How many recent players have we had who people have said that about and it turns out to be wide of the mark ? Gilmour being a prime example. RDZ knows what he wants and what can be achieved with a player. Fans only see what he has done in the past and have no knowledge of how a player can be deployed.
I read that Boehly is only a minority shareholder and stepped away from footballing responsibilities several months ago (March?). Clearlake pull the strings and simply appointed Boehly as Chairman Any sale of his stake has no effect on the running of the club or its strategy.
Moder hopefully back this season too. Yet another International option in midfield.
What are the opposition like as i know little about them.
Each to their own but completely disagree. Not saying he would have been a starting player last season given how good Alexis and Moises were in centre mid, but Alzate has previously looked decent at Prem level. I'd suggest there are some key performances of his you are either not remembering or possibly didnt see.
Why?
Very hard to make a call on this one as we gave him time off when arsenal were sniffing about and he stayed.
Seems likely, but then it has done since January.
The only midfielder we keep 'deep' is Caicedo and I think that's because RDZ doesn't like what he does with the ball in the final third. Seems unlikely given what a great player Moises is. But I think if you look at how RDZ used Gilmour or Gross in CM it was much more about their ability to be involved higher up the field. Obviously we have a deep two man pivot in midfield but there is a difference between starting deep and being deep. Our defenders and GK start deep but are encouraged to get up to the halfway line. Will Kudus be a player told to just hang back, sweep up, cover defence etc, no. But, he is a player, like Dahoud and the rest, who can do a bit of both. Will contribute his share of tackles and pressing work in defence, but sill contribute a lot more in the final third. He's never had a player like Moises in his teams. If you look at Sassuoulo, Lopez and Fratessi, even Locatelli are players whose defensive work is far less destructive. Just like Dahoud, Mac and Gross, its more about positional play, pressing, footballing intelligence rather have astounding defensive attributes. Their vision and passing ability. Locatelli is definitely more of a DLP than a DM, or was at Sassuoulo.
Just means that someone has finally matched the price tag.
