As I told you before, their coach doesn't move his full-backs to CB anymore, they stay on the flanks, no matter what. Has little to do with being behind 'a guy from Celtic' in the pecking order.
Boyata is their only Belgium defender and he has 1 cap, according to wikipedia
He's referring to Denayer, who was on loan from Emirates Marketing Project.
I'd like Benteke as the lead singer please. Fudge it we might as well get the band back together and buy the whole Dutch team. Mirallas as the ..um... the horn section. Maybe that should be Chadli.From Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad:
Ah, cheers.
Denayer has 3 caps, for reference, two as a sub and one start (in a friendly)
I hope we can get him. Mainly because for the past month I've been monitoring a Southampton forum and can't believe the level of hatred they have for us for... er... appointing a couple of their managers fairly.
Threatening legal action against us is pathetic. If anything happens which involves us signing him their quarrell should be with Athletico, we will have broken NO rules and to be honest I'm not so sure that Alderweireld will want to sign for a petty little outfit like them after watching them behave like children anyway.
are we buying him to play central midfield? ive never seen Alderwiereld play there but apparently he has and done ok. I mean we have 4 centre halves and 60 right backs already so maybe Poch has other plans for Toby
I doubt it. I would assume that either Fazio will be sold or one of Dier or Wimmer will be loaned.
I think he has been bought to play alongside Jan at CB, however he can play in other positions and will probably be used in them if needed. If we are to loan out any players I would think it would be Wimmer who would be the one.
I think that you are right. Maybe Poch has decided that he needs 5 CBs to cover all competitions
I think that you are right. Maybe Poch has decided that he needs 5 CBs to cover all competitions
another possibility for sure. with the increasing financial gap between ourselves and the top 4 (our wage bill is closer to Hulls than it is any team in the top 4 and closer to West Hams than Liverpools, i read somewhere recently) i can imagine the club giving Pochettino instruction to take the trophies seriously as we can't really afford to bank on breaking the top 4 and trophies will bring an air of success
I really hope that is the case, I want to see us win things ( its all about the glory) and finishing among the runners up ( top four) is not glory. ( imo).
without wanting to open that particular can of worms - top 4 as an end is not success but in order to become a club capable of consistently winning trophies top 4 is an important step to take. but of course a trophy>>>finishing 4th