João Félix

01cravend said:
I don't get the Atletico excuse for this lad not living up to his hype. Good strikers tend to shine under Simeone(Falcao, Costa, Griezmann and Suarez resurgence).
Felix is shit for Portugal too.
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He's not a proper striker. The others were also older than him when they shined.
 
If Laporte goes Pep will 100% look for a leftfooter, and Pau Torres fits the bill then.. Laportes build up play is exceptional and hard to replace. Paus short passing is great and press resistant, but it will be harder to replace Laporte somewhat longer balls and deep vertical ones, not many are as good as him at finding in between the lines deep there.
Pau not very quick though.. or mobile, great footballer though.

I think a lot will happen in Spain over the summer when the wage caps will return to somewhat regular levels and Felix will surely move. Suarez will be gone as well and Atleti will look for a new frontline. Or maybe Simeone goes.. by himself of course, the problem for him is that the Inter spot is taken and Inzaghi just came there and is doing well, can't really seeing him going somewhere else to be honest.. Lazio is not at his level and far, far from his wages lol.
 
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BlueBanger said:
He's not a proper striker. The others were also older than him when they shined.
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The others didn't cost £113,000,000..in fact they didn't even cost that much combined.

Falcao - 40mil
Griezmann - 24mil
Costa - 800k
Suarez - free

Yes Felix has age on his side but you don't pay that kind of money for someone to come good 4 years down the line. He should be performing now instead he sits on the bench behind Angel Correa. He scored 20 in 43 for Benfica and Atletico went and paid out like he was putting up Haaland numbers. He made 9 appearances in Europe that season and scored 3 goals, all in 1 game vs 10 man Eintract Frankfurt. 8 other games he was shit, Benfica with one of the biggest heists in modern football.
 
01cravend said:
The others didn't cost £113,000,000..in fact they didn't even cost that much combined.

Falcao - 40mil
Griezmann - 24mil
Costa - 800k
Suarez - free

Yes Felix has age on his side but you don't pay that kind of money for someone to come good 4 years down the line. He should be performing now instead he sits on the bench behind Angel Correa. He scored 20 in 43 for Benfica and Atletico went and paid out like he was putting up Haaland numbers. He made 9 appearances in Europe that season and scored 3 goals, all in 1 game vs 10 man Eintract Frankfurt. 8 other games he was shit, Benfica with one of the biggest heists in modern football.
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Felix not performing in a Simeone Atleico tells us nothing at all about how he would perform in a Pep City team. If we bought him we would be relying on Pep and Txiki's judgement. I'm happy to do that as it's pretty good.
 
blueparrot said:
Felix not performing in a Simeone Atleico tells us nothing at all about how he would perform in a Pep City team. If we bought him we would be relying on Pep and Txiki's judgement. I'm happy to do that as it's pretty good.
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It speaks to him not handling the step up in quality from Portugese to Spanish league. And it shows his lack of adaptability.
When have we signed someone under Pep who struggled somewhere but has come and been good for us?
 
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