He actually got subbed on with 15 mins to go
Don’t know how I didn’t see that. My bad!
He actually got subbed on with 15 mins to go
We were interested in the summer I see no reason why we wouldn't be now.
Seems to me that most people are writing him off without really having seen him play because they've only known about him since he got to Barca.
At Valencia he was one of the highest rated CM's in europe. Why do you think he was bought by Barca in the first place? The issue is that Iniesta, Rakitic and Busquets are all ahead of him and he's really not had a chance to play. For Valencia he was excellent. He has a superb passing range, strong on the ball, athletic. He has everything in his locker to be a success in this country and can certainly pick a pass. His creativity would be useful so I'd be happy for us to take him.
With that said, I would've thought that this is just a re-hash of the story from the summer just to fill some column inches.
Bound for Wolves thenConsidering that his agent is Jorge Mendes, I doubt this deal is even likely.
Seems to me that most people are writing him off without really having seen him play because they've only known about him since he got to Barca.
At Valencia he was one of the highest rated CM's in europe. Why do you think he was bought by Barca in the first place? The issue is that Iniesta, Rakitic and Busquets are all ahead of him and he's really not had a chance to play. For Valencia he was excellent. He has a superb passing range, strong on the ball, athletic. He has everything in his locker to be a success in this country and can certainly pick a pass. His creativity would be useful so I'd be happy for us to take him.
With that said, I would've thought that this is just a re-hash of the story from the summer just to fill some column inches.
Considering that his agent is Jorge Mendes, I doubt this deal is even likely.
Bound for Wolves then
Levy won’t deal with Mendes I believe or have I just made that up ?
Probably a decent guess as we were obviously interested in the summer. Especially when the Barkley deal wasn't happening.May be the central midfielder Hercules was referring to for the summer.
This is a great point. I'd be shocked if anyone would watch footage of him pre-Barca and not think he'd be a great signing. Tall, strong, skillful dribbler and passer and can score goals. Just watch a 'welcome to Barca' video and that's clearly a classy player the fans would love to watch (obviously youtube comps aren't the be all and end all but still).
Now there's always a worry that players that have been chewed up and spat out by the super clubs never reach those levels again (and he has been undeniably poor for Barca), but there are also examples like Rafa VDV where they can be superb after moving away. I think we should strongly consider either him or Denis Suarez on loan-to-buy if Barca offer it to make room for Coutinho.
I would completely take Suarez now with an option to buy and over Gomes, but i feel like every window we get linked to a Barca player and we never get them. Seems he might go on loan to Celta Vigo anyway.Matt Law of the telegraph mentioning Andre Gomes or Denis Suarez could be pursued on loan this window in his Kane piece.
Both worth pursuing IMHO, but I'd have thought there'd have been more ITK noise around it if true (although it was a pretty tough cryptic last window so maybe one kept under wraps).
Levy won’t deal with Mendes I believe or have I just made that up ?
I would completely take Suarez now with an option to buy and over Gomes, but feels like every window we get linked to a Barca player and we never get them. Seems he might go on loan to Celta Vigo anyway.