Dont really give a shit as to what ticks you off and what doesnt. He is 22. He can and will improve. He has potential. Hence spending 30-35m EUROS isnt a bad deal.
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I never liked his acquisition either as I saw him, like Turan, an election ploy signing. That being said, he was a mixed bag - better than Sergi Roberto in some aspects (Mostly in attack) but a particularly poor defender. I like his character and how hard he works but he's not Barca level at RB, for me. At best, he's a serviceable backup for us.
Valverde expects a lot defensively so we'll see how that impacts both Semedo & Vidal but the Catalan doesn't seem to have the requisite instincts of a defender. Like Bellerin, I get the impression he relies too much on his pace to bail him out of gambling for an interception or tackle. Neither seem to anticipate well enough while Semedo actually seems to be better in that department
Also, Vidal is already back as he was back for the Copa Del Rey Final - only two absences from first training today, Rafinha & Deulofeu
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That's great.
Deserves it's own thread
That's an astute signing for them
Very good
Fantastic
I wasn't having a go at you about it, just highlighting how it's become the most overused phrase in this thread.
He might be able to improve defensively but from what I've seen of him he needs to do an awful lot of improving before he can become a reliable player at a big club. Great going forward though.
Yes he definitely won't cost as much as either of those. But, I guess there's a charm with have a former La Masia product in Bellerin back at the club over a foreign signing. Do you reckon Roberto will be moved back into midfield next season or be a utility player like Blind is here?
Nicely done. Better up their game when a real signing occurs.
That is just amazing!
Fecking brilliant
I loved the Southampton kit release cartoon too, they have great marketing at the moment.
If that is the case, we should have got him instead of Lindelof. Would have been perfect next to Bailly. He's also vastly experienced too.
I think we'll see Valverde move him around a bit, even playing in a double pivot with Busquets - he showed against PSG & RM that he should be on the pitch
Playing loose and hard with the definition of that word.
Fair play to Taylor for being the butt of this joke.
It sounds like there's an implied agreement for Juve to get de Sciglio as part of the deal similar to the Lukaku and Rooney deals
It's true in a market between 2 Italian teams.
Whenever a team like United will get involved, the price will go up.
It's all very subjective so...
More tweets, less green faces... I'm stuck-up or something
One of Gomes, Dennis Suarez, Rafinha or Samper leaving then? You seem to have way too many midfielders.
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ffs..
That's brilliantDid Clarkson produce that video?!
Just confirmed by Barca
Southampton are the best club in the land
Dont worry we will buy him from Barcelona in two years time for 60m.
Class
Why do I get the feeling that IF we were in for him we would have had to pay at least €45m?
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From what I've read his son is quite ill so the family wants to stay in Italy.
So Barcelona has got Valencia's Smaller leaner clone.
Fair play to them, but they've still got a lot of things wrong in the past.
Now That semendo is gone, It makes more and more sense to target Fabinho and go all out for him. While Blind can full fill the dier role in cdm.
The chance is gone, Fabinho is becomming more and more important.
We haven't been linked to many other right-backs apart from Aurier and Fabinho. If we do sign one this summer, it'll surely be one of those two.
Very good signing. Bit of a shame we didn't get him.
Surprised to see so many people seem to rate Semedo that highly. From what I've seen he doesn't come close to Valencia. I was in the stadium when Benfica lost to Dortmund and he was horrible. Even Schmelzer made him look stupid on more than one occasion. Maybe I have just seen his bad matches...
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Guess Rangnick wasn´t kidding, when he said and I paraphrase: It was a great season, you all have a nice summer, and tell your agents to go feck themselves, nobody is getting sold.