Our midfield beast... with the man bag :lennon:
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Our midfield beast... with the man bag :lennon:
I think it is a combination of age, position of play and lack of starts in the national team.Anyone else find it bizarre there is never any talk of anyone trying to sign Dembele? The man is a footballing god.
Anyone else find it bizarre there is never any talk of anyone trying to sign Dembele? The man is a footballing god.
Anyone else find it bizarre there is never any talk of anyone trying to sign Dembele? The man is a footballing god.
Adrien Silva from Sporting who we are being linked with is compared a fair bit to Dembele in his style of play. Might not be the same but possibly the closest we can come to it.I was having a conversation with another Spurs man today at work and between us no one could think of anyone who is a similar style to Dembele, bearing in mind all the physicality he brings as well as technique (and im sure something about him being very left footed in CM gives him an edge, markers will naturally look to his right foot). Nearest we got was an on-form Pogba and that Nainggolan fella at Roma. Would be great to have someone in the squad who can be Dembele Mk2 but is there one out there?
I was having a conversation with another Spurs man today at work and between us no one could think of anyone who is a similar style to Dembele, bearing in mind all the physicality he brings as well as technique (and im sure something about him being very left footed in CM gives him an edge, markers will naturally look to his right foot). Nearest we got was an on-form Pogba and that Nainggolan fella at Roma. Would be great to have someone in the squad who can be Dembele Mk2 but is there one out there?
Another player that doesn't require pace in order to be effective.
He could have a good few years left playing at a peak level.
I was having a conversation with another Spurs man today at work and between us no one could think of anyone who is a similar style to Dembele, bearing in mind all the physicality he brings as well as technique (and im sure something about him being very left footed in CM gives him an edge, markers will naturally look to his right foot). Nearest we got was an on-form Pogba and that Nainggolan fella at Roma. Would be great to have someone in the squad who can be Dembele Mk2 but is there one out there?
Don't agree with that, I think he uses his pace a lot. He lets people run around him in midfield then surges ahead of them to get between them and the ball, does a turn or two, levers them off with his massive thighs and he's away. Poetry in motion.