He’s not the same guy he was after losing his knees and because of the teammate he is they always had a hard time benching him. I’m ok with selling him and shocked they made a profit. Gives Cristante and Pellegrini a chance to start.
Juan Bernat to PSG should be announced soon. Boateng goes to rotation CB with Süle and Hummels the starters.
You got incredibly snippy with me when I even mentioned Strootman was injury maligned. And look at you now.
I mean he’s been healthy as he will ever be the past 2 seasons. I’ve also got to watch him struggle to get to the same level of quality he was at preinjuries. I mean Roma sold him after the window in Italy closed, without even a replacement because they were able to make a profit. It also looks as though Roma are switching formations with Nzonzi and DDR playin behind Pastore.
I think our run in had to do with how awful Dutch highly rated prospects turn out. I hope the en vogue one that just happens to play for Roma bucks this trend. And I was actually doing Strootman a kindness by mentioning he didn’t belong with the disappointments but was injury prone.
John Terry having a medical at Spartak Moscow lol Also, in reading about this I learned that Marchisio signed with Zenit on Monday.
What a fall he had I thought he was going to be Fernandinho 2.0 Thought Everton fan asking this question was amusing Oh.
Another Ocho digging in his heels I thought Kluivert was going to be so good as well This gave me a good laugh about Sporting CP Good call Didn’t think Pasta said anything wrong or bad here, just crediting Coach and providing context Safe to say this move worked out.
I was thinking recently about how Mahrez going to City got a lot of stick on here. He’s definitely exceeded expectations. I also undersold Tadic. Give me the L (and Coach the W)
I said that because I do think you’re correct that no one is going to be offering that money for him despite how successful he’s been there
We’d probably be in the Championship next season had Frank not taken Gomes off at halftime against Palace. Lovely guy but just not very good. Southampton players Ajax should buy to recreate Tadic Magic are Che Adams or Adam Armstrong. I guess de Ligt is still highly regarded but they’ve been a mess since he arrived. Probably should have gone to Bayern IMO.
Ajax made their Tadic money back and then some thanks to his other worldly Champions League performances. The de Jong/Ligt hype would have been a fraction of itself had Tadic not helped them get to the semis.
In that team I think ZIyech was still the more important player but Tadic has been huge for ajax for year
One of the random facts ingrained in my brain is that Tadic was only the 10th player L'Equipe had ever given a 10 out of 10 in their match ratings when they played Real Madrid.