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We are delighted to announce that we have completed the signing of Kevin Wimmer from 1. FC Köln.
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Read the full article at Official Site
We are delighted to announce that we have completed the signing of Kevin Wimmer from 1. FC Köln.
Read the full article at Official Site
He could of course turn out to be amazing, but his CV does not suggest that he is the commanding, experienced centre half that we need to sort out our shambolic defence. He strikes me as more a Comolli signing rather than a Harry signing if you see what I mean - bags of potential no doubt, but not addressing our immediate shortcomings.
He could of course turn out to be amazing, but his CV does not suggest that he is the commanding, experienced centre half that we need to sort out our shambolic defence. He strikes me as more a Comolli signing rather than a Harry signing if you see what I mean - bags of potential no doubt, but not addressing our immediate shortcomings.
I agree if you want to bring though young players having a rock solid defence is a massive plus and ours is less than water tight we would have been better to sign an established cb who can defend esp in a high line, unless we have hopes Fazio will turn up next year.
I've found the opinions from supporters of FC Koln, which were kindly whored by @Timberwolf in the Wimmer transfer thread.....
Did a bit of whoring over at a Koln forum, courtesy of Google Translate. Very positive stuff, indeed:
Super footballer and class type. A real flagship professional.
Too bad we can not keep people like you. I hope your attitude remains a lot to our team. Bye, mach et jut, Kevin Wimmer.
The farewell is painful. And I also think of parting is still pain for some time. To find a center-back, who has the potential to bring similar performance at a similarly constant level, is extremely difficult.
I wish him all the best in England. Should calm carry on as here. For me it was always a very likeable player. Hope he will remember back also some time at Cologne.
What I had prejudices against him.
failure Shopping, screw etc. were some remarks. Dear Kevin Wimmer, I'm sorry, I have a little abgelästert, and thank goodness you have shown and proved to me that one of its judgments not so should be hasty. did you become the absolute tower in our defense, for me together with Matze positive surprise. It is a pity that you are going, it is not easy to find a worthy successor, but understand your step you develop athletic to want to aim higher, with the FC is not yet possible to that. I wish you every success at Spurs. We fans will all keep you in good memory, as you the FC, the city of Cologne, and above all the Fans will hopefully not forgotten, and maybe you'll one day return to FC when playing internationally again. Take care!
Since he came into the team in Cottbus, he was here to stay.
One of the best defenders I've seen in FC jersey.
A type that you simply may need.
Now that it is fixed and officially, again hurts a bit. Model type that will leave a big gap. Judging also the interview on FC TV after, he seems to be a funny bird. On Facebook he posted a picture of times with a T-shirt "Dine, Wine, Sixetynine". Will miss him!
See my point? One of them has even said he was totally wrong, and went on to become an absolute tower in defence. As much as I want us to not sign a dud, so perhaps I'm failing to acknowledge potential shortfalls in this signing, we surely can't ignore such strong opinions from supporters of his previous club?
He will probably replace Kaboul, that would leave us with Fazio and Verts as our 2 experienced defenders. I would doubt Fazio will be replaced seeing as he just came to the club, Verts hasn't made any noises about leaving yet. Poch will have to work wonders to get that defence organised during Preseason.He could of course turn out to be amazing, but his CV does not suggest that he is the commanding, experienced centre half that we need to sort out our shambolic defence. He strikes me as more a Comolli signing rather than a Harry signing if you see what I mean - bags of potential no doubt, but not addressing our immediate shortcomings.
Yep, sounds sensible. My knowledge of 'high line' and experienced cbs is only marginally better than my understanding of the rules of croquet... do you have any names?
Failure shopping screw sounds interesting too!
every now and again i do some commentating on 2nd division German football for bwin and in the 2013/14 season i did Cologne a lot.
he was the best defender on the pitch from the very first game i saw him. basically he's a slightly slower but much stronger Vertonghen. though i'm not expecting too much to begin with, i'm thrilled that he's signed for us.
he and Dier could easily become our CB partnership for the next 5-10 years - i think they'd complement each other perfectly.
every now and again i do some commentating on 2nd division German football for bwin and in the 2013/14 season i did Cologne a lot.
he was the best defender on the pitch from the very first game i saw him. basically he's a slightly slower but much stronger Vertonghen. though i'm not expecting too much to begin with, i'm thrilled that he's signed for us.
he and Dier could easily become our CB partnership for the next 5-10 years - i think they'd complement each other perfectly.
I know what you mean, it's been shambolic but imo we just aren't doing any of the basics right to start with so it should take about 20min to improve things.Poch will have to work wonders to get that defence organised during Preseason.
Welcome aboard the mighty Spurs, young Kevin. You are joining what will soon be the most exciting and exhilarating club in the PL.