Thiago Almada

ADegenerate said:
There you are Les. Was about to @ you to pipe in. Feel like sharing a few more thought? Know that’s your boy.

Heard him compared favorably to Tevez.
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He’s a very purposeful balanced downhill runner, quick feet dribbler that allows him to get in and out of tight spaces. Great passer, has a great long chip pass in his bag from the middle of the pitch. Works his ass off when he does lose the ball. I’m working on a more long form article and will probably podcast when the deal is confirmed as well.
 
Another one if signed would just about scrape into club trained in three years that is if we sign him and he is good enough. Nothing to lose with these signings.
 
Rammyblues said:
Another one if signed would just about scrape into club trained in three years that is if we sign him and he is good enough. Nothing to lose with these signings.
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Would be great, but he would have to stay 3 years at City to become HG, not on foreign loan at Sporting.
Born in April 2001 he has time til summer 2022 to become HG (end of season he turns 21).

Then we have the work permit situation again. That's why he probably would have to go on foreign loan, sadly.
Anyway, City will be prepared after the negative experience with Douglas Luiz.
Let's see.
 
Is Velez the one that took us to CAS over Garre?
Not surprised they’re not rolling over
 
Piecing together bits in the foreign press and other boards, it seems that Velez Sarsfield have to pay a large chunk of any fee in tax (20%?), which is why they are trying to drive an even higher fee, and his manager, Gabriel Heinze (yes that one), has been whispering ‘stay, stay, you are too young to go’ in his ear as well. Meanwhile, Lisbon fans seem to think it is done and that we’re buying him 100%, then selling 50% to them, but they’re not sure at what rate we’ll buy that 50% back in two year’s time. Might have that all wrong. :-)
 
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Keeper! said:
Your so wrong.

Maradona won a Serie A with a very average side, he won the World Cup with a decent side.

Maradona was magnificent.
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He's not wrong.
Maradona was magnificent 30+ years ago but the game, the fitness levels, the pace, etc has changed. The fact is, nobody will ever know if Maradona would standout as being "magnificent" and a better player than Messi if he was playing today.
Personality I don't think he would, but that's just an opinion.
 
jayfx said:
He's not wrong.
Maradona was magnificent 30+ years ago but the game, the fitness levels, the pace, etc has changed. The fact is, nobody will ever know if Maradona would standout as being "magnificent" and a better player than Messi if he was playing today.
Personality I don't think he would, but that's just an opinion.
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Maradona would have benefitted from modern fitness training, dietary & tactical regimes than weren't available to him in the 70s, 80s & 90s.

In respect of the best players I've ever seen, it has to be:

1. Maradona
2. Messi

I couldn't see a team turning their nose up at either..
 
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