I would be surprised if there was true interest in Llorente. Seems like he is the anti-Poch/Mitchell target given his age, style of play, etc. I also wonder that if the interest is true, that we may be having major difficulties attracting young up and coming strikers with Kane here. I think the young guns will want to go places where they can be the "man" vs second fiddle.
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Summer 2015 Transfer Window DISCUSSION Thread
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Llorente is a powerhouse. Big units like him, Drogba, Toni (just racked up two 20 goal seasons at the age of 38...) don't have to rely on pace as much and as a pressing team we don't need pace as much. What we need is physical players that unsettle deep defences - which is why AVB wanted Hulk.
also he has played for bielsa at bilbao which poch resembles and impliments same type of tactics
Agree with all of that but it didn't help his confidence getting dropped for the next game after he had scored for us, Everton for instance so Pooch has to shoulder some blame imo!
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He certainly is not a journalist.... he's an agent across Europe!
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Well as long as his Mom isn't related to Josef Fritzel or Fred West then the authorities don't need to be called!!!
it shouldnt be a problem he played under bielsa at bilbao and poch is kinda one of his students
Still too old. Luca Toni, like Totti and Llorente is in a league which doesn't punish old legs like England does. Drogba looks good until you see how few minutes he played. He was marginally better than Roberto Soldado, but still was not someone I would want to be relying on.
If you want someone to fuck some defenders up and score goals, I think we'd be better off finding someone younger, with less downside risk.
We'll see what Pochettino thinks, at any rate.
realisticly.... i wouldnt bet against him scoring more goals than ade and bobby managed last season
Toshney has potential though and can understand Flemish!
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will only be as backup to give kane a breather hes got alot of experience won world cup n euros champs lge runners up n more, could do alot worse. it might not sound that exciting but its smart move in my opinion
...decided to invest in the boy owned by Tottenham, who today signed a three-year contract. 20 years, ready to grow in Bari
I slate managers and players after they continue to do things I dont like over a season.
Not before they even sign.
You can comment on what you want. So can I. And thats what I did.
That doesn't make him worthwhile, it just means he isn't completely incompetent. That's not the threshold we're working under here.
Can we find someone better than Llorente for this team, as a third striker, for less money, who would score more? I think so. I think that player is likely to be both much younger, and easier to find than many think.
Did you actually watch any Bilbao games back then, or are you just assuming stuff? Because there's a major flaw in your logic! Yes, he's a student of some of Bielsa's thinking. That doesn't mean, they approach everything the same way. For instance, Bielsa played two wingers as opposed to Poch's preference for inverted wide players. For me at least that makes a huge difference when talking about a target man striker....
Not sure what I think of a potential Llorente signing but it sounds like agent talk to me. There's always a few guys every season that are previously good players heading out of their primes and we never sign them (see: Lavezzi earlier this summer). Llorente doesn't really fit our profile. Unless Pochettino is really stumping for him, I don't see it happening.
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