Isco is a different case all together. He decided to throw his toys out of the pram when Lopetegui was fired - he even said if they fire Lopetegui they have to fire all of us as well. Compare his and Marcelo’s attitude to being benched by Solari. It tells you all you need to know.
Is it true Ødegaard refused a loan to Atalanta? Rumours are going around he has set his eyes on a move to Ajax.
40M is cheap today. Besides, we will need to add additional 30M to that 40M to get a player of similar quality. Meanwhile we are keeping Isco and Asensio. Comedy.
Llorente is already almost as good as Casemiro overall IMO, and has a much higher ceiling, so this sucks. But it’s been inevitable for a while now.
We are not a selling club. That is something I admire about us.. I can criticize Flo for many things but treating players and their lives like commodities is not one.
He can thrive there. Especially now with them building interesting squad. Llorente, Saul, Koke midfield + Morata, Felix and Lemar / X upfront. Definitely watching much more of their matches in next season.
I disagree. I think the only characteristic he had better than Casemiro was passing accurately under pressure. Otherwise, Casemiro is much more stout defensively and has much better vision to contribute in the attack. He hits long balls and knows when to push up naturally. Casemiro has been cleaning up for Marcelo for years and that is a very difficult job.
If Casemiro is much more stout defensively and has better let alone much better vision to contribute to attack, then i am Santa Clause.
Give us some presents then Nick! He didn’t have his best year, but he had a few years where he was arguably the best 6 in the world.
He had a shitty year. The fact he collapsed as soon there was a change in system, it worries me. I think he will spend much more time on the bench in 19/20, considering Zidane is searching for at least one dynamic / agile midfielder.
I believe Casemiro has the personality to be a captain one day if need be. He will be the type to call Pogba out when necessary.
https://www.whoscored.com/Players/88526/Show/Casemiro https://www.whoscored.com/Players/254582/Show/Marcos-Llorente Even in one of his worst seasons, whoscored rated Casemiro a 7.23 in all competitions compared to a 6.81 for Llorente
I think Ndombele is our plan B. Carpio from Marca said Eriksen is ruled out as plan B for Pogba. Also no proper reports about Ndombele agreeing terms with Spurs or Juventus. There are conflicting reports about both. And Flo is close to Aulas. Won't be surprised if he told Aulas to wait for a bit and we'd pay 80 ME for Ndombele if Utd refuse to sell Pogba. There was a report of preliminary talks between RM and Ndombele last month. So wonder if he's also waiting whether we get Pogba or not. Having Mendy helps us if Ndombele is plan B.