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Full Backs?
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decmancity
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Very few world class fullbacks about which is clearly the problem and you could argue has always been a problem, there has never been an abundance of quality fullbacks out there. If a club has them e.g Bayern/Real/Barca at one point and so forth then they don't want to lose them.
We will see Mendy over the line and I think a few more deals will be done quickly.
We will see Mendy over the line and I think a few more deals will be done quickly.
Tricky_Trev
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It will play out with us failing to buy two of them and relying on Fernandinho to rotate there with (hopefully) Walker.Barca, Chelsea, Juve etc all looking for rightbacks as well, in a very thin market. And we want two of them. Curious to see how this plays out.
The last team to buy a WC fullback was Barca, when they bought Dani Alves.Very few world class fullbacks about which is clearly the problem and you could argue has always been a problem, there has never been an abundance of quality fullbacks out there. If a club has them e.g Bayern/Real/Barca at one point and so forth then they don't want to lose them.
We will see Mendy over the line and I think a few more deals will be done quickly.
Simply put, world class fullbacks are made, not bought. The app we we get that, the better we'll be.
Most really good fullbacks ate purchased when they were ok young players and then developed into WC players.
So the notion that there are few WC fullbacks out there, misses the point. We want good FBs who we can makeep great.
Time to raid the accadamy?The last team to buy a WC fullback was Barca, when they bought Dani Alves.
Simply put, world class fullbacks are made, not bought. The app we we get that, the better we'll be.
Most really good fullbacks ate purchased when they were ok young players and then developed into WC players.
So the notion that there are few WC fullbacks out there, misses the point. We want good FBs who we can makeep great.
BringBackSwales
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Personally I would be very happy with Mendy and Bertrand for lb, with Walker for rb, and Fern and Maffeo as rb back ups (assuming Maffeo has not been committed to Girona yet?)
Ron Burgundy
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Walker, Mendy, Bertrand and get In for Fabinho, gives us back up In CM and RB.
Raggamuffin
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Wonder if we ever were in for Fabinho ? If €40 mil is the asking price I'd like to think we've at least enquired
MasterOfKnees
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de Siglio from Milan is very good, proper italian defender. Can play both RB and CB. Young too.
He really isn't, he can't attack at all and is extremely average defensively, he's like a worse Darmian. He can't play CB either, he can play both RB and LB. There's a reason Milan fans hope Juve buy him.
think you're probably right.It will play out with us failing to buy two of them and relying on Fernandinho to rotate there with (hopefully) Walker.