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Good post, agree with pretty much all of it.It was a nice post and I agree with 99% said.
Though one thing that to me has stood out about him is his close control. How he just "kills" the ball so quickly and is ready to move on.
We plonder around too much. Too many touches, holding on to ball for too long, etc. If we instruct him to move the ball on quickly, it creates lot more stress to opposite defenders. Also he seems to be able to squeeze in good crosses into GK box. Something that in this season only Porro and Moore have been able to do for us. So when Solanke is back, I think he will benefit from it.
But only thing I don't agree with is the part in bold.
"hasn't set world alight" - meaning as 19 yo kid scoring or assisting with 107 minutes on the pitch? And it also includes scoring and assisting in CL.
I mean we have to consider the context for a second - he has been fighting for playing time with likes of Harry Kane, Jamal Musiala, Thomas Müller, Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry, Kingsley Coman, Michael Olise. All of them vastly more experienced than him.
And this "for 70 mil you could buy Kvara who is the proven article" - so very untrue. First of all - you could not. Tottenham Hotspur cannot. PSG can, and few others as well. I am fully sure we could have offered 90 mil for him, he would have picked PSG offer of 70 mil. I mean guaranteed Ligue 1 win vs fighting for 15th place? Then 2nd MASSIVE aspect is salary. Offering both 5 year contract - I am pretty sure that for upcoming talent like Tel, this is 100 kpw we are talking about. So 5,2 mil per season. 26 mil across contract. With Kvara we are talking at least 3x that. So 72 mil for the same period. So - in short - not really attainable, and overall twice as expensive, not "for same".
Not to mention that proven Kvara is 24 in few days (4,5 years older)... and in all fairness has been poorer this season compared to last. Which was in turn poorer than season before.
To me this deal reminds much more Alexander Isak one.
Sure, Isak was ~23 and bit more proven. But for striker his 45 goals on top level is not at all more impressive than having 16 goals at 19yo.
In fact as 20 yo, Isak had just recently been sold from Dortmund to Sociedad for 15 mil. Having only scored 1 and assisted 1 within just 281 minutes he earned for Dortmund. So in that sense Tel is way further in his developement than Isak was at this point too.
3 years later Newcastle swooped in with 70 mil transfer.
2,5 more years later, this 70 mil sounds like an absolute bargain.
The hype was around him just before he made the move to Bayern. He was/is extremely highly regarded in France. He's often mentioned on the same breath as Zaire-Emery, Camavinga and Barcola.The hype was built from last season, where he often made an impact when he did start or was brought off the bench. This season he's been dog shit and made no impact when he did get a chance to do so.
I think he could be a good signing and aren't saying he's not a talent. Just think people need to calm down with the accolades a bit as he's a million miles away from being the finished article.
Looks like the back of a limousine to me?Is that in a moving plane?
How did our social media team get on the plane from Germany?
I know Tel can play across the front 3, but prefers to play as a LWF who cuts inside. We have Son, Odobert and Moore who also are best in that position. Do we think Tel plays CF in Solanke’s absence, or will be the RWF we’ve been crying out for?
^^^ .........You know this a muddled, illogical mess, yeh?
120m for Guehi?
We haven't "wasted" a single penny on Tel.... He's a loan and if we don't like him we just give him back.
Meanwhile; the moment we knew we had a problem with Dragusin we made sure we signed another CB.
...And pretending we don't have the following list of attacking injuries is ridiculous:
Solanke
Odobert
Werner
Johnson
+ Richy's body turning to dust in front of our eyes.
+ Son struggling to sustain a 90min performance (let alone twice a week)
We haven't "wasted" a single penny on Tel.... He's a loan and if we don't like him we just give him back.
So we ain't paying him, or Munich anything?
Did he not already agree a contract with us if the option is exercised? It looked as if he already has signed with us- should we exercise the option…
We haven't "wasted" a single penny on Tel.... He's a loan and if we don't like him we just give him back.
So we ain't paying him, or Munich anything?
120m for Guehi?
Where did i say offering 120mil for Guehi?
You know this a muddled, illogical mess
Yes, I agree, you have written a right load of guff.
What an embarrassment. What possessed him to think that broadcasting on TikTok is for him? Twat.
No-one comes for free.... But "waste"? Nah... The only way that's true if he proves to be shit.
You said you wanted us to spend north or 70m with the "Tel money"......?
How high is high enough?
I don’t even care if we blow 5-10m in a fee for a Tel we don’t sign- at least we showed some frigging ambition here!
Sign of the times , sadlyWhat an embarrassment. What possessed him to think that broadcasting on TikTok is for him? Twat.
Likewise.
That is because in the 83 games in all comps that he played for Bayern, he only started 18 games. Hard to score early when you are still on the bench. Lets not forget he is only 19, at the same age, Kane was on his failed Leicester loan.What concerns me, is how many of those goals are late in games that are already well and truly over.
We need players to score openers and equalizers far more than padding stats.
Let's hope it's just because that's the only time Bayern put him on and not because he's only effective against tired, demoralized legs.
Using some or all of the Tel loan loan fee.
The initial offer was 55 million with ad on's no, taking the number up to 70m?
Levy could have upped the offer, and still been no worse off no?
didn't want us up until United and Woolwich pulled out of the deal.