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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
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Kandi1977
Terry Dyson
He's got one year left on his contract, and he's brick, but he's worth more than £15m.... Makes sense....
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
They were if they had a pair
They bottled it
Hence why their fans are angry
But at least now we have paid a more relevant price for him
It’s exactly what happens with Eriksen
We had people saying we can get £x and we got a fraction of it as the player wouldn’t go go the clubs that would pay it
It cost is a fortune in the end
SpurMeUp
Jimmy Cantrell
Only so much YT clips can tell you, but on those alone I like him. Most importantly Hojberg looks all action. It has been a while since we've had a highly mobile, tenacious player in the middle who is quick to close down and win the ball back. He's big, strong and he has some skills. A decent touch, control and his passing is competent. In other words a well-rounded DM. Something we've really missed.
milo
Jack L. Jones
I don't think that's true. If a player only has one year left on their contract and is only prepared to join one club, the selling club has very little power. They can sell at a reduced fee or lose the player for nothing in a year and potentially have a disruptive player in the dressing room until then. Southampton did the best that they could under the circumstances.
milo
Jack L. Jones
He's another leader too, he was the youngest captain in the PL until he said he wanted to leave.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Did not know that to be honest, i always thought Dier would be our next captain maybe it will be Pierre.
It’s cool, I know it wasn’t!
I was just riding your wave and taking an opportunity to talk about how great I am.
Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
True
But they can also start by flatly refusing to deal with certain clubs like we do
It gives the player that clarity
This deal gives them a small win now in that they fill a gap in their team and make some money
I said a while back that he isn’t worth £25m but Everton are happy to bid that as they over pay to attract players
The price is much much more sensible considering what the player has achieved
milo
Jack L. Jones
I don't think that Mourinho puts much onus on who has the armband but he does like vocal players and he wants the team to be able to manage itself through games.
The normal argument is that a specialist defensive player would, whilst making us more defensively solid, reduce our attacking output.
Of course, when there's a Sissoko stinking up the place you could replace him with a training cone and increase creativity.
milo
Jack L. Jones
I don't think that Hojbjerg is a purely defensive player, he can play at #8 too and his ball pass completion stats were a lot better before his manager asked him to play more high risk balls.
They are but if you look at his Statsbomb radar, he has a very high deep progression numbers and very low xGAssist and xGBuildup numbers.
That's a concern for the player most likely to be on the ball at a turnover or moving it out from the back.
Of course, it could also mean that their forward line is so utterly incompetent that they never create any chances worthy of the name too. Not entirely impossible, considering where he's coming from.
milo
Jack L. Jones
I am pretty sure that Mourinho will have him playing differently. I wouldn't expect too many assists but I'd be disappointed if we didn't see his build up figures improve.
There’s a good few in random. Will dig one out for you.
That doesn't seem like Mourinho's forte.
With the caveat of not having seen him play many matches, his stats would suggest an overly cautious player on the ball - more a Parker than a Carrick. His completion numbers are good, so he has the physical skill to place a pass (not something I ever expected to doubt a pro footballer for until I saw Sissoko). But he seems to not have either the vision or the ambition to make the passes likely to result in a goal. I can't see how time under Mourinho is likely to change that.
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
So we get this guy and build the team/system around him. Who's the backup for when he's injured/rested? Skipp?
Where do you see Winks fitting in?
Interestingly some Saints fans on Twitter have said that he is not a DM - more of a CM that’s been playing DM. I see no reason why - if he is disciplined - he can’t make the DM job his own. Also loving the leader aspect through the spine. Lloris, Dier, Toby, Pierre, Kane.