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A healthy Lamela is a better player than Moura. Moura is all straight ahead, Lamela has much more to his game.
The issue is he’s never healthy.
Exactly.
A healthy Lamela is a better player than Moura. Moura is all straight ahead, Lamela has much more to his game.
The issue is he’s never healthy.
Lamela uses the ball better in advanced positions than any player in our squad imo. He sees and executes little passes that nobody even sees. Eriksen hits single incisive passes, lamela can prove and recycle the ball in the last third fantastically well.It depends on what you value most. They are different players with different attributes. Lamela's attitude, work rate and willingness to throw his body around are second to none on the team. And when he does that, he does affect the field players psychology when he works the way he does.
Moura's ability is to stretch the field creating room for players behind him. His dribbling is also a bit of an enigma. He can do deft touch, deft touch, deft touch, brick touch. Hence, he scores goals like his second at Ajax or lose the ball in relatively open space. He too makes his teammates better as defenders have to be aware of his movement and that gives other players the tiniest amount of extra space.
I hope to high heavens we don't lose Moura as you can't teach speed. He would be an amazing player to bring off the bench as is Lamela. And if he continues to improve under Poch, well then, that's a dangerous player.
The most Betis have ever received for a player is £27m. Now suddenly they want three times that for a player? £50m is even huge for them, I doubt we will go too much higher than that and I suspect they will be very tempted at that figure.
Lamela uses the ball better in advanced positions than any player in our squad imo. He sees and executes little passes that nobody even sees. Eriksen hits single incisive passes, lamela can prove and recycle the ball in the last third fantastically well.
Last couple of pages suddenly thrown me into some alternate reality.
There are people claiming Lamela is better than Moura when both are fit. While I respect views, my personal opinion is , we have seen injury prone Lamela & also fit Lamela. He has been in our club for 6 years now, same exact time as Eriksen. Lucas has played 1 full season. Pound for pound, I would argue Lucas is miles ahead of Lamela on what he has contributed to the team...I have to really scratch around to think & find 'big' games where Lamela has single handedly gave a match winning performance in PL or CL.
Except for the energy when he plays (with yellow cards), he doesnt bring much to the table. Opposition defenders are not scared of Lamlea on attack & everyone knows how to play against him. Show him in his right foot and you can get the ball or he can give the ball away. Lucas has the trick & pace to terrify defense and when it comes to crunch, can find the net in both foot.
6 years have gone by, its time to move Lamela on.
As for as Lo Celso, he can play anywhere , in CM or in wings or even as floating 9 (like he has done for Betis last season).
Some reports saying that Atletico Madrid have made a bid, probably a concern especially if they sell Griezman and Rodri.
All seems to go back to Estadio Deportivo who claim they've bid 55m euros and that it's not enough. They make sense and with the expected sell of Griezmann they'll have money and need for an AM/ST hybrid.Some reports saying that Atletico Madrid have made a bid, probably a concern especially if they sell Griezman and Rodri.
Some reports saying that Atletico Madrid have made a bid, probably a concern especially if they sell Griezman and Rodri.
lolde ja vu all over again, the same will happen with ndombele, hopefully 'lessons have been learnt' but we all know where this is heading
Last couple of pages suddenly thrown me into some alternate reality.
There are people claiming Lamela is better than Moura when both are fit. While I respect views, my personal opinion is , we have seen injury prone Lamela & also fit Lamela. He has been in our club for 6 years now, same exact time as Eriksen. Lucas has played 1 full season. Pound for pound, I would argue Lucas is miles ahead of Lamela on what he has contributed to the team...I have to really scratch around to think & find 'big' games where Lamela has single handedly gave a match winning performance in PL or CL.
Except for the energy when he plays (with yellow cards), he doesnt bring much to the table. Opposition defenders are not scared of Lamlea on attack & everyone knows how to play against him. Show him in his right foot and you can get the ball or he can give the ball away. Lucas has the trick & pace to terrify defense and when it comes to crunch, can find the net in both foot.
6 years have gone by, its time to move Lamela on.
As for as Lo Celso, he can play anywhere , in CM or in wings or even as floating 9 (like he has done for Betis last season).
Just because the most they’ve ever received is £27m doesn’t mean the player valued at £70m becomes lower
I’d put this one on the shelf for a bit because it won’t happen until after the Copa America.We need to get this over the line soon.
The longer it goes the less likely we are to get him imo.
I think ITK hinted at deals to be done within two weeks, so I think this backs up my thought.
Others likely to join in as the summer progresses.
I’d put this one on the shelf for a bit because it won’t happen until after the Copa America.
Real Betis will absolutely use that competition to drum up interest or as a means to justify us having to pay his full release clause.
You can’t exactly blame them either, we’d do the same.
The clause would be the third highest transfer fee ever paid for a player from La Liga (I believe).The most Betis have ever received for a player is £27m. Now suddenly they want three times that for a player? £50m is even huge for them, I doubt we will go too much higher than that and I suspect they will be very tempted at that figure.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/real-betis-sevilla/rekordabgaenge/verein/150