And what those sources may be?
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Might not have watched him enough. Again, like I said, he hurt himself by not being in one of the biggest leagues. And again - he may have been a very talented individual as a CB, but has he ever been part of a great CB partnership? The answer to that is no. And that's as important as anything for a CB.
Serie A was already underwhelming while Thiago Silva was there with AC Milan.
YouTube is literally the most useless way to judge a defender. You shouldn't judge a defender based on individual plays. You can tell their on ball ability, sure, and Thiago Silva no doubt is better there, but defensively, you judge defenders by how well they form a solid defence, and how they keep out goals and deal with star attackers as a group. And I'd say there's a gap there between what Varane has done as a key CB for club and for country compared to Thiago Silva. If as a CB you haven't been part of a great team defence, then I don't rate your individual ability as much.
Indeed, Thiago played in a past it Serie A and then PSG in Ligue 1...
Yup precisely. If a player is rocking out against mediocre opposition, that doesn't make him better than a CB who is class in the biggest league against the best opposition. So if we compare their performances in the CL, or the World Cup.. well it's night and day between the 2 in those competitions, isn't it?
He was great in Chelsea's winning campaign against Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and was doing fine in the final against Man City before he got injured.
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Will be interesting to see who you consider elite if they both weren’t considered.
Big shame he's Chelsea bound, great potential.
So, right in time to see his new club smashed on Thursday.
Yep, that's the thing.
Career vs career there's definitely a case to be made in Varane vs Thiago Silva. Specially because of Silva's longevity.
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Like I said though - Thiago Silva absolutely does get punished for his career decisions. He's a top CB, but I don't see how I can rate him above Varane when Varane was world class and showed everything and won everything for club and for country. Why is it that Thiago Silva couldn't be successful with Brazil or PSG but that Varane could with Real Madrid and France? It's excuses without basis. PSG's problem in the CL for years was their defence, not their attack. Thiago Silva was the leader of that defence.Well you could find a full game if you want
I was just picking material where you could see his ball playing ability, speed and physicality. Which is as all used as comparison tools. He’s overall defensive play well you can see that at Chelsea. Yes he’s a lot more older and experienced. But it’s easy to see he’s a top level defender. So imagine that at his peak Physical prowess.
Someone mentioned what he’s achieved at AC and PSG. To that all I have to say is it’s a team game. If Varane had played in those teams instead it would have hardly went any different.
Chelsea is in the CL. Next year, who knows. Hopefully they are not.
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Done deal then.
I think the biggest surprise for me, is that Chelsea's squad right now is objectively very unimpressive, and for someone like Enzo, they have a nobody as manager with a boring name who have struggled massively this season (it's not like he would know a whole lot about Graham Potter let's be real). Obviously still a big club, big money and a lot of reasons where it's fine, but i do think given Chelsea's situation right now, it's a huge coup to be able to bring him in. Maybe his agent felt nobody could compete with the price so no need to hold out? Or the statement of spending so much with the promise of continuing the crazy spending.
Jorge Mendes brokered the deal and represented Enzo Fernández. Based on the recent reports, it looks like Benfica will only receive €120m of the full €127m amount. I think Jorge Mendes is going to bank the €7m and give a bit of it to the player.
Absolute joke of a fee
It’s abit like big players moving to United over the years. Big club but in all honesty. Chelsea are going to need a good 5 years to fix. So big gamble for him.
That's nothing crazy for agent fees. It's more the overall price of it. Go to Chelsea now, or wait for a maybe 5% more preferable option in United or Liverpool in the summer and take the risk that they will spend big on you?
Yeah... I'd say it would've been similar to Pogba to United, but United had the lure of Ibra and new Mourinho that summer (and the return factor). I really think Chelsea's stock has taken a big hit, and they don't have Tuchel anymore who was a big lure, and just don't play well at all and have a shit squad. So it's definitely a surprise that he's jumping at the first chance to move. We'll see how it turns out, I think he's class but Chelsea need to fill a lot of gaps, and Potter needs to adapt to a big club and we'll see if he can even implement the right system. The money being spent is insane, and Boehly is definitely a transfer Muppet who just goes for anyone, but might work.
I see what you mean now. For Benfica, they could have waited until the summer in the hopes that one or more clubs would trigger the release clause, but I think they decided to bank on Enzo now given how high his stock currently is. Even if he finished the season on a high note, there's very little chance that a club would trigger the release clause. One then wonders why Enzo didn't wait until the summer for more interest, but he seems happy enough to leave for Chelsea this soon.
River Plate also get 25% from a sell-on clause if I'm not mistaken.
That's right, but Benfica will still bank a huge profit off of this deal, which they may not have banked in the summer.
