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[killer1257 3,282]

I believe next to Kante, Ruben can easily play as a shuttler CDM like Kovacic. He has all the attributes to be able to do this job.
I agree we probably won't sign a midfielder unless Jorginho goes, but there's no doubt that Havertz would be a step up from our current attacking midfielders and would fit into the team.

I have seen RLC from youth setup and RLC is a no. 8 or maybe no. 10. You take RLC strengths out of his game when you play him as a CDM

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[communicate 2,703]

9 minutes ago, Dec said:

I believe next to Kante, Ruben can easily play as a shuttler CDM like Kovacic. He has all the attributes to be able to do this job.

I agree we probably won't sign a midfielder unless Jorginho goes, but there's no doubt that Havertz would be a step up from our current attacking midfielders and would fit into the team.

RLC is very lethargic, he can't play dm. 

I really like Mount so I don't think it is a major step up. But let assume it is, for 100m,he better be game changer. 

[King Kante 1,474]

1 hour ago, killer1257 said:

I have seen RLC from youth setup and RLC is a no. 8 or maybe no. 10. You take RLC strengths out of his game when you play him as a CDM

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I think the only real places you can play RLC is No.10 or maybe as an No.11. He cannot play in the middle (No.8 or No.6) owing to his work rate. Only way to get the best out of him is to put him somewhere in the front line and get the ball to his feet. 

[killer1257 3,282]

I think the only real places you can play RLC is No.10 or maybe as an No.11. He cannot play in the middle (No.8 or No.6) owing to his work rate. Only way to get the best out of him is to put him somewhere in the front line and get the ball to his feet. 

He worked as a no. 8 very well last season. 10 goals and 5 assists only come when you work in that position

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[Atomiswave 6,072]

I dont think RJ will be a super bad idea down the road as DM, not now of course but when he matures etc his style would suit it.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

1 hour ago, killer1257 said:

He worked as a no. 8 very well last season. 10 goals and 5 assists only come when you work in that position

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I don't agree. You have to be able to see past the stats, or you end up buying players like Mateja Kezman.

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17 hours ago, Jason said:

Said it earlier, IF Willian extends his contract, I don't think we will sign Havertz.

Logical. Indeed we could justify believing that wanting to extend Willian is a sign that we either don't want, or don't believe we can get, Havertz. Unless Frank wants him to serve to same function in the group that Drogba did in 2014/15.

[Special Juan 27,421]

Romano saying LB Chilwell is a priority, no Havertz talks as yet.

[Vesper 28,765]

Thomas Meunier signs for Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal after Belgian defender turned down Man United, Chelsea and Spurs when his PSG contract expired

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8459975/Thomas-Meunier-signs-Borussia-Dortmund-four-year-deal.html

[OneMoSalah 8,774]

12 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Thomas Meunier signs for Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal after Belgian defender turned down Man United, Chelsea and Spurs when his PSG contract expired

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8459975/Thomas-Meunier-signs-Borussia-Dortmund-four-year-deal.html

Clever signing for Dortmund. Not an exceptional player but someone who fits in with what Favre wants from his fullbacks and with the uncertainty around Hakimi, getting a replacement on a free is a shrewd move. Think he is still defensively suspect to a certain level and didn't think we would ever be interested in him at all. Or United tbf. Can see why Spurs would be after him as he isnt as bad as Aurier. 

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https://www.spox.com/at/sport/fussball/bundesliga/2006/Artikel/bericht-fc-chelsea-scheiterte-am-transfer-von-david-alaba.html

 

Apparently we wanted to buy Alaba as CB but failed to convince him to come to London. Shame would have been an awesome short-term signing and solved our CB and LB woes in one go.

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without Jorginho

〇 2-0 Liverpool

〇 4-0 Everton

〇 0-1 → 2-1 Villa

〇 2-1 ManCity

 

Wow

He is rotten apple .

[milka 3,344]

 

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30 minutes ago, milka said:

 

Ship has sailed, see above

[Alabama 1,992]

Let's go for Theo Henadez ....similar to Alaba can operate in central defence also..

[Vesper 28,765]

David Alaba: the best centre-back in the Bundesliga?

https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/is-david-alaba-the-best-centre-back-in-germany-bayern-munich-austria-11365

It’s a transformation that's been five years in the making, but Pep Guardiola’s prediction that Bayern Munich all-rounder David Alaba can become one of the world’s best centre-backs may just have come to pass.

 

"He's an unbelievable talent," the current Manchester City boss said of Alaba midway through his three-season reign in charge of the record champions between 2013 and 2016. "He can play anywhere. He's quick, good in the build-up and always 100 per cent focused. Without doubt he can be one of the best centre-backs in the world. He's a huge gift for Bayern."

With enough layers to satisfy an army of six-year-olds in a game of pass the parcel, few players are as versatile, let alone as accomplished in such a range of positions, as Alaba. Joining Bayern at the age of 15 from Austria Vienna as a precocious midfielder, the Austrian handyman was reimagined as one of the world’s leading left-backs by Louis van Gaal in 2010, via a loan spell at Hoffenheim.

He moonlighted as a central midfielder, winger and left-sided centre-half under Guardiola; Carlo Ancelotti took a leaf out of Bayern’s Conversion A-Z by deploying the Austrian in a central defensive role; and it was out of necessity rather than design that Niko Kovac shifted his trusty left-back inside for the trip to Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 10 of the 2019/20 season. At the time, first-choice sentries Niklas Süle and Lucas Hernandez were both out with long-term injuries.

A 5-1 defeat, hastened by Jerome Boateng’s first-half sending off, spelled the end for Kovac - but not for Alaba the centre-back. Hansi Flick was rewarded for keeping faith with the Austrian as Bayern ran out commanding 4-0 winners over Dortmund on his debut as interim coach, restricting the Black-Yellows to a single shot on Manuel Neuer’s goal - an unheard of statistic for BVB in the modern era of data collection.

Alaba has been a staple at the heart of the Bayern defence ever since. Even with record signing Hernandez available again for the return trip to Dortmund on Matchday 28, Flick entrusted Alaba with the role of keeping Erling Haaland in check.

"I'm very happy because David's a player who leads the back four and always gives instructions to his colleagues," Flick said of his universalist talent. "He takes the initiative, takes charge. You can hear him talking to the players. As a coach, I want to see and hear my players do that - to coach their teammates. He’s just a very intelligent player, and his development as a centre-back has been phenomenal. He ticks all the boxes as a central defender."

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Lucas Hernández would be his main competition (and ironically also a top 5 or so in the world LB as well, just like Alaba)

 

[Pizy 18,368]

If Alaba is available you'd have to imagine Pep would be all over him. Their defense is as shambolic as ours is.

 

[communicate 2,703]

21 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If Alaba is available you'd have to imagine Pep would be all over him. Their defense is as shambolic as ours is.

 

I don't think he is looking for a lcb though Laporte pretty much have that nailed down. 

As lb maybe, not sure Mendy will return to Mendy that I watch in his debut. He was an absolute monster