Denis Zakaria

The Double Pivot podcast analysts were asked which player could have most improved Man City.

Firstly they said that by far the main problem was getting a DM that was like a younger Fernandinho. Much more important than a left back or another striker.

The player they identified was Denis Zakaria from BM in Germany.

I've no Idea if they are correct but that’s their opinion.
 
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Cobwebcat said:
The Double Pivot podcast analysts were asked which player could have most improved Man City.

Firstly they said that by far the main problem was getting a DM that was like a younger Fernandinho. Much more important than a left back or another striker.

The player they identified was Denis Zaharia from BM in Germany.

I've no Idea if they are correct but that’s their opinion.
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Obviously the guy to replace Dinho.
 
Cobwebcat said:
I’ll be honest and say I don’t know much about him but they agreed with you and said it was obvious.

Maybe in January or June City will try for him.
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I don't see much of Yaya in him to be honest so the talk of Dennis being a hybrid of Yaya/Dinho doesn't work for me, I see him more as having certain attributes similar to Dinho's / Essien's style of play. I think we need these type of players in our team, right now we have Rodri and Ake, dinho would be leaving soon, Gundo isn't the combative midfield type so there's more than enough space for a player like Dennis.
 
i honestly believe that fifa/FM start half of these generational talents(fucking hate that saying), I've never seen him play, and i reckon half the people who say he's brilliant haven't seen him play, but he's pretty good on fifa ,so that gets fed into twitter ,and all of a sudden these players are brilliant

as for the fernadinho/ yaya hybrid, I'm pretty certain there is no such player. and if there was he would be the best midfielder in the world, imo
 
his most recent injury is a bit worrisome though. injured his knee in march and still is not fit. him and the club first said its nothing major but he still cannot train 100%.

he is nothing like yaya (prime). because he dribbles once in a while? passing range is way lower/long shots etc

if i really had to compare him to a player id say he has certain characteristics of kante/essien with a much bigger frame.
 
merz said:
his most recent injury is a bit worrisome though. injured his knee in march and still is not fit. him and the club first said its nothing major but he still cannot train 100%.

he is nothing like yaya (prime). because he dribbles once in a while? passing range is way lower/long shots etc

if i really had to compare him to a player id say he has certain characteristics of kante/essien with a much bigger frame.
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And we have nodody at all, like that, even if we only wanted them to play 5 games a season.

Fair comment re injury.

If Pep is half the coach his reputation says he is, he should be able to get a player like that, smooth off any rough edges & turn him into a valuable asset for the squad.

He can still play his Gundogans if he prefers, but at least we actually have a player who is different, as an option. There are loads of games where we could use such a player & rest others, even if he wasn't considered the ideal 'Pep player' & in tough games a player like that could win it for us.

If there is a better option, great, sign him instead but ffs let's have one in the 25.
 
Cobwebcat said:
I’ll be honest and say I don’t know much about him but they agreed with you and said it was obvious.

Maybe in January or June City will try for him.
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I dont think we will ever see this type of player while pep is here
 
simon23 said:
I dont think we will ever see this type of player while pep is here
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sportwitness.co.uk

Belief Man City have 'good chances' of securing midfielder - Tracked player since 2017

Manchester City were in ‘intensive discussions’ with Borussia Mönchengladbach defensive midfielder Denis Zakaria before their suspension from the Champions League earlier this year. That’s according to Rheinische Post, who believe it is only logical that City will return for the player this...
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Seems Pep is a fan and he always said if City had three Fernandinhos we would win the lot!
 
Cobwebcat said:
sportwitness.co.uk

Belief Man City have 'good chances' of securing midfielder - Tracked player since 2017

Manchester City were in ‘intensive discussions’ with Borussia Mönchengladbach defensive midfielder Denis Zakaria before their suspension from the Champions League earlier this year. That’s according to Rheinische Post, who believe it is only logical that City will return for the player this...
sportwitness.co.uk sportwitness.co.uk

Seems Pep is a fan and he always said if City had three Fernandinhos we would win the lot!
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Article is from july 2020...so however likrly they thought it was it didnt happen.

I wouod always take what pep says about any player publically with a pinch of salt....even our own....says he wants 3 fernas then replaces him with rodri whom he is nothing like
 
simon23 said:
Article is from july 2020...so however likrly they thought it was it didnt happen.

I wouod always take what pep says about any player publically with a pinch of salt....even our own....says he wants 3 fernas then replaces him with rodri whom he is nothing like
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Maybe, but I don’t think we ever considered a player for that position this summer, we may next summer when Fernandinho goes.
 
simon23 said:
Article is from july 2020...so however likrly they thought it was it didnt happen.

I wouod always take what pep says about any player publically with a pinch of salt....even our own....says he wants 3 fernas then replaces him with rodri whom he is nothing like
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Pep has to choose between which players are on offer from the club though.

It sounds like this particular transfer would not be likely at present anyhow, even if Pep did want him.

Maybe things will change next season, when Fern surely leaves.
 
simon23 said:
I dont think we will ever see this type of player while pep is here
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I like Zakaria but agree it would seem a strange target for Pep who understands this position better than anyone IMHO. He's a far more mobile & vertical DM than Rodri who can ride through tackles & get into more advanced attacking positions but I am not at all convinced that he is on the same technical level

Great motor but overall a bit inferior to Partey for example yet this might be a scenario that could explain the link to the player
 
FCBarca said:
I like Zakaria but agree it would seem a strange target for Pep who understands this position better than anyone IMHO. He's a far more mobile & vertical DM than Rodri who can ride through tackles & get into more advanced attacking positions but I am not at all convinced that he is on the same technical level

Great motor but overall a bit inferior to Partey for example yet this might be a scenario that could explain the link to the player
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Let me guess puig and alena are better, right?
 
The most important thing about this signing is that he would shore up Peps biggest failing, our high press is failing and our high back line also , simply because our central midfield is slow, we improved when Fernandinho came on last match because he was faster and able to support both.
Swap Zinchenko for Zakaria in January move Cancelo across for the season and bring back Frimpong, Zinchenko would rip up that league in his natural position
 
Zakaria has been injured since March and is STILL indefinitely injured up to now with a presumably bad knee injury. Although he is a promising talent, I doubt we’ll be in for anyone with problems like this.
 
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