Manuel Locatelli

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Locatelli has much better than Rice in every aspect,,even Tchouameni did....

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12 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Juventus will go with low offers as usual, we should just drop money. Romano reported English teams are after him, I really hope it's us. 

Loan Gilmour and buy him. But honestly I would drop Kova or Jorgi for him and I am huge Jorginho fan. 

Manuel Locatelli, who has impressed for #ITA at #Euro2020, has been scouted by #Chelsea for a long time. They are one of the clubs interested in the player, but right now Juventus are favourites for his signature. @FabrizioRomano

 

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10 hours ago, King Kante said:

Not entirely sold on Locatelli, I would say SMS is a safer bet if we're going for a Serie A CM. 

SMS is even more offensively mided tho. Can't see him working in our double pivot.

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52 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

SMS is even more offensively mided tho. Can't see him working in our double pivot.

But isn't that what we need? I mean against the big boys Kova/Jorgi/Kante work. When are CM has problems is when we play the likes of WBA/Burnley etc and they get physical with them and we can't break them down properly and have no goal threat from CM? 

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3 hours ago, King Kante said:

But isn't that what we need? I mean against the big boys Kova/Jorgi/Kante work. When are CM has problems is when we play the likes of WBA/Burnley etc and they get physical with them and we can't break them down properly and have no goal threat from CM? 

Tuchel made it clear that the two central midfielders in this system have an incredible amount of responsibility. Their main duties are finding the space to quickly transition the ball and to be tactically disciplined in defence. This is the same for every formation that has only two central midfielders and why you don't see attacking midfielders playing in a 442. We personally saw how poor Mount was in that role and I was one of the people who thought Mount could excel there. 

Far as I'm concerned, the decision making in the final third from our attacking play has hurt us a lot more than the limited attacking capabilities of our central midfielders against low blocks. 

Edited June 17, 2021 by MoroccanBlue

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9 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Tuchel made it clear that the two central midfielders in this system have an incredible amount of responsibility. Their main duties are finding the space to quickly transition the ball and to be tactically disciplined in defence. This is the same for every formation that has only two central midfielders and why you don't see attacking midfielders playing in a 442. We personally saw how poor Mount was in that role and I was one of the people who thought Mount could excel there. 

Far as I'm concerned, the decision making in the final third from our attacking play has hurt us a lot more than the limited attacking capabilities of our central midfielders against low blocks. 

There is two ways to play against low block teams. Crossing to target man and shoot on sight. None of our MFs can shoot. This has been a problem since Lampard left, there is a hole of 15-20 goals a season. This is not even beginning to replace the 30+ that Drogba and Costa used to bring. Jorginho does not fill that hole. Kovacic doesn't either. Haaland can replace CF but we need a DMF who can shoot on sight like Locatelli did the other day. I would rather we bought a class MF than bring in another donkeyoko as backup. Kovacic and Jorginho can be back up. 

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56 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

There is two ways to play against low block teams. Crossing to target man and shoot on sight. None of our MFs can shoot. This has been a problem since Lampard left, there is a hole of 15-20 goals a season. This is not even beginning to replace the 30+ that Drogba and Costa used to bring. Jorginho does not fill that hole. Kovacic doesn't either. Haaland can replace CF but we need a DMF who can shoot on sight like Locatelli did the other day. I would rather we bought a class MF than bring in another donkeyoko as backup. Kovacic and Jorginho can be back up. 

I agree. But goal scoring central midfielders are a rare breed. Can’t put an attacking midfielder in that CM spot. That’s my point: 

[Jase 43,479]

We are one of the four mentioned PL clubs here...

 

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11 minutes ago, Jas said:

We are one of the four mentioned PL clubs here...

 

There are only 2 interested PL clubs us and United, the other 2 are banter with no chance.

[King Kante 1,643]

Has anyone actually watched this kid extensively (by that I mean 10+ games of 90 mins (ideally of club football) and not stats and youtube?) I ask as I never make a judgement on a player unless I have seen enough of them and I feel that is an absolute minimum. 

Edited June 18, 2021 by King Kante

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

I prefer Tchouameni. Not seen much of Locatelli and his defensive ability. 

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