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I wondered at the time when Rice went across to grab his little lad who was dressed in a West Ham kit and bouncing up and down in delight, how are you going to explain your move to Woolwich to him.
Rice was trying to play down the move and even suggesting he may stay at West Ham when the whole world knew he was moving on.
Who cares? he grew up a Chelsea fans and stuck about at West Ham for a good while (last I heard he was wanting to move for the last 2 seasons) but he stuck it out and came to an agreement with West Ham that he'd leave this summer, has just had a kid and wants to stay in London also but apparently he should have gone to Man City or Bayern to make Spurs fans happy??????
 
Was there ever a player owning a more Gooner face than Kai Havertz?
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Perfect fit... Rat faced fucker!
 
Don't think he'll ever be a "Xhaka" though.

To be honest, although he did quite well under Bosz at Leverkusen as an 8 for phase, I'm not sure he's got the dynamism and athletic dexterity for such a remit in the PL.

I assumed Arteta wanted him to play as a false 9
He can be a back up for anyone in the front 3, but as a starting XI player he'll be in midfield I believe.

Hopefully you're right that he lacks the dynamism and athleticism for a midfield role.
 
He can be a back up for anyone in the front 3, but as a starting XI player he'll be in midfield I believe.

Hopefully you're right that he lacks the dynamism and athleticism for a midfield role.

Not so much athleticism, but athletic dexterity. Slightly different. he played as an 8 in a CM3 at Leverkusen for Bosz (with Brandt as the other 8) and it worked quite well, so I could be wrong, but he was a bit younger and slightly more nimble. Even that didn't last long as he ended up getting pushed into the false 9 because their striker got injured IIRC.
 
Not so much athleticism, but athletic dexterity. Slightly different. he played as an 8 in a CM3 at Leverkusen for Bosz (with Brandt as the other 8) and it worked quite well, so I could be wrong, but he was a bit younger and slightly more nimble. Even that didn't last long as he ended up getting pushed into the false 9 because their striker got injured IIRC.
I was thinking he'd play false 9 as well. The only thing I don't get is where he fits because in that case wouldn't he bench Jesus then? I thought Nketiah was a decent squad option as it was.
 
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