8 | Mateo Kovacic - 2023/24

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Very good. Clearly settled in well.

 

[Dazzle84]

He's everything you want in that middle third, a proper midfield player who wouldn't have been out of place in the rough and tumble of 90s football, with the added bonus he's wearing black boots.

An absolutely superb signing

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Absolutely superb

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I know Chelsea are in a weird place ATM, but why the fuck did they sanction this deal?!

They’ve spent about half a billion replacing him!

 

[Complex Simplicity]

Top performance. Can carry the ball so well.

 

[mccity]

And to think, this is how he's playing before he's fully settled in

 

[TrentGrisham]

He's making me eat my words. Good performance.

 

[FatedBlue77]

As I said he’s a superb player in deeper midfield areas. Not as a high 8. Let him get his feet dirty alongside Rodri and leave the creative responsibility to the other 8.

 

[youngbob]

Reminds me more of Bernardo than Gundogan, strangely. Has this aggression and tenacity to his game that Gundogan didn't really have. Gundogan was more about elegance and class - Kovacic just as intelligent and technical but he's just... grittier. I like him. He's got a loooong way to go to match Gundo, though, but he's off to a good start.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

I knew he was quality at Chelsea but I think this team will take him to a level we haven’t seen from him yet.

Rodri has found a new best mate too, they helped each other out so many times tonight.