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Benjamin Stambouli - Sold to PSG

Paid £4m, selling for £5.6m

I still think he did a good job standing in for Bentaleb during the ACN, and I'd be more than happy to give him another year now he's used to the pace of the league
 
Gutter Boy said:
Paid £4m, selling for £5.6m

I still think he did a good job standing in for Bentaleb during the ACN, and I'd be more than happy to give him another year now he's used to the pace of the league
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I agree, unless Poch has a replacement lined up we should keep him him.
 
Vega said:
or Alli is going to get healthy playing time? Or more time for Dembele? Or we have another player lined up?
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Alli plays more advanced - more the Mason role than the Bentaleb one. And I'd rather not see Dembele anywhere near our half. I think we will buy in a direct replacement for Stambouli
 
Gutter Boy said:
Alli plays more advanced - more the Mason role than the Bentaleb one. And I'd rather not see Dembele anywhere near our half. I think we will buy in a direct replacement for Stambouli
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I am interested to see what happens with Dembele, despite all these sales i don't see anyone saying he should be in the first XI and despite some wanting him as a squad option i cant see him putting up with that past January.
 
AdamB said:
To me, he doesnt look like he's up to the PL level (or certainly not top levels of the PL) so I would flog him
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He showed in flashes that he could be a very good player. And considering some new signing players from the Bale money playing consistently for a whole season only showed flashes throughout the whole season, but have since kicked on suggest he hasn't had anywhere enough time to be judged fairly....
 
harr1984 said:
He showed in flashes that he could be a very good player. And considering some new signing players from the Bale money playing consistently for a whole season only showed flashes throughout the whole season, but have since kicked on suggest he hasn't had anywhere enough time to be judged fairly....
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Poch has seen plenty of him in training.

To me, the players being shifted are about ability to play in a Poch team, as well as upside.

Stambouli could do a job, but I don't think anyone thinks he can lift the team another level, money recouped, time to move on ..
 
Raziel said:
Poch has seen plenty of him in training.

To me, the players being shifted are about ability to play in a Poch team, as well as upside.

Stambouli could do a job, but I don't think anyone thinks he can lift the team another level, money recouped, time to move on ..
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Stambouli is as mobile as the Statue of Liberty. I'm sure that is why he is being moved on as on the ball he seems decent enough and good in the tackle too.

We must have to have another CM lined up. It would be madness not too have at least one more proven player in the squad. Bentaleb, Mason and Dembele are fine and you know what you get from them, but whether Alli and Carroll can step really remains to be seen.
 
Raziel said:
Poch has seen plenty of him in training.

To me, the players being shifted are about ability to play in a Poch team, as well as upside.

Stambouli could do a job, but I don't think anyone thinks he can lift the team another level, money recouped, time to move on ..
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Well that is debatable, unless Poch has someone to be the DM in our CM then he is better then what we have there now.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Alli plays more advanced - more the Mason role than the Bentaleb one. And I'd rather not see Dembele anywhere near our half. I think we will buy in a direct replacement for Stambouli
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Have you seen many MK Dons games to make the assumption Tha Alli is more of an advanced midfielder? My friend (who is a season ticket holder at Dons) seems to think Alli was deployed mostly as a defensive midfielder last season.
 
Yiddo said:
Have you seen many MK Dons games to make the assumption Tha Alli is more of an advanced midfielder? My friend (who is a season ticket holder at Dons) seems to think Alli was deployed mostly as a defensive midfielder last season.
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More reports have likened him to Vieira - who was primarily a defensive midfielder with great timing in getting forward.
 
Yiddo said:
Have you seen many MK Dons games to make the assumption Tha Alli is more of an advanced midfielder? My friend (who is a season ticket holder at Dons) seems to think Alli was deployed mostly as a defensive midfielder last season.
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Yes but as the more attacking one of a double pivot.
 
I think the Alli position has been done to death over in his own thread. If he can develop into a more goalscoring version of Bentaleb in the next couple of years then I'll be happy.
 
My impression is also that he's one for a double pivot and comparable to Vieira's postition. People think Vieira was a defensive midfielder though, and he really wasn't. It was Petit who was the sitting midfielder at Arsenal, Deschamps at France. Vieira was the one who went forward the most.
 
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