Dani Olmo

[bumbleblue]

Kev leaving?

I would love him to do the 10 years so hope not, but you never know.

 

[Skrastins]

Kev leaving?

Doubt it

 

[Dax777]

Why is there so much hate on here for him? Other than the injuries I've no idea why people have slated him.

Dani Olmo is a versatile player and except for a deep role has operated competently across the whole of midfield and attack, maybe we see him as a Paqueta alternative whether that's to replace Gundo's role in the squad or part of our next tactical evolution.


His strengths:
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I've watched him many times he's an intelligent player who can play one two passes with teammates to open up defences, good weight of pass at delivering the final ball of the one two or is actually a good finisher if receiving the one two himself.
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He has a great friendship with Josko Gvardiol and they must have a good understanding of each other I imagine, which could inevitably lead to instantly good link up play down the left hand side and an easier settling in period especially with Rodri behind him.
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Dani Olmo when you look at his passing accuracy stats it might look below our standards at first glance, only if you're daft enough to care about percentages though in that case you probably think he's awful.
I think with Olmo one thing to remember about him is he tries to bring the ball forward, before delivering balls through on goal he can also definitely deliver them from central midfield too, which could be highly advantageous with Doku or Savio or Grealish down the flanks or Haaland Alvarez and Foden down the middle.
His persistence with through balls understandably leads his passing statistics to be lower naturally, plus with Leipzig's style their players tend to space out as high and wide as possible but their players aren't on his wavelength, which can lead to easier interceptions for opposing players he's probably made plenty of nearly great passes, that would've been successful in a better side due to better runs and movement off the ball being made by his teammates.
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I'm thinking with the links his through ball abilities are what our scouts believe is the number one major strength of his that suits us, especially with many of Haaland's runs crazily not being utilised by teammates often enough last season, to Erling's to mine and many of our fans frustrations.
Plenty on here earlier on slagging him off saying he's of poor quality which is very bizarre, while probably moaning that none of the midfielders actually take advantage of Haaland's runs, yet he tries to do something that most of our midfielders were blatantly reluctant to do last season.
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A couple of weaknesses for me is that Olmo is not the quickest or certainly not as good defensively as Paqueta, he works hard on the press but I've never previously thought of his defending centrally or pace out wide as being of any use to us, also believed if we were going to move for him then it would've been a few years back but we've signed older.
Olmo has got a good touch but despite that and his progressive attitude creatively with his through balls, I've previously never believed he'd be right for us but our scouts clearly see something they like if there's serious interest.


Should we choose to sign him now I think my biggest concern over anything else and the obvious one overall is his recent injury woes, I've no doubt our medical team can fix problems but in the last 3 seasons he's missed 1 whole City sized season's worth of matches and that's a lot... I've every faith in our physios and medical department but it's definitely a concern.

I thought I'd list some of what I think are his main strengths I'm not saying he's the right man I wasn't even sure we'd ever go for him, personally I'd prefer other options long term like Musiala who could be perfect for us but in reality we need to sort things right now this summer.
We missed out on Paqueta with his issues and we could also lose both Bernardo and KDB in the next 24 months, signing Olmo doesn't mean there's no chance of signing Musiala or Wirtz long term we're already a player down on what we wanted last season, we'll need replacements for KDB and Bernardo like I said as sadly time waits for no man and we rarely ever make direct replacement.

If we sign Olmo it's no good comparing him to anybody else, he'd be one part of the next tactical innovation that is hoped will bring us continued success.

It's all nice and good when you brush off the injury issue. I mean, there is a reason why we carry 5 CBs consistently. It's because we have a couple of sick notes. Uber talented as Ake and Stoney may be, you can't trust them and say let's just go with 3 CBs and a youth player.

This is the same problem l... And it's a huge problem... It's not like he is Messi, Aguero or Debryun-esque in his production...

There are equally good players who aren't as injury prone. It's quite that simple.

 

[Dax777]

Doubt it

Maybe I'm pessimistic, but this sounds like a "come and get me" from where I stand :(

If a player at another club said this about City, and we were interested in said player, id consider this an absolute..."Come get me!!!" From the player.


I'm struggling to read it any other way. :(

 

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

It's all nice and good when you brush off the injury issue. I mean, there is a reason why we carry 5 CBs consistently. It's because we have a couple of sick notes. Uber talented as Ake and Stoney may be, you can't trust them and say let's just go with 3 CBs and a youth player.

This is the same problem l... And it's a huge problem... It's not like he is Messi, Aguero or Debryun-esque in his production...

There are equally good players who aren't as injury prone. It's quite that simple.

I said his injuries are of concern and that he's missed 1 whole City sized season, that's just in the last 3 seasons so I've not brushed it away by any means.

My issue is people on here have slated his actual footballing abilities, saying he's not of good enough quality which is complete nonsense, with injury issues if worried by all means say we shouldn't go anywhere him, if that's how you feel fair enough but to slate his actual ability is a joke.

His price tag is also a lot cheaper than other targets and like I said we're faced with a big problem, that we still haven't replaced Gundogan and will likely need to replace both Bernardo and De Bruyne in the next 24 months, signing somebody like Olmo is definitely a gamble with his injury record no doubt about it, if we're interested in Musiala or Wirtz though signing Olmo won't stop us from pursuing at least one of them.

 

[Dax777]

I said his injuries are of concern and that he's missed 1 whole City sized season, that's just in the last 3 seasons so I've not brushed it away by any means.

My issue is people on here have slated his actual footballing abilities, saying he's not of good enough quality which is complete nonsense, with injury issues if worried by all means say we shouldn't go anywhere him, if that's how you feel fair enough but to slate his actual ability is a joke.

His price tag is also a lot cheaper than other targets and like I said we're faced with a big problem, that we still haven't replaced Gundogan and will likely need to replace both Bernardo and De Bruyne in the next 24 months, signing somebody like Olmo is definitely a gamble with his injury record no doubt about it, if we're interested in Musiala or Wirtz though signing Olmo won't stop us from pursuing at least one of them.

I think lots of people have said it will be an underwhelming signing or a shit signing. I haven't read many saying he himself is shit.

Perhaps some think it will be underwhelming because they think he is shit ( I don't know.), but most it seems to me think it would be a shit signing because he has an unbelievable injury history.

 

[richards30]

Olmo if we can keep him fit would be an excellent signing imo. Boosts the squad, Spanish international and plays nice one two type passes and can finish with both feet? Would allow us to concentrate on Wirtz or Musiala next summer if they are both staying this? Kev will probably move on next summer so one of these to replace him on top would be good business

 

[Dialog]

Olmo if we can keep him fit would be an excellent signing imo.

We can't. We barely can keep Stones fit and Olmo averages less minutes than Stones. I you think Dr Ramon will do wonders, then you are solely mistaken. Stones and Olmo have those kind of unreliable and easy to injure body types. Too injury prone.

If we going for the sick notes, and we think the good Dr will just wave his wand and all will be well, then hey, lets just sign those injury prone players we have targeted previously. Reece, Neto and Olmo. They are all goo players, Olmo doesn't have to be the only exception, lets welcome them all right in!