- Oct 19, 2004
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I watched the Croatia U20s vs Chile U20s yesterday. Rebic was clearly Croatia's best player but still didn't particularly impress me. He's a hell of a worker though; strong, a bit of pace and some decent skills. He needs to work on his decision making though as on a few occasions he had hopeful shots in poor positions when passing was a much better option. Chile won a fairly even match 2-0 basically because their striker Castillo was the best player on view. I've long been a fan of the Chilean youth set up as they've produced some very entertaining football but I don't think this current team is as good as recent years.
Personally I wouldn't bother with Rebic. He's not bad but at the prices suggested we could apparently sign Bojan Krcic who despite his career stalling recently is two classes above and plays the same positions as Rebic.
Don't judge him too harshly based on appearances for an international U21 team. That decision making thing is partly to do with unfamiliarity (ie not playing with his regular team mates) and partly due to age. He's 19.
Watch as much youtube as you can on this boy. He's got the lot, but most importantly he's got that bullish mentality. He has no fear. He can run at players, finish in and out the box and also show some real deft touches too. He can play central or wide forward. He reminds me of Suarez or maybe Rooney in his skill set make-up. Skill but also that tenacious nature that makes all the difference.
I think for 5m it's a stonker of a bargain.