Fred(Signed for United)

[San Tropez]

Busquets is elite level and Barca's second most important player after Messi.

 

[Neville Kneville]

The Nzonzi who plods around chasing the ball and the passes it sideways? Tall, strong, physical, gets a nosebleed in the final third? He’s absolutely nothing like Fernandinho.

Nzonzi is more like a decent version of Fernando.

Fernandinho is a decent version of Fernando.

 

[San Tropez]

A little embarrassing to compare Nzozi to Busquests.

 

[Armaan]

A little embarrassing to compare Nzozi to Busquests.

Nzonzi would look just as good surrounded by them players. He’s very under rated.

 

[Shaelumstash]

Fernandinho is a decent version of Fernando.

 

[blueparrot]

Nzonzi would look just as good surrounded by them players. He’s very under rated.

He's no Busquets
Sergio Busquets
153 touches of the ball – the most in the Champions League this week.
139 passes – the most in the Champions League this week.
6 tackles – the most in the Champions League this week.

 

[domalino]

He's no Busquets
Sergio Busquets
153 touches of the ball – the most in the Champions League this week.
139 passes – the most in the Champions League this week.
6 tackles – the most in the Champions League this week.

What are you even trying to say with this post? Just reeling off meaningless statistics doesn't help your argument in any way.

I don't even care for Nzonzi but genuinely curious as to the aim of that comment? Are you expecting the people who disagree with you to suddenly think "Oh jesus, Busquets made 6 tackles? I was so wrong he's, a world above Nzonzi"?

 

[Neville Kneville]

He does exactly the same job, just better. As does Ndoodah.

He has a 94% pass sucess rate in the Champs Lg, for a team who are bang average which is .9% better than Fred, in a side who are pretty fucking good & play posession football. The idea he couldn't do that with us, is ludicrous.

 

[kun]

I disagree. Busquets passing range and decision making is superb. Nzonzi is a tackler who plays the safe, easy pass.

This. Put it this way, N'Zonzi would never have convinced Pep to drop (and eventually sell) Yaya (at Barca) for him.

 

[Neville Kneville]

This. Put it this way, N'Zonzi would never have convinced Pep to drop (and eventually sell) Yaya (at Barca) for him.

We already have a shitload of players who can pass the ball & it looks like we will also have Fred. But we don't have someone else who can protect the defence like Fernandinho.