I could see them raising funds from the sale of Hazard and going for him as the only London club that can. Their wing options are horrendous when you think that Hazard and Hudson-Odoi are leaving, and Willian and Pedro are old and well, they’re Willian and Pedro. Granted they have Pulisic but that’s for the right wing and Sancho can comfortably play on the left.
Nah, he’ll probably win the league this season and he’ll have done the whole Germany phase of his career. They will also have Hudson-Odoi, Coman, Gnabry and Alphonso Davies and would never win a bidding war against the other clubs. I highly doubt he’ll want to go there when he’ll have his pick of elite clubs.
It was a game where the whole dortmund team played shit tbfWhat?
just watch a youtube video that'll give you a good idea.
.He's more of a creator than a goal scorer, but he can chip in with goals when needed.It was a game where the whole dortmund team played shit tbf
Just had a look at him.
He looks like a player who i would enjoy watching here.
Skillful and silky. Very rare England produces players like that.
A bit of a worry hes only got 6 goals in the Bundesliga though.
If we do buy him i hope he wont one of those players that will get overrated because he can do 100 stepovers.
Yep.
I think it's the literal opposite of that. His passing and finishing, while decent, aren't that special. What makes him special is his ability to face 1-3 defenders and consistently keep the ball while probing for a defender's miss-step or a dribbling opportunity.
Which is exactly what we need to compliment the Martial / Rashford duo I'd say.
This is what bothers me. His main strength is dribbling. He wont do that at the level he has been in the prem. Reduce is dribbling by 30/40 percent and what player have you got? A very good one but he is no mbappe or dembele and not worth 120/140 mill. 80 mill maybe and time to develop
I've re-watched the vids and I can't deny he gets where he's going I just dispute it close control being that good. He's in a strong enough league mind so It must be just me. He's a kid as well. I haven't read all the thread is it likely he'll leave in the summer?
Yep, he'd honestly be the perfect mixture for our team.
I think that's doing him a disservice, to be honest.
That doesn't really make sense as its applicable to all of those players. Reduce Mbappe's pace by 30/40 (which is a massive amoung, by the way!) percent, what have you got? Reduce Dembele's dribbling and you've got a very good player, but not necessarily a special one. These guys all have a number of attributes that make them what they are, but are reliant on some more than others.
No disagreement from me on that. I just had his technical ability/execution or whatever you want to call it in mind. To be an isolation dribbler like him you need immense decision making and situational awareness. Which also means he can get himself into threatening positions often or manipulate the opposition so that even relatively simple passes are devastating.
Agree!
It clearly is great though. Who do you consider to have great close control? Why do you dispute his close control when he's always keeping it in tight spaces, and has amazing footwork?
Why?
That's not really true. Dortmund don't want to sell their players, but they all but have to if a contract is about to expire. Mkhitaryan, Hummels, Gündogan, Pulisic were all sold exactly a year before their contract ran out and Lewandowski would have as well if he didn't commit to the tap up and lowball the club scheme of Bayern. The only real exception is Aubameyang who was promised to be allowed to leave for ~€80m to €90m during his last summer at the club, but couldn't find a buyer and then was supposed to finish the season at Dortmund.
I am guessing he's going to say cause he's from London.
Poor Christian Pulisic
Extremely unlikely that he'll leave this summer. He has 3 or 4 years left on his contract and Dortmund said already that he will play next season for BVB too. So someone would have to offer an astronomous fee (200+ probably) to change their mind.
Why? He was there for two years. He’s not from Manchester and they didn’t believe in him enough. I see no reason why he’d rather go back there than to us.
City can't guarantee him playing time, which is why he left them in the first place. He's still developing so minutes are very important to him. United have no right winger, so playing time is pretty much guaranteed.
We've got Glaston to thank for that one.
Reading this thread from the start is insightful. Seems the kid was always extremely highly rated. Except for the quoted, there's a lot of glowing praise for him and quite prescient posts.
There is no indication that is going to be the case.
