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Started by The Blue Blooded Maniac, July 30, 2020, 11:46:31

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The Blue Blooded Maniac

£45 million fee agreed between the clubs.

gavin

BBC says £40 mill but whats £5 mill these days?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53594421

Great to see fast and decisive action, that is the main thing.

KunDB

Thus swift action was what was missing last summer, identify targets and get them dont dilly dally and if the price is not right or the other club messes about walk away, onto next target.

Great to see Ake (almost) signed.

Paddy

Thought he wanted to go back to Chelsea

The Blue Blooded Maniac

He had a clause in his contract that Chelsea get first refusal.

Stephen Paul

decent buy at that price . Pep sees potential in the Dutchman

Hesperus

Better than Stones and Otamendi in my opinion so an upgrade there but not quite the world class CB I was hoping for. Young enough though to develop into a very good player under Pep, he’s got some pace, technique and can head a ball. Quite looking forward to watching him play.

Swiss

Ignoring the leftie racists, the most noticible thing about Ake is his height.

5 foot 11 is short for a cb.

But... peps played with small cb's before.

Mascherano is 5ft9.
Fernandinho is also 5ft9.

Ive done a comparison between him and Laporte using the prems stats.
To note, only prem league

Description.     Laporte.       Ake
Age                        26                25
Appearances      59                146
Wins                      50               51
Losses                   6                 67
Draws                     3                28
Goals                      4                 12
Headed goals        4                  6
Goal R/ foot           0                  1
Goals L/ foot          0                 5
Hit post                   0                 4
Clean sheets         25                30
Conceeded           31                220
Tackles                 63                 254
Tackle success    52%              63%
Last man tackle     0                  3
Blocks                      7                 20
Interceptions          70                206
Clearances             147              757
Headed clearances  88              413
Off the line                  0                5
Recoveries                 342            633
Duels won                  226            657
Duels lost                   144            442
Successful 50/50s    8                29
Aerials won                  127           311
Aerials lost                  79              272
Own goals                    0                  0
Errors leading to goals 0               0
Passes                         4,957          5,580
Pass completion        92.5%          87.6%
Passes per match      84                38
Big chance created    1                   9
Crosses                        8                  61
Cross accuracy           13%            20%
Throughballs                1                  3
Accurate long balls     274              259
Yellows                          5                  15
Reds                               0                  1
Fouls                              40                 97
Offsides                         2                   7

gavin

Difficult to compare the stats considering how different the teams they have been playing in are.

Swiss

sure, b'mouth were under considerably more pressure at the back than us

KunDB

It’s more pace at the back we need and he has that. I would not be surprised if Pep grooms him as a replacement in time for Fernandinho.

Swiss

I was thinking the same, whether he'd be good at dm.

I do like Rodri in that pivot hole though.

goat

his wiki page for whatever thats worth says he prefers midfield

gavin

Can we just buy a defender and play him as a defender? That is what we need really.

KunDB

#14
Quote from: gavin on August 02, 2020, 21:13:36
Can we just buy a defender and play him as a defender? That is what we need really.

Well yes that is what will happen when we shortly buy another CB. We need three good CBa to provide injury cover, competition to improve performance levels, for rotation and to shut up shop and see out important tight games. Example, Koulibaly or Alaba.

Paddy

Don't think we will get Alaba

Hesperus


KunDB

Welcome Ake. All going well just three more to close out our team strengthening.

gavin

Welcome to Manchester

Swiss

Definitely gonna need him next season, big things nathan, big things!