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Giovani Lo Celso

Bullet said:
I don't think that backwards white cap with a felt tip black heart on it, is the right attire and would therefore sell him for £23 at the earliest opportunity. I'm sure someone will tell me it was designer and cost £1k, but it is an immediate sell for me. Much like Hojbjerg's hair, it is unacceptable.
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And Maddison’s hair. He also wears jeans two sizes too big for him. Must be a generational thing.
 
Bullet said:
I don't think that backwards white cap with a felt tip black heart on it, is the right attire and would therefore sell him for £23 at the earliest opportunity. I'm sure someone will tell me it was designer and cost £1k, but it is an immediate sell for me. Much like Hojbjerg's hair, it is unacceptable.
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Jurgen the German said:
And Maddison’s hair. He also wears jeans two sizes too big for him. Must be a generational thing.
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I reckon big ange has banned peroxide.
Only Richie has blonde hair now.
No peroxide until you score!
 
theathletic.com

The two-footed enigmas: Why are so few players equally good with both feet?

Genuinely two-footed players are hard to come by. We explore how players and coaches across the world try to improve their weaker one...
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Good article in the athletic about one footed players. Lo Celso uses his right foot 8% of the time. Was amazed it was that high, I’ve never seen him touch the ball with his right foot. Romero is equally one footed which surprised me.

Son has always stood out as a two footed player. I’m amazed so many professionals are so poor with their weaker foot.
 
Jurgen the German said:
theathletic.com

The two-footed enigmas: Why are so few players equally good with both feet?

Genuinely two-footed players are hard to come by. We explore how players and coaches across the world try to improve their weaker one...
theathletic.com theathletic.com

Good article in the athletic about one footed players. Lo Celso uses his right foot 8% of the time. Was amazed it was that high, I’ve never seen him touch the ball with his right foot. Romero is equally one footed which surprised me.

Son has always stood out as a two footed player. I’m amazed so many professionals are so poor with their weaker foot.
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Most players are very one footed, for whatever reason left footed versions stand out more but right footed players are just as guilty.
 
alekaras said:
Sure. There's this guy called Jude something too. I hear they're both pretty decently priced too.
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Slight difference. Bellingham has just been bought by real madrid. Wirtz is getable. We are one of the only clubs in europe that can spend money. Why can't we buy a class player?

Even offer lo celso in part exchange.
 
Lilbaz said:
Slight difference. Bellingham has just been bought by real madrid. Wirtz is getable. We are one of the only clubs in europe that can spend money. Why can't we buy a class player?

Even offer lo celso in part exchange.
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His next destination will likely be Munich, unfortunately. Quality player.
 
Lilbaz said:
Slight difference. Bellingham has just been bought by real madrid. Wirtz is getable. We are one of the only clubs in europe that can spend money. Why can't we buy a class player?

Even offer lo celso in part exchange.
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Leverkusen do actually have a say in selling their players. We wanted Tapsoba from them, they wanted big money. They will be in the Champions League next season, meaning they will have more money and even less desire to sell perhaps having won the title. I do agree we should be able to invest in some real quality. But Wirtz is a pipe dream....
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We most likely won't even go for him. But we can go for class players. Maybe even if they are still potential. But we need to improve and we can.

Player trading will be a part of that. We will sell and we will buy.

Being defensive of players is fine. But we can upgrade and we should.
 
ricky2tricky4city said:
Are the Lo Celso figures including the 1.5 seasons he played at Villarreal on loan?
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He missed 4 games because of injury in Spain on loan so his record is 58 (?) matches missed for us in 3.5 seasons, didn't actually remember his loan being 1.5 seasons but if that's accurate it works out to roughly 16.5 games missed through injury per season.

Not sure if the games missed data accounts for recovery time post injury but if it doesn't, with 12 seperate injuries listed on transfermarkt, then you can add a substantial amount of missed games on top as he would have been spending time on the training pitch getting up to speed before being available for selection.

It's a terrible record.
 
Jurgen the German said:
I don’t buy the argument that Lo Celso isn’t upgradable. Maybe not the names that were mentioned but he’s not world class. He’s a squad player.
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Of course he is upgradeable. I just don't see anyone out there that has his skillset and is attainable. So until we find such a player, it doesn't hurt to hold on to what we have.

In any case, it doesn't matter what we think. We'll find out over the summer what Ange thinks.
 
alekaras said:
Of course he is upgradeable. I just don't see anyone out there that has his skillset and is attainable. So until we find such a player, it doesn't hurt to hold on to what we have.

In any case, it doesn't matter what we think. We'll find out over the summer what Ange thinks.
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There are tonnes of players who can join us and just by being fit and available would be an improvement
That’s not a slight on lo celsos football ability… but he is made of lamela glass and it doesn’t like the cold
 
alekaras said:
Of course he is upgradeable. I just don't see anyone out there that has his skillset and is attainable. So until we find such a player, it doesn't hurt to hold on to what we have.

In any case, it doesn't matter what we think. We'll find out over the summer what Ange thinks.
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Depends how much time you're dedicating to it?

I'm sure the setup we have now could reel off an already filtered list.
 
alekaras said:
Which is why we'll find out in the summer. I wouldn't be surprised if we extended his contract.
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I predict that in the process of signing a contract he'll most likely sprain a wrist so it's a big risk to take...

Rewarding players that are rarely there when you need them is an odd one to me but stranger things have happened.
 
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