Josko Gvardiol

[goalmole]

r/soccer has a thread about City's interest in Gvardiol. These are literally the latest comments there ...

football is kill (again)
As a Croat, this is heartbreaking ...
City just replace one huge signing with another it’s obscene
City needs to go away.
Fuck this man
This is the greed they talk about in the bible
Damn they're buying another cyborg
Oh piss off you already have the best squad around
de bruyne has already hurt me enough, don’t do this
Go away man
Gvardiola

and from a United fan:
The day after winning the treble City are going in for one of the most promising CB’s in the world, yet after watching them win a treble we’re getting linked to Jordan Pickford
Just about sums it up really

Let them suck it up while we drink it in.

 

[vicblueman]

I thought we were still in post-season.

These internationals shouldn't be happening now .
All Players should be resting after a long hard season ,due to a world cup taking place in the middle of the season has well.

 

[Sergio16]

Saliba?

Nope I stand by the fact it’s Gvardiol, he did so well at the World Cup and is more versatile, he really is beyond perfect for the system, a quick ball playing left footed CB who has played LB a lot is immense.

 

[Sergio16]

The more I think about it the more signing a player like this is giving me a hard on. We've just won the treble with a solid defence and then we sign this guy. With haaland up top and the addition of a few more wel be beating teams in the tunnel next season

I really hope people don’t take this guy for granted, he really is the Bellingham of defenders.

 

[blueparrot]

Is he really that fast to handle quick wingers?...saw around 8 games this season from RBL & i would guess he`s faster than Dias/Laporte but slower than Ake/Akanji...perhaps level of Stones?

Full backs or centre backs playing full back don’t need to be that quick the way we have been playing they don’t overlap and they don’t stray that far forward.

 

[1Basti]

Full backs or centre backs playing full back don’t need to be that quick the way we have been playing they don’t overlap and they don’t stray that far forward.

idk...you need speed to defend fast wingers...Ake had to defend saka,rice,coman etc & Akanji rodrygo/Walker Vini etc

 

[blueparrot]

idk...you need speed to defend fast wingers...Ake had to defend saka,rice,coman etc & Akanji rodrygo/Walker Vini etc

Yes but Ake and Akanji did it using positioning and strength not pace. Walker obviously had pace against Vinicius but I’d say Stones would do it differently to Walker but just as effectively.

 

[RayCTID]

It is still a dangerous game with not having speed in defence.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

It is still a dangerous game with not having speed in defence.

Akanjis quick so is stones

 

[Paul1970]

Who is the better priced backup??

No idea mate but I’d imagine pep will have one .