Seriously though, who had honestly ever heard of Akanji?

Signed some unknown Belgian lad around the same time.
Yes, he did okay didn't he!
Thinking back, I seem to remember the City fans taking a little while to take to take to the unknown Belgian and Argentinian defenders, but we certainly took to them didn't we!
If Akanji has even half the impact either of those 2 had?. That is a pretty big ask though in truth though isn't it!
 
Yes, he did okay didn't he!
Thinking back, I seem to remember the City fans taking a little while to take to take to the unknown Belgian and Argentinian defenders, but we certainly took to them didn't we!
If Akanji has even half the impact either of those 2 had?. That is a pretty big ask though in truth though isn't it!
A quarter of what they did and I'll be fucking happy
 
I have seen quite a bit of him and he is prone to errors or at least concentration lapses. Thankfully we've not seen any of that so far, but I do think it's still in him. He was 4th choice at Dortmund for a reason.

Judge a player after a season rather than a few games.
All centre halves make mistakes.
 
Never heard of him and because he has a few caps for Switzerland its hardly a ringing endorsement , can only judge on his performamces for us and he has slotted in with no drama , but very early days and at the moment but he has potential
We have some difficult games coming up the Rags , Dippers and Goons if he is picked this will be the acid test , unfortunately for him if Stones/Ake and Dias are fit they should be first choice.
Disappointed Ake was left on the bench for the last few games he has been our best defender this season but maybe he is carrying a knock hence Akanji starting games
 
Never heard of him and because he has a few caps for Switzerland its hardly a ringing endorsement , can only judge on his performamces for us and he has slotted in with no drama , but very early days and at the moment but he has potential
We have some difficult games coming up the Rags , Dippers and Goons if he is picked this will be the acid test , unfortunately for him if Stones/Ake and Dias are fit they should be first choice.
Disappointed Ake was left on the bench for the last few games he has been our best defender this season but maybe he is carrying a knock hence Akanji starting games
The Swiss are ranked 16th in the world and only have 8.5m population.

Dortmund don’t buy many mugs either.
 
The Swiss are ranked 16th in the world and only have 8.5m population.

Dortmund don’t buy many mugs either.
No doubt , can't say ive ever tried to watch the Swiss national team in action or a fan of the Bundesliga hence i have never heard of him , i bow to your greater knowledge on this one , never thought Switzerland were that highly ranked either to be fair and Dortmund always appear to find a rough diamond and develop them into big money transfers
 
Same here. He was made the scapegoat at Dortmund for a lot of their defeats

That said, the Dortmund midfield for the last couple of seasons have provided no defensive cover for the back four - any defender is going to get exposed regularly playing for them.

Our system suits his abilities. Another great bit of business by Pep.
What?!?
Dortmund have got Bellingham in midfield, and not only is he great, but he's also English - and only 17!
 
No doubt , can't say ive ever tried to watch the Swiss national team in action or a fan of the Bundesliga hence i have never heard of him , i bow to your greater knowledge on this one , never thought Switzerland were that highly ranked either to be fair and Dortmund always appear to find a rough diamond and develop them into big money transfers
They did pretty well in the Nations League recently and qualify for WCs and ECs more often than not.

I hadn’t spotted him as a major talent. It might be time to hang up my scouting binoculars.

Think my neighbours are onto me anyway.
 

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