Vesper 31,110 Posted January 15, 2025 Share Posted January 15, 2025 14 minutes ago, Vesper said: https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost487 The 487th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the U23 players not yet in Europe's big-5 who are most ready to take the next step in their careers. The selection is based on an index considering the footballers’ playing time over the last year, the sporting level of matches played, as well as their performances in six game areas (Wyscout data). Sporting CP's Belgian full international Zeno Debast tops the table with an index of 87.5 out of 100. Another centre back, PSV Eindhoven's Dutchman Ryan Flamingo, ranks second, while his teammate Malik Tillman (86.2) round up the podium. Ukrainian Georgiy Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk) is fourth, ahead of Portugal’s Álvaro Carreras (Benfica). Sixth-placed Brazilian Wesley França (Flamengo) is the top-ranked player outside Europe. The Post presents the overall top 100, as well as the ten highest-ranked players in 60 leagues worldwide. The following footballers head the rankings in their respective league: Christos Tzolis (Belgium), Manfred Ugalde (Russia), Mario Mitaj (Saudi Arabia), Martin Vitík (Czech Republic), Oscar Gloukh (Austria), Victor Guzmán (Mexico), Thiago Fernández (Argentina) and Semih Kiliçsoy (Turkey). For all players, the Post also unveils the estimated transfer value. >>> More information on the technical analysis of performance >>> Scientific paper on the statistical model for transfer estimates Best U23 players according to the performance index Not including big-5 league players. Date: 13/01/2025. my main picks off that list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 31,110 Posted January 15, 2025 Share Posted January 15, 2025 5 minutes ago, Marvin123 said: Summarise the posts man. Or do them as link please that's ridiculously long for a forum. But thanks for pointing me in the direction Number one, I am not a man. Number two, when I post a long post, it is because it is paywalled and most here could not read it unless I post it all (and I make sure to properly format those posts as best I can, I just do not copy and paste with zero editing, I try to keep them as compact as is possible). bigbluewillie and mkh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,819 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 People here are such overreacting drama queens honestly. Calling our sporting directors terrible for a few bad decisions amongst a host of good to great ones is ridiculous. They’ve formed a midfield group that will grow and be the core for years to come. They’ve found a gem in Palmer. They lured Nkunku who unfortunately now doesn’t fit and isn’t what he was. For as much hate as he gets - Jackson has been a fantastic find for cheap. Sancho has been a fantastic find for cheap. Cucu has been tremendous after the teething time. Defence in general needs a bit of work - but dear lord our rebuild has been better and a quicker turn around than most. We’re competing up the top end of the ladder and only need a few tweaks to stay at that next level which we’ve seen at the halfway point we can be at. Fernando, mkh, Leeds nil and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 If you think about it we have 3 new CB options. Anselmino, Chalobah and Josh. So Tosin and Disasi can both leave easily. Fernando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,516 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Weird that Napoli is losing Kvara now. Top of the table after 20 games just 12 goals conceded. Conte doing his magic. Would be amazing if he does it again. Taking 10th place team and winning title next season. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,647 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,282 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 11 hours ago, Thor said: People here are such overreacting drama queens honestly. Calling our sporting directors terrible for a few bad decisions amongst a host of good to great ones is ridiculous. They’ve formed a midfield group that will grow and be the core for years to come. They’ve found a gem in Palmer. They lured Nkunku who unfortunately now doesn’t fit and isn’t what he was. For as much hate as he gets - Jackson has been a fantastic find for cheap. Sancho has been a fantastic find for cheap. Cucu has been tremendous after the teething time. Defence in general needs a bit of work - but dear lord our rebuild has been better and a quicker turn around than most. We’re competing up the top end of the ladder and only need a few tweaks to stay at that next level which we’ve seen at the halfway point we can be at. They’ve bought well in certain areas of the pitch but completely neglected or horribly mismanaged the most important ones. Striker they stupidly did nothing, CB they’ve bought several hard flops for considerable money, and at goalkeeper they’ve spent an absolute fortune on about 10 of them instead of going out and getting a proven, top quality one. I’m not one of those Chelsea supporters calling for their jobs because as you say, they’ve done well a lot of the time. But they deserve HARSH criticism for this past window where they completely failed to address our primary weak areas. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,647 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Obligation to buy or fuck off. mkh and Vesper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,647 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Avoid this guy. Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 760 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Excl: Bournemouth have agreed terms with Chelsea for 19 year old winger Zain Silcott-Duberry. Deal includes sell on clause and future incentives for first team appearances, contract until June 2028. (Fabrizio Romamo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 760 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 💬Enzo Maresca has not been entirely convinced by Tosin Adarabioyo or Axel Disasi. (@liam_twomey) Vesper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Juve and Villareal want Disasi on loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkh 760 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal are in talks with RB Leipzig for Benjamin Sesko. Told Arsenal want a loan with buy option, Leipzig want money upfront or an obligation. Understand Arteta has spoken with Sesko on more than one occasion. Noooo😵😵😵🙉🙉😠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea_4_eva 1,186 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 At times I feel the board finally know what they're doing, then I realise we have yet to have a shirt sponsor till now.. Surely that's money down the drain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,647 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 (edited) 4 minutes ago, chelsea_4_eva said: At times I feel the board finally know what they're doing, then I realise we have yet to have a shirt sponsor till now.. Surely that's money down the drain... They were careful to brief the press that waiting proved to be a masterclass one month ago gambling everything on Top 4, fast forward a month after and they are the same clowns. Edited January 16, 2025 by TheHulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,282 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 19 minutes ago, mkh said: EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal are in talks with RB Leipzig for Benjamin Sesko. Told Arsenal want a loan with buy option, Leipzig want money upfront or an obligation. Understand Arteta has spoken with Sesko on more than one occasion. Noooo😵😵😵🙉🙉😠 Arse have clearly realized that they badly need reinforcement up front and appear to be acting. Let’s see if our club does the same or just watches us continue to miss a dozen chances per match. mkh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Once the Tel ship has sailed they can say they tried and it will all go quiet again We have dodged a top class striker for years now, nothing will change in January bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 10,241 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 Just buy a striker you fucking clowns. Investment in youth was boring 2 windows ago. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,765 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 They will pray and hope Jacskon starts scoring to save them cash in January, then when the goals don't come, we slip down the table and by the end of the season we are 8/9th they will blame Maresca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,792 Posted January 16, 2025 Share Posted January 16, 2025 58 minutes ago, mkh said: EXCLUSIVE: Arsenal are in talks with RB Leipzig for Benjamin Sesko. Told Arsenal want a loan with buy option, Leipzig want money upfront or an obligation. Understand Arteta has spoken with Sesko on more than one occasion. Noooo😵😵😵🙉🙉😠 Dodgy source. Let's wait and see. We have to be thinking of a striker if Nkunku is allowed to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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