Young Talents

meh Xhaka is better :henry2:

Heā€™s who I thought City were buying when I first read that they were buying ā€œDaniloā€.

Not paying complete attention to the Ajax game but the bits Iā€™m catching, Roda look poo.

Find it difficult to take Kluivert & Neres serious as genuine first class talents despite what they look like because of the opposition they play against on a regular basis. Will take a very brave club to drop a significant fee on either of these guys.

Well Kluivert is 18 and looks to be one of the bigger talents to have come around in a while, donā€™t think itā€™s too much of a risk to buy him with the idea that it will take a few years of development to better competition. Neres no idea but itā€™s not like heā€™s too old either.

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Coutinho

Neres
https://twitter.com/mixedknuts/status/946796118574354432

https://twitter.com/mixedknuts/status/961636143807782917

Posting because I remember someone on here mentioning him.
https://twitter.com/thetenspace/status/962616398441828352

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https://twitter.com/thefutebolist/status/968079618459820032
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https://twitter.com/thefutebolist/status/968079632733016069

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https://twitter.com/MoeSquare/status/970658408293572608

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https://statsbomb.com/2018/03/identifying-ligue-1s-next-breakout-talent-tanguy-ndombele/

Whatā€™s perhaps more interesting to untangle is how good of a passer Ndombele is, because itā€™s all well and good to be a guy who progress play with his dribbling, but being a dual threat with both passing and dribbling is a rare thing to find in young midfielders. I think Ndombele is fine in this department; not necessarily brilliant and perhaps he looks a little clumsy at times, but itā€™s not a situation where heā€™s got cinder blocks for feet and the only thing heā€™s reduced to is simple passes. He can get passes into tight areas, though sometimes he puts a little too much mustard on them and leads to tough first touches for his teammates.

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And to think weā€™ve splashed Ā£47.70m on Lacazette when we could have had a couple of these gems for that kind of money (and not much bigger wages).

Hirving + Ndombele is surely a better combo than Auba, isnā€™t it? Considering Auba isnā€™t getting any younger ā€¦

But still, hindsight bias and all that.

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I still think Laca will come good for us

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What represents coming good for Laca at this point?

If weā€™re not selling him maybe 10+ league goals and 10+ in other comps as a back up?

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I donā€™t see how heā€™ll get the opportunity to really

I like Laca a lot but Aubameyang is clearly levels above him. Honestly, we should just sell him and invest in someone much younger thatā€™ll provide good cover and hopefully grow into being the #1 (or at least have some resale value).

Then we can better invest his wages into the first XI.

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Maybe swap him for atleticos GK with a bit of cash, but those deals generally dont happen. Maybe invest in someone with potential like Crisitan Pavon.

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