Welcome Sergio Gomez | Joins on a four-year deal

[KS55]

STOP PRESS
At the official signing, Txiki wore a sky blue T shirt.
Has he lost the jumper? We should be told if there is any significance in this astonishing move. Gutted.

 

[simon23]

Half expecting we'll see him at LB with cancelo played in front of him in a free role of sorts at some point

We could also see him on the left and cancello as right back ........As brilliant as Walker is his one slight weakness is his attacking ability.....I know he has worked at it and its improved but its still not as good as I think Pep would like at times...

With Cancello at right back an Gomez left back we have two truly attacking fullbacks.....

We might see this against teams who play a real low block or dont have that much pace on the counter attack and therefore we can get away with not having Walker's pace to cover.

 

[Gigant]

Having him in the squad ,now can play with the back 3 :bigsmile:

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[eversince 76]

What have people said that is unrealistic? All I have seen is people excited by his signing & rightly so, also I don’t think anybody has said he’s better than Zinchenko however you have just said he isn’t, how do you know he isn’t?

And nobody said Cucarella is the world's best left back.

You tube highlights. From the Belgium league. For starters.

And he doesn’t need to be better than Zinchenko. He needs to be better than Cancelo or JWE. If he wants to bake minutes.

We all agree we want him to succeed. The talent is there for sure. But it’s a really big step. That’s why I say let’s be a bit realistic.

 

[blueinsa]

Comes across as a really nice bloke and I hope he goes on to become an important player for us.

Welcome Sergio.

 

[borassic]

Zaba was on a different planet to the other 3.

Not disputing that one but hit proof this signing could be another Zaba!

 

[grim up north]

Half expecting we'll see him at LB with cancelo played in front of him in a free role of sorts at some point

I’m fully expecting that will never happen

 

[hilts]

Why 4yr deal???

5 was too long and 3 wasn't enough.

 

[yeseye]

Having him in the squad ,now can play with the back 3 :bigsmile:

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Concept

So we will bench the likes of Gundo, Grealish , Foden & Mahrez to squeeze this kid into the team along with a player who by all accounts is desperate to leave?

 

[hilts]

Having him in the squad ,now can play with the back 3 :bigsmile:

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I am very confident we will never see either.