Didn’t Cancelo get voted in the team of the season at LB last season? I agree maybe we are a bit short, but I also think we go into every season in some way short in a certain area and it’s always turned out ok so far.
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OntarioBlue
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Hahah, he played against us in our first CL match vs. Liepzig.
He wasn't bad, but not memorable I believe. He does play CB more than LB, but as I mentioned the way Pep utilizes Walker and Cancelo, is to allow them to cut inside and, Walker especially as a hybrid CB.
He loves to get forward, can dribble, whilst having strong vision and passing ability. Oh yeah, and can defend.
Cucurella has been targeted as well, I suspect, being seen as someone who can also play CB in a pseudo back 3.
I've watched Gvordiol a little bit since and you can see why we know Barca, Utd, City and Chelsea have been sniffing around increasingly over the past year.
I know many well regarded scouts and "experts" in football see him as a massive talent:
Josko Gvardiol Scout Report: The Perfect Modern Defender
Josko Gvardiol scout report is the definitive analysis on how supremely talented the young defender is for club and countrywww.foottheball.com
https://understat.com/player/9790 - here you can see how good he is in buildup, something Pep values tremendously, we know.
I know its always en vogue to make fun of scouting via YouToube videos (just like none of our fans did when we signed Alvarez wink wink)
But you can get a sense of how he plays here and why you can see we would target him:
I was at the Leipzig game but don’t remember him. Thanks for the info
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I remember when mendy got accused someone said the left back spot is going to haunt us and nearly a year later no change!
I think it would have been perfect transfer window had we not sold zinchenko. No LB needed. But they created this mess by selling zinchenko ,which was , in my opinion, a miscalculation
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birchwoodgingerste
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Thing is why would we let him go if we werent intending to buy someone.like someone said theres still time hopefully be sorted soon.
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It isn’t a mess though is it. If we are were we are in 4 weeks it may be but it’s not now. Zinchenko wanted to go and even before he did we were looking for a specialist left back so nothings changed.
We don't know if zinchenko wanted to go. They should have sorted the LB situation before selling zinchenko. In my opinion, they made a miscalculation. Hopefully they sign a LB.
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Of course he did or else he’d still be with us. Zinchenko makes no difference to whether we do or we don’t get a left back. We will, we have 4 weeks to do it.
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I loved Zinchy but know in hindsight 30M for him was good business- I agree the gaping hole at LB gives me pause but I have no doubt we will sort it in some fashion. We simply can't be bullied into throwing an additional 10-15M at a player just because that's what so many try to do to us. Stay the course- read who is available and make the correct and best deal. If the window closes and we have no LB- then it's time to worry.
I don't want us to pay 50mil for cucurella if we don't think he is worth it and I don't blame club for that.
I don't know what happened with zinchenko, I can only speculate. But If they don't sign a LB this season, selling zinchenko is the worst business we could have done ( in this season)