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Player Rodrigo Bentancur
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I could make quite the video of Hoijberg. With the same circus tune....just saying
Rodrigo Bentancur has described joining us as “a pleasure and an honour”.
The Uruguay international signed on transfer deadline day from Juventus, having spent the last five years with the Serie A side.
Still only 24 years of age, the central midfielder arrives along with Juve team-mate Dejan Kulusevski to strengthen our squad ahead of an important second half of the season.
In advance of checking in at the Club in person later this week following the latest round of South American qualifiers for this year’s World Cup – he scored for Uruguay in Tuesday night’s 4-1 victory over Venezuela in Montevideo – Rodrigo was humble when speaking about how he feels to sign for us.
“It’s a great Club with great players – always competing in all competitions,” he told us from Uruguay.
“I was very happy when I heard about the interest in me and thankfully I’ve joined now."
“It’s a huge pleasure and an honour to be able to represent this shirt. As I said, it’s a brilliant Club and a great league that I’ve always liked and now I’m going to have the chance to enjoy it alongside the other great players that we have. I think they’ll help me to grow a lot on a footballing level, and obviously we’ll always try to give everything we can to represent the Club together.”
Rodrigo played against us in the Champions League last 16 in 2017/18 before winning three back-to-back Serie A titles with Juventus, in addition to lifting the Supercoppa Italiana twice and the Coppa Italia twice.
He is also a two-time Argentina Primera Division winner and an Argentine Cup winner with his previous club, Boca Juniors. What does he hope to bring to our squad?
“I would say I’m a very tactical player who covers free spaces, does well when winning the ball back and moves it forward quickly,” he explained.
“I also think I have scope to improve even more and I can do so as part of this team at Spurs"
“I am looking forward to learning from Antonio Conte – I think he’s a great coach, he wants to win and gets 150 per cent out of his players. I think he’ll make me improve even more, both mentally and as a player. I like that, and it’s a big motivation for me.”
vs Ndombele:
"Taxi driver....... Where's the nearest Burger King?"
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I don't know about you but I got a good feeling listening to experts about this guy, Kulu I'm excited about anyway
I was listening to an Atlantic pod about him running a game at Old Trafford a few years back. Let's hope there's more of that.
A Juve fan's view on Bentancur (13:00 - )
To be fair you could make Harry Kane look like Harry Styles if you made a compilation of some of his first few months of this season alone.
On the contrary it's also why I never get too excited when a player looks amazing in clips that last for a few minutes.
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still offers more than winks
Good use of the word « scope ». Nice to see he’s picked up English so quickly. Must have used something better than duolingo.
3 times as many strikers though
Excellent tune you could have put that to any woolwich game over the past five years
Looked very good against a really crap team the other night. Think he'll be a good player for Conte if he has the right application. There's a reason he ended up with us, but I think he has a better physical presence and first touch than Skipp/Hojbjerg and should improve our midfield.
Interested to see how how he slots in mid-season, average PL player is more athletic than those in Serie A and pace is quicker.. some Juve fans have complained that he's not at the pace every game.
Interested to see how how he slots in mid-season, average PL player is more athletic than those in Serie A and pace is quicker.. some Juve fans have complained that he's not at the pace every game.
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From the videos of Benticur I can deduce...
Has skills
Can pass and move well
Can be very lax and make simple mistakes and stupid decisions
Had to get out of Juve before De Ligt killed him.
Has skills
Can pass and move well
Can be very lax and make simple mistakes and stupid decisions
Had to get out of Juve before De Ligt killed him.
Oh god please no, not another one.
Gets my vote just for looking dapper and not a degenerate oik.
(I know...I'm a boomer)
I see distinct un Locelso vibes. Good lad.