then it begs the question "why bother?" if we're not keen we're not going to show him the love he clearly needs. If he does turn thing around we will enter a bidding war for him next season. Very weird one without a buy option IMHO
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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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You think a fractured Lenglet is going to outshine Romero?
The guy sits in his car crying after his latest error strewn performance and you think he outshines Romero?
I’ll borrow the money from paydaynonce at 50,00000% interest to sort it.
Man of my word
Barca want their wage bill down, at least in order to buy now. The 2023/3024 season is a long way off and perhaps by then they will be in a better financial situation and will not necessarily need such a big transfer fund by then?
Loaning with no buy option would obviously put them in the position to get a bigger fee with any club should he succeed.
Who Cruyff? Never heard of him, mate..... Hasn't even got tier-status..... Pure wannabe by the looks of it.
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He's living rent free in your head though.
perhaps we're hopeful of getting our No.1 target later in the window, in Jan or next summer. Having a player covering the sport we need would make us look a little less desperate and Conte get players NOW that he can integrate. Clearly clutching at straws.
Could an option to buy still be retrospectively added? Seems it's not in Barca's interests to do this once he has signed on loan...
Could an option to buy still be retrospectively added? Seems it's not in Barca's interests to do this once he has signed on loan...
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It's crazy the amount of delusion we humans are capable of. Some of you will soon declare Lenglet the greatest CB to have ever played.
Players like Kulusevski and Bentancur are not the norm. Conte isn't magic, he couldn't turn Tangana into a quality CB, nor could he teach Emerson to cross. Sometimes the boring assumption is the right one.
Lenglet will most likely have a Carlos Vinicius type unremarkable, and short, stay at Spurs before we move again for Bastoni/Gvardiol next summer.
Players like Kulusevski and Bentancur are not the norm. Conte isn't magic, he couldn't turn Tangana into a quality CB, nor could he teach Emerson to cross. Sometimes the boring assumption is the right one.
Lenglet will most likely have a Carlos Vinicius type unremarkable, and short, stay at Spurs before we move again for Bastoni/Gvardiol next summer.
Some players are beyond help. Lost causes and wasted money born from other regimes.
Conte knows that Emerson and Tanganga are as good as they will get, that's exactly why Paratici is out looking for replacements.
FFS open you eyes mate, Conte has improved Davies beyond recognition as well as Kane and do you truly believe that Son would have won a Golden Boot under Nuno?
Did i mention the improvement from Seggs and Romero as well?
Why take only half the sentence of what I said, and frame an opinion ?
I said, Lenglet will outshine every CB of us (even if its Romero) interms of passing, ball playing & carrying. I stand by that. Whether Lenglet can tackle well without mistakes or not make positional/aerial errors is down to him getting his confidence back. If he is able bring his Sevilla season (17/18) or Barca (18/19) - IMO, we are getting a very capable quality CB.
Of course Conte can’t turn every player into a good one, but at the same time you have to look at the system Barca were playing the last few years. Asking their CBs to push up high, the FBs pushed up, no effective protection in midfield with Busquets moving like a car that’s failed it’s MOT these days, it made the defenders lives very difficult. No wonder his confidence drained away.
Here, Lenglet will be playing in a three, in a mid-block, with the likes of Bissouma and PEH sitting infront of him. It’s almost a completely different job. The vast majority wanted shot of Dier after a season strewn with errors and look what being cast under the blanket of Conte’s system did for his confidence and form.
kulu, bentancur and lenglet are far more talented footballers than tanganga though. you can only get players playing close to optimal. tanganga at his very best is not champions league level, no where near it in all honesty. the other 3 are. lenglet has proven that the talent and ability is there, it just needs some serious polishing.
He's not going to outshine anyone, even Dier and Sanchez unless he goes back 5 years to the player Barcelona thought they were signing.
That's a huge ask let alone to come in and shine at it.
I think David Luiz is the right comparison for Lenglet. Very good on the ball, prone to defensive howlers. Bad in a CB 2, good as the CCB quarterback.
However bad a defender Lenglet is, no one denies that he's very good on the ball. How many are better in purely ball playing terms? Conte clearly values that, and has a system to make the most of that.
I'd say this isn't a random or deperate last minute signing, it's a pretty clever move. We need cover for Dier, now we have it. We could still go for a LCB if a top target becomes available.
However bad a defender Lenglet is, no one denies that he's very good on the ball. How many are better in purely ball playing terms? Conte clearly values that, and has a system to make the most of that.
I'd say this isn't a random or deperate last minute signing, it's a pretty clever move. We need cover for Dier, now we have it. We could still go for a LCB if a top target becomes available.
playing in a 3 with 2 CDM's in front of you is an absolute dream for a defender who isnt the most war ready but is good on the ball. its the perfect role for that type of defender as hes protected in his deficiencies.
i remember going away from wembley when barca beat us thinking lenglet was fucking unreal, there's a fucking good player in there.
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You may well be correct but shall we wait and find out before everyone writes him off?
