Dusan Vlahovic | Signed for Juventus

[Silvercloud]

So who do you suggest and for how much?

No idea. For £70m though I'd expect somebody who has got a few seasons of consistently good performances & goal returns under his belt at the very least.

 

[kinkladze10]

Delap would be great if he can get a run of games - which he can't.
There's a reason why players like Sancho goto other clubs, get game time and end up as world beaters.
Get Delap, put faith in him and play him consistently; that's what Athletico and Dortmund make there business.

Name one player that we've let go that turned out world class? None of the players sold get into the starting 11. One player I regret us getting rid of is Colin Henry.

 

[Silvercloud]

Well, I’m in that tiny percentage who watched him multiple times last season and cannot believe we’d go for him. Nothing against the lad but just not for us.

Watched a few clips of him (I know I know!) & the lad looks OK, but nothing more.
I may be doing him a disservice but I completely agree with you not for us.
A lot of his clips seem to show him missing the target (I know he scored a few last year) but for £70m, I'd want my striker to be hitting the target as often as possible.

 

[Gabriel]

I understand your perspective.

I quite like the look of the lad. I’d like us to have a lanky striker again, we’ve not had one of those since Dzeko and I miss ‘em, but I have concerns about his ball retention because his passing stats are not so good to say the least.
Also, judging only from his youtube highlights (you’ve seen full games so you’ll know better and please interject if I’m wide of the mark), he seems to only perform in counter attacks or in open or loose play. Nothing shows him slipping effortlessly through a low block to slot home and, if he plays for us, he’ll face a low block most of the time.

Those are the reasons that I don’t think we’ll go for him. However, if we do put a bid in then it’s because Pep thinks he can get a tune out of the lad and, that being the case, I’ll be excited at the prospect.

Watched a fair bit of Fiorentina last season, and while his game improved as the season wore on, for me he remains incredibly raw. It should be acknowledged that the club was a bit topsy turvy, in terms of management changes, but he played more games than anyone and was very much the focal point.

I think in terms of his play you describe him quite well, his touch and passing can be loose, and as well his goals he can have some howling misses. In terms of character, however, he never hides and seems to have incredible self-belief and a drive to succeed, which are things strikers need more than most.

I would still prefer someone who is more naturally predatory and more clinical, someone who instinctively gets into goalscoring positions in the box and can finish one on one, so while that could yet be Vlahovic, it would take some time.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Watched a fair bit of Fiorentina last season, and while his game improved as the season wore on, for me he remains incredibly raw. It should be acknowledged that the club was a bit topsy turvy, in terms of management changes, but he played more games than anyone and was very much the focal point.

I think in terms of his play you describe him quite well, his touch and passing can be loose, and as well his goals he can have some howling misses. In terms of character, however, he never hides and seems to have incredible self-belief and a drive to succeed, which are things strikers need more than most.

I would still prefer someone who is more naturally predatory and more clinical, someone who instinctively gets into goalscoring positions in the box and can finish one on one, so while that could yet be Vlahovic, it would take some time.

I've only seen him on Youtube, but for me he doesn't seem to have the technical ability of most of our players. Scoring over 20 goals is impressive for a 21 year-old, but the quoted price is ridiculous off the back of one good season.

ETA: Just watched it again and I take that back. He's not bad with his feet. What you don't get from Youtube clips is an idea about his movement off the ball, which is everything for a goalscorer.

 

[WallyA]

He's at the age of Sane and Jesus and with numbers similar to them when we bought them.

If he was a signing like that for City, high potential and relatively cheap fee, I'd be all over it.

But I think they want 80-100m? They want fully established price fees that he hasn't earned yet.

I'd go 50-60 max for the potential and age because it's still a gamble.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Bound to be rubbish his first name sounds like dustpan!:))

 

[BringBackSwales]

OK, I won't ask you any more questions...wtf???

Oi you said no more questions, but finished with 3 question marks, fucking harassment of a dead shit wigged former chairman

 

[JewelZee]

Oi you said no more questions, but finished with 3 question marks, fucking harassment of a dead shit wigged former chairman

The wtf??? was for others...now I'll ask you another question...have you been hitting the glass pipe?

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

He was recently valued at £35m after a financially ruining pandemic he's £70m , would rather play with ten men than get our pants pulled down , we have the best squad around we are not desperate for a striker , the media just want to fill thier pages with bullshit .We lose to Spuds and we are toothless then we stick five on Norwich without getting out of first gear. Nothing to see here.

 

[Big-P]

Just bastard sign him I don’t care anymore

 

[NQCitizen]

Not really. By the time Dortmund signed Lewandowski he'd scored 9 goals for Poland and 32 goals in 58 games for Poznan (Including 6 goals in 16 EUFA cup appearances). Dortmund signed him for 4.5m Euros.

Suarez had scored 10 goals in 27 appearances at Nacional, then scored 10 goals in 28 appearances at Groningen before Ajax bought him for 7.5m Euros.

My first argument against is that 4.5m and 7.5m Euros are nothing like the £60m+ that would be required to by this lad (even accounting for 'football inflation' - which is a crap metric). If we were gonna sign this lad for £20m I'd feel a bit better about it, but £60m get's you a Bernardo Silva in this market.

My second point is that we are in no way similar to Dortmund or Ajax. We are the best club in the world. We don't need to take risks on young players. We have the financial capability to buy established players who can guarantee goals. If we follow a Dortmund or Ajax type transfer policy, we stay at the top.

Yeah that's a good counter point, but also maybe sometimes it's a case of us being the team that elevates the player to their potential.

You see it every summer, the biggest clubs go to Dortmund, Ajax, Porto, Benfica and pay 10 times as much as those clubs did a season or two earlier.

Serie A young player of the year won't go for peanuts and can we honestly say Lewa or Kane were better than him at his current age?

Another plus is he likely stays as a 2nd striker if we pursue haaland next year.

 

[Kippaxpete]

I answered your question about Dias, now you’re asking me what people all over Europe think about Vlahovic, how the fuck would I know, I am a dead former chairman

...and you still probably know more than most on this thread!

 

[BringBackSwales]

The wtf??? was for others...now I'll ask you another question...have you been hitting the glass pipe?

I’ll stick a glass pipe up your fucking arse you cheeky disrespectful mother fucking clown . As you were

 

[NZBlue]

I’ll stick a glass pipe up your fucking arse you cheeky disrespectful mother fucking clown . As you were

Where some people get their fetishes from is beyond me

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

I can see this happening

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

I can see this happening

I can’t see it happening because I don’t think he’s shown enough to be worth the suggested asking price and, I’ve not seen anything to demonstrate that he‘s effective against a packed / low block defence - which is what he’d mostly face if he played for us.
However, I like his lankiness and his commitment and, if it does happen, I’ll be excited because it means that Pep thinks he can make him fit into a system like ours . . I don’t see how he can that but I’d love to be shown how.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

I can’t see it happening because I don’t think he’s shown enough to be worth the suggested asking price and, I’ve not seen anything to demonstrate that he‘s effective against a packed / low block defence - which is what he’d mostly face if he played for us.
However, I like his lankiness and his commitment and, if it does happen, I’ll be excited because it means that Pep thinks he can make him fit into a system like ours . . I don’t see how he can that but I’d love to be shown how.

He plays exactly like Haaland but he’s better looking

 

[OccupiedPalestineBlues]

He plays exactly like Haaland but he’s better looking

I won’t argue re better looking and, yes, he knocks them in for fun, but his pass completion is in the 60+%s, not great for possession football, and all his goals seem to be on the break or developed from open play.
We generally play against a low block, I’m not saying his open play forte wouldn’t be welcome in open games but we don’t have too many of those do we?

But I do like the cut of his jib and, if Pep gets him, I’m sure he’ll be a player that I come to love.

Just doubtful for the reasons explained for now.

 

[supersonicblue]

Do I get a job on the City recruitment team if he signs?