Mateo Kovacic

[DeBlueLou]

 

[yankblue]

Would be a very good signing imo

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Could be a signing similar to that of Gareth Barry. In the sense that you don't really appreciate how good he is until he plays for your team.

At least I hope so.

 

[Gabriel]

A decade with Internazionale, Real Madrid, and Chelsea, 4 Champions League medals and a Europa League medal, it all means nowt when Bluemoon feigns indifference.

 

[Tevez City]

Really going fast... Hopefully signed just after the finals.

After winning the finals hopefully.

 

[DMA's]

He will be perfect playing next to rodri in the 4 2 3 1 formation with kdb in the 10. He has similar dribbling qualities to Bernardo the way he glides past players. Think he is a really good signing personally

 

[Bluemoonie92]

If pep likes him so do I

 

[Tangled up in blue.]

I hope to see him as a highly useful addition to the existing triumvirate (Gundogan, de Bruyne, Bernardo), though hopefully not as a replacement for either of them. When you spend any amount of time watching Kovacic, you soon appreciate that he is actually like a composite of the three midfielders we currently have: he has Gundogan's composure and can dictate the pace of the game; he has Bernardo's close control and that ability to keep the ball in tight positions; and he has de Bruyne's vision and ability to hit runners ahead of him. In that sense, he would be an ideal signing as you could ask him to play any of those three roles and rest and rotate players with no discernible drop off. Another of Kovacic's strengths is that he has the technical ability and nous not to need a year coming to terms with the system, and we desperately need someone that can come into the middle and lift some of the burden from their shoulders in August. Finally, the one thing that Kovacic would offer that those others don't necessarily bring is a degree of physicality, he fairly relishes a tackle, and that means he could also be used in Rodri's role or even in partnership with Phillips, should he stay. Five top players in one midfielder would be pretty good business.

So why are they getting rid

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Trying to beat the Croatian curse by having one in the bag before the CL Final. Nice

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

So why are they getting rid

Have you seen how they're running their football club?