Jorginho

[richards30]

https://www.football-italia.net/todayspapers/122284

thank you mate. i would imagine that this deal has gone too far down the line now though surely?

 

[MillionDollarDream]

thank you mate. i would imagine that this deal has gone too far down the line now though surely?

 

[Tez Tosterone]

thank you mate. i would imagine that this deal has gone too far down the line now though surely?

No. I don’t think so.

Quite the opposite.

Ancelotti has reportedly told ADL he doesn’t want Jorginho to leave Napoli.

 

[MillionDollarDream]

This is the blocked context. Isn’t that offer old news?

 

[richards30]

This is the blocked context. Isn’t that offer old news?

doh!

 

[MillionDollarDream]

Yea looks like the papers are just running with ADL conforming the first offer.
Then there’s this:

So I would think our next offer will be this, this week or next to close the deal.

 

[vmsuhail]

Seemingly we did well, but when you look at it things could have easily gone the other way. Look at the games won late. Bournemouth away, Huddersfield away, West Ham at home, Southampton both home and away. That is 15 points won, but we could easily say that on another day it might have ended in draws which would mean us getting only 5 points and dropping 10. We shouldn't just say just because we won them it's going to be alright. We need to break the opposition down quicker.

That's true. But, we are adding Mahrez who will add more trickery, a fit Mendy will fire in great crosses and Bernardo will be another settled player. It's a scary prospect for the opposition. Defensively we need someone to take the load from Dinho, and eventually replace him in a couple of years. So, it's vital we get this one right.

 

[Dribble]

I've been watching full Napoli games the last few days when listening to various podcasts. I've watched 4 games vs Lazio, 1 vs Torino and 1 vs Crotone. Obviously fully concentrating on Jorginho

• His passing is clearly excellent and extremely progressive. Will be huge vs parked buses. We will play even more beautiful football at times, which is hard to imagine.

However...

• His defensive ability in terms of winning duels is very, very bad. I don't expect a Regista to be particularly good at winning duels but honestly I'm quite shocked at just how bad he is here. Too many times you think he's favourite to win a tackle but he somehow manages to lose it. He also often struggles to complete interceptions, tho he isn't called upon to make them that much - whether this is due to him being too slow to make up the ground or his cutting off of passing lanes is good as to not need to make them I'm not sure, I'm no expert. Might explain the relatively low fee. If he was better defensively he'd probably be nearer double the price.

I'm not that concerned tbh as I always saw him as a weapon vs parked buses rather than our next 38 PL games a season/permanent DM

Thanks for the assessment. TBH, I've never paid any attention to him until we were linked, so had to ask how good he was to those who knew.

If we are actually in for him, I assume Pep would have seen what you've seen, & I'm also sure he would have seen enough to know he can coach into the player anything that's lacking.

I thought it strange that Fred declined to sign for ManUre last week & said he wanted to wait until after the WC before deciding his next move. He also said talks were still on going with City, so is it to much of a stretch of the imagination to say perhaps both are being considered & Jorginho is more of a replacement for Gundog?

 

[Plain Speaking]

That's true. But, we are adding Mahrez who will add more trickery, a fit Mendy will fire in great crosses and Bernardo will be another settled player. It's a scary prospect for the opposition. Defensively we need someone to take the load from Dinho, and eventually replace him in a couple of years. So, it's vital we get this one right.

We have the most players at the world cup than any other team on the planet. Let's hope we don't get any significant injury blows ahead of next season.

 

[Thorin Oakenshield]

What is happening with Zinchenko? Is he staying? If he stays he our squad will have 22 foreign players meaning (more than likely) will not be in the champions league squad but he could still play in the league.