Well that’s worrying if true and seems like he’s way overhyped on here.
I mean is it? These clubs all have exceptional midfielders already, which they don't need to replace
Rodri has admittedly looked great at the WC, but he looked way off it for City last year and has been linked with a move away. I don’t know what will happen there but with their rumoured sales in midfield, I thought they may be in the market and could be interested.
Rodri is the best in the world until proven otherwise, they'd be mad to give up on him so soon. As I said - City might become interested in Tchouameni next year, but not now
PSG have a strong midfield and even their young backups are good too, but if one of the best French CMs came available, who could also free up Vitinha, then I could see them being interested.
Free up Vitinha to do what? He plays the role his best role for them already. They are the best team in the world with the best midfield in the world. They're not changing that
And individually their midfielders are all better than Tchouameni, too, I think. At the very least Vitinha and Joao Neves are on a completely different level and Fabian Ruiz when I've seen him these last two years was, too.
Liverpool struggled last season in this area, looking completely porous. The likes of MacAllister and Gravenberch looked miles off their previous season. I think they’ll enter the midfield market before too long and, if their pockets are as deep as the previous summer, then why not. Though if he’s not even better than the midfielders who tanked there last season then I suppose this whole conversation is moot and I actually don’t even see why we’re interested, especially at the prices mentioned.
He's different. Defensively he's way better than Gravenberch or Mac Allister, but in possession he's much worse
So if Liverpool are looking to change their midfield to add a pure defensive presence, he'd make a lot of sense for them
Chelsea and Arsenal could change tact and go for a more combative CM.
they already have Caicedo and Rice
Chelsea were linked with Xhaka and not too long ago Arsenal had Partey in there.
Both of those guys are on a completely different dimension on the ball compared to Tchouameni. They're classic DMs, like Xabi Alonso or Rodri. Tchou is more of a pure destroyer/defensive presence
Both Rice and Caicedo do seem to advance higher up the pitch these days so an option to sit in behind may be viable. But again, I’ve seen posters on here say that Tchouameni is actually one of the best passers of the ball, and I’m getting the feeling from your post that this isn’t how you see him at all? It isn’t something I’d really seen from him, to a high level, but some of the posters on here are absolutely insistent that he is.
He's got a great pass on him, but he doesn't use it. He's FAR too conservative on the ball to act as your midfield hub, dictating play and setting the tempo. He just doesn't do it
Again, watch him for France. That's how he plays. He's good at what he does, the question is whether what he does is what your team needs
i'd be shocked if Arsenal were looking at a player of his type
Chelsea, well, they try to sign everybody, so less suprising
According to our resident Real Madrid supporter, he’s not as good as the likes of Gravenberch, so he’s not even worth that type of money. Probably not worth the £80m either and also not worth you getting so worked up over.
I'm not sure he's worse than Gravenberch, just very different. Keep in mind I do think Gravenberch would be well worth £80m in this market. Great player
