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doctor stefan Freud

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Cinemattis

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you forgot to put in brackets that Aguero and Jesus miss time to injuries, just like lots of players do. Kane was injured v Sunderland, when he returned he got injured v Millwall. 2 years later Kane got injured v Man U, then v Man C. what other injuries has he had since he broke into our 1st team
If I´m not totally mistaken, Kane´s been missing matches in the last three seasons because of his Tarsus Biscuitas. He was no doubt out with injury in the previous season around March/April. And rushed back to get in the England squad for the World Cup. My personal opinion: Kane hasn´t been on the same level since that injury. But that´s not really relevant here.

Of course you´re absolutely correct in that both Ägüërö and Jesus has been away with injuries. As all are - as you say. But if you look at what they bring to their team, many would say that Agüero and Kane are more or less on the same level of quality - i.e. the very highest level. Not many would say that Llorente or Janssen is even close to Jesus. It would´ve been fair to mention that Agüero has been away almost every season because of injuries - like Kane. But unlike Spurs and Kane, Man C have a pretty decent backup in Jesus for Agüero.
 

razzmaster

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If I´m not totally mistaken, Kane´s been missing matches in the last three seasons because of his Tarsus Biscuitas. He was no doubt out with injury in the previous season around March/April. And rushed back to get in the England squad for the World Cup. My personal opinion: Kane hasn´t been on the same level since that injury. But that´s not really relevant here.

Of course you´re absolutely correct in that both Ägüërö and Jesus has been away with injuries. As all are - as you say. But if you look at what they bring to their team, many would say that Agüero and Kane are more or less on the same level of quality - i.e. the very highest level. Not many would say that Llorente or Janssen is even close to Jesus. It would´ve been fair to mention that Agüero has been away almost every season because of injuries - like Kane. But unlike Spurs and Kane, Man C have a pretty decent backup in Jesus for Agüero.

I have just watched a YouTube video of Tarsus Biscuitas and I am desperate for us to sign him
 

TheAmerican

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I have to admit I’ve never actually seen Lo Celso play, so I’m not gonna kick off if the club don’t sanction £70M to sign a player I know little about, but I am a bit concerned if we don’t sign him as no one else seems to be on the list in his position that we know of.

I think even if we keep Eriksen, which still seems to be unknown at the minute, we still need to strengthen there as without Eriksen we have no one in that mould and Dele didn’t look the same player last year. Our attack could do with a freshen up imo as the only player good enough to start imo are Kane, Son, Eriksen, Alli and Lucas and the latter 4 are class on their day but do blow hot and cold throughout the season so I think it’s important we find someone who can either step up when they’re out of form or can push them to stay on top of their game knowing there’s a quality player who could take their place in the starting 11

He's almost like a Dele/Eriksen hybrid. He's better than Eriksen at driving forward with the ball, and he has better vision than Dele. He is very much a utility player on the attacking side of the squad. He would be a phenomenal addition.
 

The Legend of Tanguy

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He's almost like a Dele/Eriksen hybrid. He's better than Eriksen at driving forward with the ball, and he has better vision than Dele. He is very much a utility player on the attacking side of the squad. He would be a phenomenal addition.

Agree with this, but also toss on a hint of Lamela. Tricky left-footer with dribbling ability and that Argentinian aggressiveness/willingness to make a cracking tackle.
 

Led Revolver

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IMO the most exciting thing about possibly signing Lo Celso is his goal scoring ability (9 goals in La Liga last season).

Improving our team significantly and catching the other teams in the league is down to small margins, and finally having a creative midfielder that scores goals regularly could make all the difference. In actual fact, it’d almost certainly make a huge difference.
 
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Hakkz

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IMO the most exciting thing about possibly signing Lo Celso is his goal scoring ability (16 goals in La Liga last season).

Improving our team significantly and catching the other teams in the league is down to small margins, and finally having a creative midfielder that scores goals regularly could make all the difference. In actual fact, it’d almost certainly make a huge difference.

9 goals.
 

daryl hannah

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IMO the most exciting thing about possibly signing Lo Celso is his goal scoring ability (16 goals in La Liga last season).

Improving our team significantly and catching the other teams in the league is down to small margins, and finally having a creative midfielder that scores goals regularly could make all the difference. In actual fact, it’d almost certainly make a huge difference.
Goals, yes, but watching Lo Chelso and Ndombele dribbling past people in midfield might be the biggest difference because rather than JUST relying on side to side movement of the ball to create gaps we'll have two players in the side capable of transitioning play themselves and playing through-balls and dinks into the channels and the box. I mean, that would be amazing.
 

Luka Van der Bale

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IMO the most exciting thing about possibly signing Lo Celso is his goal scoring ability (16 goals in La Liga last season).

Improving our team significantly and catching the other teams in the league is down to small margins, and finally having a creative midfielder that scores goals regularly could make all the difference. In actual fact, it’d almost certainly make a huge difference.
After City, we have the most goals from midfield in our squad in the league.
 

THOWIG

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Goals, yes, but watching Lo Chelso and Ndombele dribbling past people in midfield might be the biggest difference because rather than JUST relying on side to side movement of the ball to create gaps we'll have two players in the side capable of transitioning play themselves and playing through-balls and dinks into the channels and the box. I mean, that would be amazing.

This. Having players that actually move themselves and the ball forward will be a breath of fresh air.
 

oohaahedgar

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Certainly not ITK but I've heard he has asked for a guarantee that he will be played down the middle. I'd imagine MP wouldn't guarantee him anything if true?
 

oohaahedgar

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Where have you heard that? Media source or a contact?

A contact, he knows one of our ex players who told him, allegedly. No obvious reason for him to lie to me but I don't know his relationship to the ex player, it's a business one so it's possible the ex player could be showing off. I know the same as you now.
 
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