Mehdi Benatia

Corky was merely making the observation that no matter who or how obscure a potential transfer target, there always seems to be more than few experts on hand to tell us how great/average/shit they are. It's the same with the academy. We have people telling us nearly everyone in there is going to be ' special', yet we've not produced anyone special for years!
 
he will be a decent player no doubt its making the step to the EPL that will tell us how good he is

However Serie A has always been a league that produces top defenders so if this is whom the club wants and can do a decent job then more than happy although Roma will try and take us to the cleaners
 
adrianr said:
Corky was merely making the observation that no matter who or how obscure a potential transfer target, there always seems to be more than few experts on hand to tell us how great/average/shit they are. It's the same with the academy. We have people telling us nearly everyone in there is going to be ' special', yet we've not produced anyone special for years!
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its a football forum people watch football.it comes to sumat when people cant voice an opinion first the spell police now the you cant have an opinion unless you have watched the player play every game in there career get real!
 
corky1970 said:
birchwoodgingerste said:
pudge & rodge said:
Agreed but surely they are one and the same?
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The sad thing is you having to single people out.
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I play FIFA , I play football manager, I watch sky sports , I watch foreign football, I watch a lot of games , never heard of the lad ....either I'm brain dead and miss any news about him or I'm normal and don't believe in the fantasies of some posters on here who apparently have been to every match he's played since he was six years old

Does my head in
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I agree with you about the so called experts but Benatia is rated an 86 on Fifa :)
 
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Benatia se rapproche de City

Déçu de ne pas avoir été augmenté par la Roma, Mehdi Benatia serait proche de trouver un accord avec Manchester City. Une offre conséquente pourrait convaincre le club italien de lâcher son défenseur.

Comme révélé dans L’Equipe le 17 mai, Manchester City serait toujours le club le mieux placé pour recruter Mehdi Benatia (27 ans), le défenseur central de l’AS Rome (sous contrat jusqu’en juin 2018). Même si certains éléments restent à régler, un accord entre les deux parties serait ainsi proche d’être trouvé. Joint mercredi soir, l’agent de l’international marocain a toutefois refusé de confirmer l’information. Alors que Chelsea a également tenté d’accélérer en début de semaine les discussions autour du joueur formé à l’OM, l’AS Rome refuserait d’envisager, pour le moment, le départ de l’un de ses cadres même si une offre conséquente pourrait infléchir sa position.
 
Benatia approximates City

Disappointed not to have been increased by the Roma, Mehdi Benatia would be close to an agreement with Manchester City. A substantial offer could convince the Italian club to drop his defender.

As revealed in Team 17 May, Manchester City would always be the best placed club to recruit Mehdi Benatia (27 years), central defender AS Roma (under contract until June 2018). While some elements remain to be an agreement between the two parties would be close to being found. Joint Wednesday night, agent Moroccan international has however refused to confirm the information. While Chelsea also tried to accelerate earlier this week discussions around the player formed OM Roma refuse to consider, for the moment, the departure of one of its executives even if an offer consequent could change its position.
 
So, Benatia's agent is encouraging us and we know what personal terms he wants and are willing to meet them, but no closer really to an agreement with Roma.
I think Garcia might be a good makeweight here, as much as I'd like to keep him, the non-homegrown spots are going to be filled by more important players.
 
Having not seen much Italian football since it disappeared of channel 4 a few years ago, what sort of player is Benatia? Its obviously going to be a big fee were going to pay so just wondering what type of player we will be getting.

I ask because I have seen a bit of Mangala and never been overly impressed. Looks like another CB with mistakes in him who just loves charging forward with the ball. Is Benatia a cert partner for Vinnie of we sign him?
 
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dctid said:
he will be a decent player no doubt its making the step to the EPL that will tell us how good he is

However Serie A has always been a league that produces top defenders so if this is whom the club wants and can do a decent job then more than happy although Roma will try and take us to the cleaners
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Savic
 
willipp said:
Having not seen much Italian football since it disappeared of channel 4 a few years ago, what sort of player is Benatia? Its obviously going to be a big fee were going to pay so just wondering what type of player we will be getting.

I ask because I have seen a bit of Mangala and never been overly impressed. Looks like another CB with mistakes in him who just loves charging forward with the ball. Is Benatia a cert partner for Vinnie of we sign him?
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Benatia is quick, athletic and strong, he'll need a bit of bedding in time with Vinny as they both like to be the aggressive decisive centre half but once that is done they'll be formidable playing in a high line together, he's very composed as well although his long passing isn't as good as VK's when he does get the space.
 
aguero93:20 said:
willipp said:
Having not seen much Italian football since it disappeared of channel 4 a few years ago, what sort of player is Benatia? Its obviously going to be a big fee were going to pay so just wondering what type of player we will be getting.

I ask because I have seen a bit of Mangala and never been overly impressed. Looks like another CB with mistakes in him who just loves charging forward with the ball. Is Benatia a cert partner for Vinnie of we sign him?
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Benatia is quick, athletic and strong, he'll need a bit of bedding in time with Vinny as they both like to be the aggressive decisive centre half but once that is done they'll be formidable playing in a high line together, he's very composed as well although his long passing isn't as good as VK's when he does get the space.
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Brilliant thanks. Pace is definitely something we need, if those two formed a class partnership we would be extremely difficult to beat next season.
 
Will have been mentioned but is he another player we are going to lose for 4-6 weeks for the AFCON?

I know we have adequate cover with DeMichelis but if VK and Benatia were to form a formidable partnership he would be a big loss

If Yaya was to stay, would he be another to dissapear or do we think he is going to retire from International football?

Would be grim to lose them both especially in such important positions
 
He would be, He's French born with a Moroccan father and Algerian mother. He opted to play for Morocco. A couple of years ago, I'd have said Yaya will probably retire from international football, but now I doubt he ever will.
 
chris85mcfc said:
Will have been mentioned but is he another player we are going to lose for 4-6 weeks for the AFCON?

I know we have adequate cover with DeMichelis but if VK and Benatia were to form a formidable partnership he would be a big loss

If Yaya was to stay, would he be another to dissapear or do we think he is going to retire from International football?

Would be grim to lose them both especially in such important positions
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Yaya has spoken of retiring from internationals after the world cup so if he stays there's hope he won't go but Benatia is Morocco's best cb so yes we'd lose him, should be alright with MDM and Nasty though, I think it's more important to get to a place where we have the quality to rotate properly throughout December because the problems been fatigue as much as losing players at that time of year. Adherence to a particular style (MP's system) and decent squad depth should mean we're less reliant on individuals than we have been in the past, started to see signs of that with Nasri, Silva, Yaya, Kun and Vinny missing games last season, we still kept winning.
 
Bruun said:
25m £ for a 27 year old, or 35m £ for a 22 year old with bags of potential.
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The thing is, we have two young lads with bags of potential already in Rekik and Nastasic. I've watched Mangala four times this season and thought he was good in one, okay in two and absolutely shit in the biggest game of them all.

I've watched Benatia about a dozen times and thought he was good every time.
 
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