Welcome Kayky!

[LongsightM13]

based on?

Nothing more really than the club making a point of announcing Kayky’s signing but not that of Metinho.

 

[IT and Me]

I've just heard his surname is Dee?

I hope he doesn't end up breaking our heart.

He couldn’t if he tried!

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

"He has played in central midfield" and "He is actually a central midfielder" are 2 very different things.
Not as objectively factual as you are making out.
Gabriel Jesus was the main man in a League title win. Moreno was a "super" sub / rotation option in a league and cup win. Not comparable.

BTW only one country in South America actually speaks Portuguese.

and yes he did say that...

He called him “the standout revelation of South American football”, "Sensational" and suggested the difference in fees between Moreno and Jesus was down to a "Brazilian premium".

He's a tweet to similar effect:

Yes I know that, not sure why you felt the need to point that out. He also speaks Spanish.

I read the statement that he is actually a central midfielder as indicating that he had spoken to a contact at the club or within the professional game. Not that he watched the TV himself and decided "this player is more of a midfielder"

Brazilian club football is the richest league, and the biggest Brazilian clubs are much richer than Columbian clubs. There undoubtedly would be a premium attached anyway.

I don't see it as particularly important that he might have made a brain fart about who was the best youth player. Lots of youth players fail to fulfil their potential, making a prediction about who will be better is a difficult thing to do.

As I said, he isn't a scout. Therefore I wouldn't take his opinion on a player's potential as gospel, but from my point of view he is interesting to read or listen to.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Nothing more really than the club making a point of announcing Kayky’s signing but not that of Metinho.

Copied this:
City Football Group will pay a fee of €5 million plus add-ons to the Brazilian club, where Metinho will remain until 2022.

Fluminense are also expected to retain a certain percentage of any future sale of the young midfielder. Recent reports from Brazilian outlet UOL have also suggested that upon leaving Fluminense, Metinho will join City Football Group club ES Troyes AC, in the French second division.

 

[applecentral]

My word I have just watched a 5 min video off Kayleigh. I understand you have to balance what he does pro rata to the skill level these moments of magic. But trust me if you haven’t watched him, you should. His skill set is mesmerising for such a young player.
I don’t like to stereotype but when you watch him you can’t help think of Messi, with his wand of a left foot destroying the opposition.

 

[applecentral]

Kayke.

Bloody predictive text lol

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Copied this:
City Football Group will pay a fee of €5 million plus add-ons to the Brazilian club, where Metinho will remain until 2022.

Fluminense are also expected to retain a certain percentage of any future sale of the young midfielder. Recent reports from Brazilian outlet UOL have also suggested that upon leaving Fluminense, Metinho will join City Football Group club ES Troyes AC, in the French second division.

Good place for him to make the adjustment and step-up, I think. Just had a look at him online and he seems to be mostly a marking specialist but can play the ball forward with a raking pass from the base of midfield.

Better physical attributes than Douglas Luiz showed at Vasco at similar age but more limited technical ability.

Not sure if he is intended as a revenue making CFG signing or a long-term prospect for the 1st team. Worth the punnt though.

 

[kun]

Yes I know that, not sure why you felt the need to point that out. He also speaks Spanish.

I read the statement that he is actually a central midfielder as indicating that he had spoken to a contact at the club or within the professional game. Not that he watched the TV himself and decided "this player is more of a midfielder"

Brazilian club football is the richest league, and the biggest Brazilian clubs are much richer than Columbian clubs. There undoubtedly would be a premium attached anyway.

I don't see it as particularly important that he might have made a brain fart about who was the best youth player. Lots of youth players fail to fulfil their potential, making a prediction about who will be better is a difficult thing to do.

As I said, he isn't a scout. Therefore I wouldn't take his opinion on a player's potential as gospel, but from my point of view he is interesting to read or listen to.

Fair enough. I am sure he is a decent enough journalist.
If someone from the club had told him Kayky was a CM then surely he would have mentioned that fact? Smells like speculation to me.

All I am saying is not to treat his opinions as anything more than the opinion of a random journalist.
Whenever a PL or top European club sign a player from South America, every TV station seem to trip over themselves trying to amplify this guys opinion and massage his ego as THE South American expert. He's about as knowledgeable of South American football as Piers Morgan is of English football.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Fair enough. I am sure he is a decent enough journalist.
If someone from the club had told him Kayky was a CM then surely he would have mentioned that fact? Smells like speculation to me.

All I am saying is not to treat his opinions as anything more than the opinion of a random journalist.
Whenever a PL or top European club sign a player from South America, every TV station seem to trip over themselves trying to amplify this guys opinion and massage his ego as THE South American expert. He's about as knowledgeable of South American football as Piers Morgan is of English football.

Does Piers Morgan have columns in football magazines and football websites?

Behave!

Here he is talking to @twosips before his own channel blew up. A lot of sensible stuff said there.

 

[kinky's boots]

This is the guy I want...

Tend to forget about Shauny. Incredible player, but the Chelsea experience ruined him :( I remember watching him at 16? years old at Hyde park against United. We got beaten I think but he was easily the best player on the park. Also one of the only matches I attended with my dad :/