i would say that the opening few games he possibly played better for us than he had for Chelsea in quite some time, due to being in a better team. however, when the midfield looked fragile, so has he. Or it's the other way around....On that basis then he should be playing better with us than he did with them then no?
What did they get rid for seems to be the question on my lips
He wasn't that bad barring the bizzare few minutes
We were purring over him a couple of weeks ago 'fits like a glove' etc.
it wasn’t his back it was his leg, hamstring i think. the whole back thing was imho a very bad translation of a colloquial/sport term for hamstring in croatian.He is a good player and started the season of very well but seems to have dropped off in his performances, quite noticeably. then again, you could probably copy and past this into the threads for quite a few of our players
I remember he was injured during the last international break with a supposed back problem and there was even talk about him having operation but I don't know how true that was or if it was exaggerated but maybe he's still not 100%, which could explain why his performance is have dipped a bit since then
how does that explain his performances for croatia throughout they years? he’s only good there because he plays next to modrić and brozović? but the rest of the team, lol there are no superstars there.the day we bought him, a Chelsea fan told me that Kovacic will play as good as the team around him, he can be excellent and can be gash, but he can't influence midfield and set the standard himself, he must have excellent players alongside him to get the best from him.
it's a starkly good assessment so far.