said:

If he dosn't get the goals that he was brought in to get , no doubt we will lose top4 in the league 

As it stands we look to lose top 4 anyway. You take steps to do the best you can given the circumstances. 

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2 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said:

As it stands we look to lose top 4 anyway. 

We are? We are still clear favorites to get that position depsite United's resurgence.