The new N'Jié!
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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread
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The new N'Jié!
Yes I've noticed this too. Not just in football, but in all professional sports. The athletes born in the 90s just aren't cutting it.
Lebron James is still the best basketball player in the world and he's in the latter half of his 30s
Up until this year, Tom Brady was still considered a top 2-3 QB and won the Superbowl last year at age 41
Tiger Woods won the last Masters and he's in his mid 40s with multiple back surgeries
Federer and Nadal and still among the best in Tennis at ages 38 and 33 respectively
Messi is still the best footballer at age 32 and Ronaldo is still a top 3-5 player at age 35
Yeah agreed.
But even the tier of players just under these top players are relatively old. Just peculiar.
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Lemar isn't necessary at all. If he's intended to be an RB (which is where Simeone plays him sometimes) then he's just a slightly better Aurier, with still no real defensive strengths.
Allan looks fucking amazing. Surprised I've never heard of him. Can we get him, please?
Now would be nice.
Allan looks fucking amazing. Surprised I've never heard of him. Can we get him, please?
Now would be nice.
What about Zakaria from Monchengladbach? Any reason we don't go in for him?
We should have signed one three years ago.
Nonsense. 3 years ago (2016/17) we had a fully fit and firing Wanyama who was just off the back of a superb season yet still improving, Dembele still in god-mode and Dier looking like a future captain.
They are having a very good run in the Bundesliga, so they will not let anyone leave
He has no reason to move whilst Gladbach are in the midst of a title challenge and he is a nailed on starter.
And Winks looking highly promising.
However, we also had the best defensive record in the league with the best defensive pairing and still spent £30,000,000+ on Sanchez - buying when you're strong is smart.
Sulkatov and Modric were the last players we bought that I had never heard of and then thought fcuk me we do some fcuking good business.
No one since both has been a huge surprise in terms of quality and unknown in the same mix.
No one since both has been a huge surprise in terms of quality and unknown in the same mix.
Trump is going to bleed you Yanks dry even after he gets voted out!
It’s almost as if going against the grain and spreading fake news for clicks is more lucrative than the truth, very unlike Sky to reward such behaviour.
Is that because you were younger? How could you not have heard of CL finalist and well known Berbatov but heard of the likes of Son?
To be honest, I think it's more to do with how much we've grown as a team regarding status. When we signed Berbatov and Modric we'd never finished top four and just about tasted European Football for the first time in years. But they helped our rise to top four chasers and eventually getting CL football (in Modrics case) - allowing us to sign higher calibre players like VDV etc.
Personally, Sandro was the last 'unknown' signing we made where I thought damn our scouting is pretty damn good. We seemed to have a different model back then. Good old Director of Football.
I know he's not a DM and he didn't have the best of times with Fulham despite a promising start (who did!?) - we could do alot worse at this price.
Zambo-Anguissa who had a poor time last season is having one hell of a season for Villarreal (and was excellent at Marseille before hand) so it probably was just a mixture of being awfully coached last season and the overall squad not being good enough.
Zambo-Anguissa who had a poor time last season is having one hell of a season for Villarreal (and was excellent at Marseille before hand) so it probably was just a mixture of being awfully coached last season and the overall squad not being good enough.
I am a massive football fan but maybe just didn't register. Not a matter of age I can assure you but obviously something.
I had bizarrely heard bits about Send to and yes for a short time I thought yes but no!
Alli is by a long shot the best in the last 10 years of surprisingly good for not too much although he was feted by others. He is though a luxury item. That is now clear. One to have but luxury for sure.
Yeah Dele has probably been the best surprise of the last 10 years in terms of value, relatively unknown status and meteoric rise.
Can't think of anyone who comes close. Sadly, we don't tend to sign young British talent from lower leagues anymore or gamble on young unknown foreign youth. I still think with the right coaching though Foyth has a future here.
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