Nico González

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Goaters said:
What a great signing this is!

A tall, powerful and energetic player, with a good passing range who loves a tackle.

I think his addition will make the others around him perform better.

ederson,
Reis,
Dias,
Khusanov,
Gvardiol,
Rodri,
Gonzalez,
phil,
Savinho,
Haaland
Marmoush

That’s a young team with a shed load of desire going forward!
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Agree he might boost the players around him, that's one of Rodri's great strengths. We seem to be in a confidence crisis at the moment with multiple players lacking confidence/concentration giving the ball away needlessly.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I don’t think it’s a panic buy, but for me is he better than what we have and will he push us onto the next level? A bit like with the unproven centre backs I’m not convinced.

I’d argue if everyone’s fit and in form he doesn’t get into the strongest midfield. Looks a good player, but I’m not sure
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We currently don't have a strong midfield, why the defense looks so shit
 
Haaland94 said:
We are paying for potential. Khusanov, Reis, and Gonzalez are not better than what we have (although Khusanov and Gonzalez are close), but the idea is that they will become better than what we have.

That's what we have done historically with the majority of our players.
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Gonzalez isn't better than our OAP midfield? Are you joking.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
I think he represents a player, much like Declan Rice, who can play the 6, but with another DM playing, can be the 8. That versatility will allow him and Rodri to both develop and complement each other, with the bonus of having two top DMs for the games where we need two in there.

It seems Pep has settled on the 4-4-2 set up for now, and the two middle midfielders are key to releasing both the wide midfielders and the FBs.

Hate to say it, but in a world where we all felt like we stole £42M for Palmer, €60M seems chump change for that kind of YOUNG player!
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Most of us felt the fee was really good for Palmer. In hindsight we know better. But we made a mint on Alvarez and were then left with a hole in the squad.

You live and learn. I don't expect the club to make the same mistakes again.
 
Mcfcok1971 said:
We currently don't have a strong midfield, why the defense looks so shit
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Nail : Head.

Pep's defenses are never built with the thought that the midfield will be so poor at maintaining control of the ball.
Our midfield being so poor this season is one of the main reasons why our defense looks so shit.
The players a Pep team buys as defenders aren't the type of defenders who are going to look great when they are constantly exposed in the way they have been this season.
 
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