That would be wrong on so many levels. If we do have to sell him, at least give him a chance at a decent club with a decent manager.
What if no decent clubs or decent managers are interested in him though?
That would be wrong on so many levels. If we do have to sell him, at least give him a chance at a decent club with a decent manager.
What if no decent clubs or decent managers are interested in him though?
I think Pochettino has two problems with Sandro:
A) Sandro goes steaming into challenges and commits himself regularly. It's what makes him a fan-legend, but it can and does leave us exposed tactically on occasion.
B) Sandro isn't actually that great on the ball, having an average first-touch and limited passing ability and vision.
You can see in our transfer strategy this summer, that players in the squad who are limited on the ball, such as Dawson, Sandro appear to be on the 'sell' list in favour of players who are more intelligent and comfortable users of the ball.
One of the things I was thinking watching the vids of Stambouli was that there was no way Sandro would have looked as comfortable riding tackles in tight situations in the midfield, or of playing some of the quick forward through-balls that I saw in the vids.
I think Pochettino has two problems with Sandro:
A) Sandro goes steaming into challenges and commits himself regularly. It's what makes him a fan-legend, but it can and does leave us exposed tactically on occasion.
B) Sandro isn't actually that great on the ball, having an average first-touch and limited passing ability and vision.
You can see in our transfer strategy this summer, that players in the squad who are limited on the ball, such as Dawson, Sandro appear to be on the 'sell' list in favour of players who are more intelligent and comfortable users of the ball.
One of the things I was thinking watching the vids of Stambouli was that there was no way Sandro would have looked as comfortable riding tackles in tight situations in the midfield, or of playing some of the quick forward through-balls that I saw in the vids.
One of the things I was thinking watching the vids of Stambouli was that there was no way Sandro would have looked as comfortable riding tackles in tight situations in the midfield, or of playing some of the quick forward through-balls that I saw in the vids.
So we're using two minute youtube videos of a pretty much unheard of player round these parts as a reason to sell Sandro....
\o/
It's not a video of some random player though is it? It's a video of a player who we are buying and who plays the same position as Sandro. We have a huge squad already and so that would be the logical reason to sell him. Otherwise, why would we buy this player?
People will look at youtube vids of the player due to be signed and speculate what their strengths are, but it's not like glory glory is scouring youtube and levy is buying players based on our analysis of the videos is it?
We're gonna end up flogging in for about 5 million/undisclosed fee I think. He's declined drastically in value, just not the same player any more since his injury. It is not a form thing, it's something deeper than that, and other clubs can see it. There'd have been clubs queuing up to pay £20 million a couple of years ago. It just seems to be Napoli and QPR half interested now.
The guy is lacking match practice and confidence.
Is Capoue really better than Sandro? Or is he just newer?
Is Capoue really better than Sandro? Or is he just newer?
We missed him today. A midfield of dembele and Sandro would have been far more solid.
Perhaps a midfield we should return to if we can get the front four performing on the same wavelength.