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He has. He can play anywhere across the back, in a four or a three. He's going to be awesome.Do you mean Dragusin? I’m not sure he has any experience playing right back? I thought he was an out and out centre back.
He has. He can play anywhere across the back, in a four or a three. He's going to be awesome.Do you mean Dragusin? I’m not sure he has any experience playing right back? I thought he was an out and out centre back.
That's what I question though, how long will he be happy to be a squad player with less and less playing time?Whilst he is happy to be a squad player, then we keep him imo.
how many players are happy to accept being a squad player and are reliable when called upon?
And who can we replace him with that will be on par / better than him, who will be happy to come in? Because we can’t buy someone better or a similar quality to Porro, it would cost too much and wouldn’t make sense at the moment.
He has. He can play anywhere across the back, in a four or a three. He's going to be awesome.
He has. He can play anywhere across the back, in a four or a three. He's going to be awesome.
Why? Porro and Odogie only played as wing-backs before Ange got to grips with them. Neither played as inverted full-backs like they do now. Dragusin is highly adaptable and extremely comfortable on the ball, which is why Ange wanted him.Playing as a full-back in Ange's system is very different to having done a job there in the past. I'll be very surprised if we see him anywhere other than in the middle.
I like him, he's shown immense character to overcome to boo-boys and become a valuable player despite a tricky start for us. Not the most talented player in the squad, but good enough to fill in without it impacting the team, and offers something different to Porro at RB. I wouldn't sell unless he's very keen to leave and we get an exceptional offer for him.
Any links that Ange is happy to sell Royal this window?
Heinrichs and Maehle also look suitable from the Bundesliga, and we've definitely been linked to both over the years. As many have said, Royale is functional, a great character but just not the perfect fit. Would be a loss at this point as I doubt we'd be able to secure a suitable replacement.I don't think upgrading him should be high on the to do list currently but hypothetically if there was an obvious opportunity then it might change things. For example come summer 23 year old Jeremie Frimpong will have a 34 mil release clause become active. 5 goals and 7 assist this season and I'm assuming he would count as HG seeing as he came through the Man City academy. Although he wouldn't be able to cover CB as a RB I think he would suit our system better then Royal. Anyway thats just an example. As i've said before we certainly shouldn't sell him now and even in summer unless there is a clearly available target Ange really likes who wants to come and wouldn't cost the world then we shouldn't be focusing on RB.
As we probably should be with anyone in the squad. One of the major benefits of recruitment in this window is if there is a silly money bid for say Romero, we have proper cover for a sale we don't particularly want to sell (and more confidence that there is a plan to deal with it).Yeah he has proved himself a valuable squad player but having said that, some of us would still be open to selling him if we were offered a ton of cash.
Stand down.
Yep, China MK IITells you everything you need to know about the Saudi league when prominent journalists are referring to the teams by who plays for them rather than the name of the club. You can buy the players, but you can't buy the support and the tribalism and without that there's literally no point because nobody really cares.