22 - İlkay Gündoğan

te amo barca

te amo barca

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FCBarca said:
Foden is a midfielder, I said nothing about where he is playing in Pep's formation - of course they are using a false 9 since they do not play with a proper striker now. This is Pep football, effectively playing with ball carrying midfielders all over the pitch

Ultimately he is being used much like how David Silva was
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Not at all. David Silva was converted to one of the interiors in midfield under Pep. Foden plays higher up the pitch.
 
Jenks

Jenks

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te amo barca said:
Not at all. David Silva was converted to one of the interiors in midfield under Pep. Foden plays higher up the pitch.
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Foden was developed as a #10 or an #8 by trade. Pep moved him into a wide position. I think eventually he will move inside as David Silva did.
 
te amo barca

te amo barca

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Jenks said:
Foden was developed as a #10 or an #8 by trade. Pep moved him into a wide position. I think eventually he will move inside as David Silva did.
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Doesn't contradict what I'm saying and we'll see about him eventually playing in midfield. Can happen in 10 years due to a loss of athleticism. Don't think it will happen short term.
 
TheStig

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FC Barcelona are among the clubs interested in İlkay G?ndoğan.
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He could be a short stop gap solution at DM if we needed one (we don't because we have the best one in the galaxy!).
 
Catta

Catta

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Would be a great deal for Barca. Could help us retain the CL, great replacement for Xavi. It is the summer of 2015 right.
 
Andresito

Andresito

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He's still haunted by that back injury. There were even rumours of him retiring. Don't think he'll move to a club where the pressure is sky high.
 
Messi983

Messi983

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Would be a great fit here then. We like retired players who can barely walk and won't play any high pressure games in following years.

Sign him!
 
MTL_Barca

MTL_Barca

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If anything he'd probably be a De Jong replacement. Young and fresh soon to be 32 year old to play next to the unbenchable dinosaur.
 
DonAK

DonAK

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MTL_Barca said:
If anything he'd probably be a De Jong replacement. Young and fresh soon to be 32 year old to play next to the unbenchable dinosaur.
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Well Catalan media now reporting that he could indeed be our Frenkie replacement as Bernardo Silva might be too expensive or out of reach :lol:
 
FinBarcelonafan

FinBarcelonafan

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Yikes. Don't trust him(injuries) and too old.

Just about right then.

Bargain bin shopping.

Also, I am bit scared how much these City players have left in the tank after their City careers, same concerns as with Liverpool players. Pep riders the players hard.
 
BerkeleyBernie

BerkeleyBernie

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Class player. Behind so many of City's chances yesterday. I remember when some folks were writing him off during that period when he was recovering from a back injury at Dortmund. Great to see him playing at the top level.
 
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