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And we would have said - so you must really miss Naby and Ox such that you would be happy signing another injury prone player like Tyler Adams.
And what if someone says to you now Adams + Sangare + Inacio?
Yes! Absolute fucking steal at around €15m from the little I've seen of him.
Or Brighton…
He is worth €50m+ really good MF destroyer, on par with Ugarte
He's 28. There is zero chance
I thought this guy had 2 loan spells and proved to be a bit ordinary.
With 33-year-old Jay Spearing returning to Liverpool in a new player-coach role this summer, those within the club believe he can “make a real difference.”
Spearing has signed a new deal with the Reds following the expiry of his contract with Tranmere, but he has not arrived as an addition to the first-team squad.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2022/...r-coach-role-explained-return-was-no-brainer/
All starting to make sense now.
Spearing has signed a new deal with the Reds following the expiry of his contract with Tranmere, but he has not arrived as an addition to the first-team squad.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2022/...r-coach-role-explained-return-was-no-brainer/
All starting to make sense now.
€60million release clause
Martin Zubimendi is the Gen-Z Sergio Busquets at the heart of Real Sociedad’s midfield
Xavi hails Real Sociedad midfielder: Zubimendi's an extraordinary pivot
[article]The Barça coach has praised the La Real midfielder and made it very clear that he sees him as capable of integrating into the azulgrana's style of play. "Zubimendi is an extraordinary pivot. He dominates the game, the moments with and without the ball. He wins duels, he is an extraordinary player in that position. He understands the model we like at Barça," he stated. [/article]
Real Sociedad’s Martín Zubimendi: ‘Xabi Alonso is an idol, a role model’
[article]Former Premier League midfielder Xabi Alonso, who coached Zubimendi as a youngster, had previously spoken highly of him: “Martín’s a player all coaches would want. He’s generous, he always thinks more about his teammates than himself. He has that ability to generate play, to make those around him better, always offering solutions; to improve the move. He understands what the next step is before the ball gets to him. He has that ability to organise, the axis. I loved working with him.”[/article]
Martín Zubimendi: The Real Sociedad Midfielder Finding Stardom in Simplicity
[article]When compared against defensive and central midfielders since the start of last season, Zubimendi ranks in the top five players in La Liga for both duel (62%) and aerial duel (71%) win percentage.[/article]
[article]Since the start of last term, Zubimendi has completed 86% of his passes in La Liga, with an average of 51 attempts per 90. In a comparison among defensive and central midfielders in this period, it’s enough to put Zubimendi in the upper-right quadrant – the sweet spot of players who are both above-average in their activity as a passer and in their efficiency in doing so.
The 23-year-old has always been a tidy mover of the ball. That much was clear from his first season. And quite frankly, it’s no surprise for a player who has made it this this far having developed at Zubieta, where his coach in the B team was Xabi Alonso – the man who Zubimendi credits for his understanding of building play from the back. With the passing of the seasons, this education has been thrust against the realities of football at the top level, with lessons learned along the way but reinforced on the other side.
All of which leads us to the present version of Zubimendi: a player moulded in a specific technical form by a thorough education, who has now lived through and understands what it means to apply it in the most competitive scenarios.
After a century of games, he now plays with a composure that isn’t hurried by difficult periods of matches or the quality of opposition. It’s the combination of technical and mental skills to know that the most basic pass might be the best one in the moment, or even, deciding that a movement that doesn’t present him as a receiver of a pass might be more beneficial to the team’s possession. It’s the things that Vicente del Bosque previously referred to – the almost undetectable acts that the pivote leaves on a game.
For Zubimendi, whose trajectory as a player has been ascendant for three consecutive seasons, his next impending development will revolve around the variety of his passing. At the moment, he falls into the ‘sensible’ category rather than ‘determining’ as a distributor, although perhaps that’s tied to the reality of the position. What is clear, however, is that there’s some room for growth in his passing responsibilities – the type that could take him up a further level yet.
In typically attentive fashion, Zubimendi is aware of it and already in the process of diversifying his intentions. Since 2019-20, his first season with notable minutes, the percentage of his passes that are played forward has climbed in each of his four campaigns in La Liga. In the current season, over a third of Zubimendi’s passes are now being played forward (35%); the highest rate of any defensive or central midfielder with at least 500 minutes played.[/article]
Martin Zubimendi is the Gen-Z Sergio Busquets at the heart of Real Sociedad’s midfield
Xavi hails Real Sociedad midfielder: Zubimendi's an extraordinary pivot
[article]The Barça coach has praised the La Real midfielder and made it very clear that he sees him as capable of integrating into the azulgrana's style of play. "Zubimendi is an extraordinary pivot. He dominates the game, the moments with and without the ball. He wins duels, he is an extraordinary player in that position. He understands the model we like at Barça," he stated. [/article]
Real Sociedad’s Martín Zubimendi: ‘Xabi Alonso is an idol, a role model’
[article]Former Premier League midfielder Xabi Alonso, who coached Zubimendi as a youngster, had previously spoken highly of him: “Martín’s a player all coaches would want. He’s generous, he always thinks more about his teammates than himself. He has that ability to generate play, to make those around him better, always offering solutions; to improve the move. He understands what the next step is before the ball gets to him. He has that ability to organise, the axis. I loved working with him.”[/article]
Martín Zubimendi: The Real Sociedad Midfielder Finding Stardom in Simplicity
[article]When compared against defensive and central midfielders since the start of last season, Zubimendi ranks in the top five players in La Liga for both duel (62%) and aerial duel (71%) win percentage.[/article]
[article]Since the start of last term, Zubimendi has completed 86% of his passes in La Liga, with an average of 51 attempts per 90. In a comparison among defensive and central midfielders in this period, it’s enough to put Zubimendi in the upper-right quadrant – the sweet spot of players who are both above-average in their activity as a passer and in their efficiency in doing so.
The 23-year-old has always been a tidy mover of the ball. That much was clear from his first season. And quite frankly, it’s no surprise for a player who has made it this this far having developed at Zubieta, where his coach in the B team was Xabi Alonso – the man who Zubimendi credits for his understanding of building play from the back. With the passing of the seasons, this education has been thrust against the realities of football at the top level, with lessons learned along the way but reinforced on the other side.
All of which leads us to the present version of Zubimendi: a player moulded in a specific technical form by a thorough education, who has now lived through and understands what it means to apply it in the most competitive scenarios.
After a century of games, he now plays with a composure that isn’t hurried by difficult periods of matches or the quality of opposition. It’s the combination of technical and mental skills to know that the most basic pass might be the best one in the moment, or even, deciding that a movement that doesn’t present him as a receiver of a pass might be more beneficial to the team’s possession. It’s the things that Vicente del Bosque previously referred to – the almost undetectable acts that the pivote leaves on a game.
For Zubimendi, whose trajectory as a player has been ascendant for three consecutive seasons, his next impending development will revolve around the variety of his passing. At the moment, he falls into the ‘sensible’ category rather than ‘determining’ as a distributor, although perhaps that’s tied to the reality of the position. What is clear, however, is that there’s some room for growth in his passing responsibilities – the type that could take him up a further level yet.
In typically attentive fashion, Zubimendi is aware of it and already in the process of diversifying his intentions. Since 2019-20, his first season with notable minutes, the percentage of his passes that are played forward has climbed in each of his four campaigns in La Liga. In the current season, over a third of Zubimendi’s passes are now being played forward (35%); the highest rate of any defensive or central midfielder with at least 500 minutes played.[/article]
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We won't sign one now. Or if we do, it'll be a Melo, Davies, Kabak type signing.
This club is rotting fast. I think FSG are about to feel some real backlash. Only issue is, they probably won't be arsed.
This club is rotting fast. I think FSG are about to feel some real backlash. Only issue is, they probably won't be arsed.
If I see another one of these performance metric charts about some shit cunt I've never heard of I want one that looks like a bullseye on my tombstone, or maybe some pity points for final entry.
So ... do we really need a DM?
Last year, we didn't need midfielders and it was ok! We finished top 6 ...
This year, it's the same ... we have Mac Allister, Gakpo, Slobbers, Elliot, O'Connell, Badger, Thiago and Jones. We're good! Top 6 guaranteed.
Last year, we didn't need midfielders and it was ok! We finished top 6 ...
This year, it's the same ... we have Mac Allister, Gakpo, Slobbers, Elliot, O'Connell, Badger, Thiago and Jones. We're good! Top 6 guaranteed.
Even at our poorest, and we were for the middle 50 per cent of the match, we drew with Chelsea at home.
We could have won this game had Salah’s goal not been ruled offside but once Chelsea had figured out that our flanks weren’t as vulnerable as widely predicted, they proceeded through the centre. And that’s when you saw Gakpo’s misfitting which disjointed the whole team and we all know what happens when even one tooth of the cog goes missing. To be fair to Klopp, he did change and we improved a bit but we had let the other team back into the game.
Sometimes it’s about best using what you have; yesterday we didn’t — Gakpo instead of Jones in midfield, for example— taking us back to the same errors as at the beginning of and, to be sure, most last last season.
We could have won this game had Salah’s goal not been ruled offside but once Chelsea had figured out that our flanks weren’t as vulnerable as widely predicted, they proceeded through the centre. And that’s when you saw Gakpo’s misfitting which disjointed the whole team and we all know what happens when even one tooth of the cog goes missing. To be fair to Klopp, he did change and we improved a bit but we had let the other team back into the game.
Sometimes it’s about best using what you have; yesterday we didn’t — Gakpo instead of Jones in midfield, for example— taking us back to the same errors as at the beginning of and, to be sure, most last last season.
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