If you want. Personally still of the opinion that the money could have been better spent and that our midfield could be even better if we’d signed someone else.
I must admit I thought he was shite and couldn’t understand why he was bought. I am not wholly convinced yet BUT he seems to be trying his best defiantly a lot better now than he has been. So I hope he kicks on and makes the team and club proud.
One thing I didn’t realise he was so good at was defensive work-rate, I know you don’t spend 60 off million for that reason but I’ll admit he’s seriously impressive out of possession, irrespective of the scoreline.
Same here. Admittedly, I’d never really focused on watching what he does on that side of the ball before we signed him but even if the fee to performance ratio isn’t there, you can’t say he doesn’t put in a shift.
I was honestly more worried that he wouldn’t be able to do the defensive stuff when we signed him. I was pretty confident (my misgivings about the whole transfer aside) that he’d be a good piece going forward but Xhaka worked so well dropping into left back last season that I was afraid an ostensibly more attacking player wouldn’t have the desire to do it or that he wouldn’t be able to learn the system.
In reality it looks like he picked up the defensive part of the system first and had to wait to have the coach figure out a way to get him more involved in the attack.