Tiago Ilori - signed.
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Never heard of him. Add that to the fact he'll only cost £4m I'm taking an educated guess he'll be shite.
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plays for sporting's B team without an appearance for the A team - 4M????
born in london, according to this site he has a release clause of 30 million though, its porobably bollocks but if it wasnt 4 mill seems unrealistic doesnt it? not really sure how it works
http://www.footballzz.co.uk/jogador.php?id=79181&%3bepoca_id=141
http://www.footballzz.co.uk/jogador.php?id=79181&%3bepoca_id=141
He has since grown in stature, however, and was particularly impressive in Sporting’s vibrant display, albeit in defeat, against champions-elect Benfica last month. A tall and slender defender, whose gait has been compared with Raphael Varane at Real Madrid, it is Ilori’s speed that really marks him out as a prospect.
Ilori is so quick that he has reportedly broken Sporting speed records in training, even surpassing results set by Ronaldo and Nani during their formative years at the club.
Allied to his pace, Ilori has good aerial ability and – unsurprising given that he started his career as a striker – a decent touch and range of passing. Beyond his physical attributes, Ilori appears to have a steady temperament and the versatility to play anywhere across the back four.
Sporting have been quick to recognise Ilori’s development and, in March, announced that they had extended the player’s contract (which includes a buy-out clause) until 2015.
Portuguese journalist and Sporting expert Tom Kundert believes Os Leaos were wise to do so and that Ilori is a genuine prospect.
“Ilori was thrown in at the deep end and looked a bit nervous. However, he has got better and better and looks like a classy centre-back, rather than a ‘Rambo’ type. More Ricardo Carvalho than John Terry, you could say,” explains Kundert.
Beyond his obvious inexperience, which only games will remedy, perhaps the only real question mark currently against Ilori surrounds his physicality. A classy operator and reader of the game, there are doubts regarding how Ilori would handle a ‘handful’ of a striker in the mould of an Andy Carroll.
Ilori is so quick that he has reportedly broken Sporting speed records in training, even surpassing results set by Ronaldo and Nani during their formative years at the club.
Allied to his pace, Ilori has good aerial ability and – unsurprising given that he started his career as a striker – a decent touch and range of passing. Beyond his physical attributes, Ilori appears to have a steady temperament and the versatility to play anywhere across the back four.
Sporting have been quick to recognise Ilori’s development and, in March, announced that they had extended the player’s contract (which includes a buy-out clause) until 2015.
Portuguese journalist and Sporting expert Tom Kundert believes Os Leaos were wise to do so and that Ilori is a genuine prospect.
“Ilori was thrown in at the deep end and looked a bit nervous. However, he has got better and better and looks like a classy centre-back, rather than a ‘Rambo’ type. More Ricardo Carvalho than John Terry, you could say,” explains Kundert.
Beyond his obvious inexperience, which only games will remedy, perhaps the only real question mark currently against Ilori surrounds his physicality. A classy operator and reader of the game, there are doubts regarding how Ilori would handle a ‘handful’ of a striker in the mould of an Andy Carroll.
He may well be an excellent player but holding up the fact that he simply participated in a good youth performance as evidence of that is about as flimsy as it gets.
Yeah it's exactly what I did there. It's doesn't have anything to do with the fact that he was good.
Also didn't I start by saying he's good, or am I just imagining it?
Anyway it's old news:
http://www.sixcrazyminutes.com/index.php?threads/the-hunt-for-a-defender.31443/#post-919045
You said he was good and then offered his participation in that Next Gen game as some kind of supporting evidence, which doesn't really tell anyone very much.
Anyways, I'm just busting your balls. Forget about it.
If signed, will he be one for the future (again), or can he 'do a Varane'?
A few bob? Did we not have 4m agreed and Utd offered 12m same day?
This doesn't make too much sense. We already have three young CBs in Coates, Kelly and Wisdom who're still on the fringes of the first team. Plus we have the likes of Sama and Jones coming through. Not sure what we'd be achieving by adding one more to the line.
We need someone to oust Agger/Skrtel and replace Carra.
We need someone to oust Agger/Skrtel and replace Carra.
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View: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzc9y5_tiago-ilori-vs-fc-porto_sport#.UZRsjcrSmSw
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We're probably signingas many as 3 centre backs this summer, so one of them are bound to be young.
Coates will leave. Skrtel will leave. Kelly is injury plagued.
The lad looks talented. I like the fact that he's 6"3 and pacey.
I hope to God we sign Papa as our starting CB though, that would be ace.
The Mirror also reporting that we're looking at Douglas on a free transfer.
Coates will leave. Skrtel will leave. Kelly is injury plagued.
The lad looks talented. I like the fact that he's 6"3 and pacey.
I hope to God we sign Papa as our starting CB though, that would be ace.
The Mirror also reporting that we're looking at Douglas on a free transfer.
Tiago Ilori: Everything Liverpool Need To Know About Portugal's Varane
Good on the air, quick and classy on the ball, it's no wonder Liverpool are making eyes at Sporting Lisbon's elegant centreback Tiago Ilori.
Portuguese youth international Tiago Ilori is enjoying a breakthrough season in Lisbon and reportedly attracting interest from European giants Liverpool and Paris St Germain. Here’s how the classy centre-half has helped salvage a terrible season for Sporting Lisbon.
Prior to Jesualdo Ferreira’s appointment as Sporting coach in January, the Lisbon club were enduring one of their worst seasons in recent memory. The club seemed lost: boardroom in-fighting, a managerial merry-go-round and under-performing players shorn of confidence painting the picture of a club bent on self-destruction.
Fortunately for Sporting, who with Porto and Benfica are considered one of the ‘Big Three’ clubs in Portugal, they have their world-renowned academy to fall back on when times are tough.
Where previous managers Sa Pinto and Frankie Vercautern had trusted an under-performing established order, Ferreira placed his faith in the next font of talent bubbling away in the youth ranks. Given the academy’s track record of producing the likes of Luis Figo, Ricardo Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, this was perhaps less of a gamble than it would be at most clubs.
Out of the shadows stepped the likes of England youth international Eric Dier, winger Bruma and the colt-like figure of young defender Tiago Ilori.
Previously unknown to anyone but those following Sporting’s youngsters progress in the Under-19 NextGen series, the hotly-tipped trio quickly made good on their promise and helped the club string a series of impressive results together. Sporting’s poor season now has a silver lining.
Interest in Ilori and his young compadres has skyrocketed – with Portuguese football agents (not associated with the players) speculating, in the soccer daily Record, that their value has quadrupled over recent months. Taking the mean of the agents’ valuations, bidding should now start at €8million for Dier, a cool €11million for Bruma and €7.5million for Ilori.
So, turning our attention purely to centre-back Ilori – is he the real deal?
Born in London to a Nigerian father and Portuguese mother, Ilori joined Sporting’s youth ranks in 2006 and been on their books ever since; though he did spend the 2007-08 season on loan at Estoril.
Much as Sporting’s season has blossomed, so has the 20-year-old with each game he has played for the Green-and-Whites this term.
Although he actually made his Sporting debut back in 2011, Ilori’s first appearance this campaign came in February against struggling Gil Vicente. Ilori marked the occasion by scoring a header, but – although his potential was obvious – he looked raw and a little nervy: a basic mistake also costing his side a goal.
He has since grown in stature, however, and was particularly impressive in Sporting’s vibrant display, albeit in defeat, against champions-elect Benfica last month. A tall and slender defender, whose gait has been compared with Raphael Varane at Real Madrid, it is Ilori’s speed that really marks him out as a prospect.
Ilori is so quick that he has reportedly broken Sporting speed records in training, even surpassing results set by Ronaldo and Nani during their formative years at the club.
Allied to his pace, Ilori has good aerial ability and – unsurprising given that he started his career as a striker – a decent touch and range of passing. Beyond his physical attributes, Ilori appears to have a steady temperament and the versatility to play anywhere across the back four.
Sporting have been quick to recognise Ilori’s development and, in March, announced that they had extended the player’s contract (which includes a buy-out clause) until 2015.
Portuguese journalist and Sporting expert Tom Kundert believes Os Leaos were wise to do so and that Ilori is a genuine prospect.
“Ilori was thrown in at the deep end and looked a bit nervous. However, he has got better and better and looks like a classy centre-back, rather than a ‘Rambo’ type. More Ricardo Carvalho than John Terry, you could say,” explains Kundert.
Beyond his obvious inexperience, which only games will remedy, perhaps the only real question mark currently against Ilori surrounds his physicality. A classy operator and reader of the game, there are doubts regarding how Ilori would handle a ‘handful’ of a striker in the mould of an Andy Carroll.
According to Portuguese daily A Bola, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to bid €2million for Ilori. Before he does, he will need to weigh up whether the player needs another season of senior football under his belt before he is thrust into the rough and tumble of the English Premier League.
Whether Ilori moves this summer or not, it is clear that Sporting’s assembly line is still churning out top-quality footballers and that the speedy defender’s career has burst out of the blocks this season.
by Stephen Gillett
16 May 2013
Good on the air, quick and classy on the ball, it's no wonder Liverpool are making eyes at Sporting Lisbon's elegant centreback Tiago Ilori.
Portuguese youth international Tiago Ilori is enjoying a breakthrough season in Lisbon and reportedly attracting interest from European giants Liverpool and Paris St Germain. Here’s how the classy centre-half has helped salvage a terrible season for Sporting Lisbon.
Prior to Jesualdo Ferreira’s appointment as Sporting coach in January, the Lisbon club were enduring one of their worst seasons in recent memory. The club seemed lost: boardroom in-fighting, a managerial merry-go-round and under-performing players shorn of confidence painting the picture of a club bent on self-destruction.
Fortunately for Sporting, who with Porto and Benfica are considered one of the ‘Big Three’ clubs in Portugal, they have their world-renowned academy to fall back on when times are tough.
Where previous managers Sa Pinto and Frankie Vercautern had trusted an under-performing established order, Ferreira placed his faith in the next font of talent bubbling away in the youth ranks. Given the academy’s track record of producing the likes of Luis Figo, Ricardo Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani, this was perhaps less of a gamble than it would be at most clubs.
Out of the shadows stepped the likes of England youth international Eric Dier, winger Bruma and the colt-like figure of young defender Tiago Ilori.
Previously unknown to anyone but those following Sporting’s youngsters progress in the Under-19 NextGen series, the hotly-tipped trio quickly made good on their promise and helped the club string a series of impressive results together. Sporting’s poor season now has a silver lining.
Interest in Ilori and his young compadres has skyrocketed – with Portuguese football agents (not associated with the players) speculating, in the soccer daily Record, that their value has quadrupled over recent months. Taking the mean of the agents’ valuations, bidding should now start at €8million for Dier, a cool €11million for Bruma and €7.5million for Ilori.
So, turning our attention purely to centre-back Ilori – is he the real deal?
Born in London to a Nigerian father and Portuguese mother, Ilori joined Sporting’s youth ranks in 2006 and been on their books ever since; though he did spend the 2007-08 season on loan at Estoril.
Much as Sporting’s season has blossomed, so has the 20-year-old with each game he has played for the Green-and-Whites this term.
Although he actually made his Sporting debut back in 2011, Ilori’s first appearance this campaign came in February against struggling Gil Vicente. Ilori marked the occasion by scoring a header, but – although his potential was obvious – he looked raw and a little nervy: a basic mistake also costing his side a goal.
He has since grown in stature, however, and was particularly impressive in Sporting’s vibrant display, albeit in defeat, against champions-elect Benfica last month. A tall and slender defender, whose gait has been compared with Raphael Varane at Real Madrid, it is Ilori’s speed that really marks him out as a prospect.
Ilori is so quick that he has reportedly broken Sporting speed records in training, even surpassing results set by Ronaldo and Nani during their formative years at the club.
Allied to his pace, Ilori has good aerial ability and – unsurprising given that he started his career as a striker – a decent touch and range of passing. Beyond his physical attributes, Ilori appears to have a steady temperament and the versatility to play anywhere across the back four.
Sporting have been quick to recognise Ilori’s development and, in March, announced that they had extended the player’s contract (which includes a buy-out clause) until 2015.
Portuguese journalist and Sporting expert Tom Kundert believes Os Leaos were wise to do so and that Ilori is a genuine prospect.
“Ilori was thrown in at the deep end and looked a bit nervous. However, he has got better and better and looks like a classy centre-back, rather than a ‘Rambo’ type. More Ricardo Carvalho than John Terry, you could say,” explains Kundert.
Beyond his obvious inexperience, which only games will remedy, perhaps the only real question mark currently against Ilori surrounds his physicality. A classy operator and reader of the game, there are doubts regarding how Ilori would handle a ‘handful’ of a striker in the mould of an Andy Carroll.
According to Portuguese daily A Bola, Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is ready to bid €2million for Ilori. Before he does, he will need to weigh up whether the player needs another season of senior football under his belt before he is thrust into the rough and tumble of the English Premier League.
Whether Ilori moves this summer or not, it is clear that Sporting’s assembly line is still churning out top-quality footballers and that the speedy defender’s career has burst out of the blocks this season.
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Never heard of him until this thread but I like what I read.
Me too.
No. We tried to sign him the year before United.
If we were to buy him I suspect it would be as a replacement for Coates.
I doubt if he would be expected to come straight into the first team as a replacement for Carra.
Hopefully that will be a more established and acomplished defender
I doubt if he would be expected to come straight into the first team as a replacement for Carra.
Hopefully that will be a more established and acomplished defender
We'd do well to continue to watch and pick players from their production line. Texeira's done well for our U-21s and should be on the cusp of a first team appearance soon, and I was impressed by quite a few of their young players (at least a centreback, pair of fullbacks, a centre/attacking mid and a striker) when they schooled our lads* in the NextLions Cup in Singapore, and then again in the NexGen tournament.
So to be linked with a Sporting Lisbon youth product excites me, even though I know nuts about the kid. They've reportedly rejected a Swansea bid for Eric Dier mentioned in the article.
* our team comprised guys like Dunn, Ibe, Morgan, Lussey, Lloyd Jones, Peterson, McLaughlin, etc.
If he's indeed one for the future (IF we sign him, that is), then I would rather he stay at Sporting Lisbon on loan (with option of a recall). Doesn't do young players like him much help playing in reserves/sitting on the bench. Our previous similar signing, cost up to £5m and looks like heading for a free transfer exit.
This is definitely the way to go.
Are you Yoda??
Ha..
Yoda, I am not.
Portuguese media (O Jogo) claims we have made a bid in the region of €4.2m Tiago IIori plus €800,000 through a series of performance related bonuses.
http://www.ojogo.pt/jornaldodia/interior.aspx?content_id=3252393
http://www.ojogo.pt/jornaldodia/interior.aspx?content_id=3252393
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