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Scouseinthehouse said:
Our main European scout has been at every Barca Champions League game this year and it won't go away so you presume there's some real legs in it.

We've also been at a good few Cologne games of late too, reportedly not only watching Hector but Horn, so who knows which way we'll fall.

But it's seeming more and more apparent that the Mingolet contract was more a financial safeguard than anything else for a player who'd be going into his last year next season.
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Hector is the main one tbh. Papers have assumed Horn because of Mings, but the only confirmed interest is Hector.

You obviously should be in for Horn, but so far it seems not.

For what it's worth, Ter Stegen is ambivalent on his future. Doesnt want to leave Barca, but wants more than he is getting on the pitch.
 
Mike. said:
Hector is the main one tbh. Papers have assumed Horn because of Mings, but the only confirmed interest is Hector.

You obviously should be in for Horn, but so far it seems not.....
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We've confirmed we're looking at Hector? Must of completely missed that. Hadn't seen anything official out of the club or the manager per se. Just the natural media connection with out presence at Colognes games and a fly away comment from the guy himself.

Seriously hope he is right up there on our list. Like I briefly evaled above, he looked great last night. Need to try catch a few Cologne games to see more of him, but that was the kind of solid performance I want out of my defenders. (Hard to say much of anything on the England game Sat'day as Germany just weren't on it and where sloppy all over the park.).

Said it for years I've NEVER understood why English clubs have never looked German. More often than not, you don't get any better pro's. The culture and climate isn't all that different. The type of football is very similar. I seriously have never got it. Riedle for ourselves was absolutely fantastic. Just came a little too late in his career. But his influence on wen in particular was immense. And Markus Babbel was top draw until the shockingly bad health issues all but did for him.
 
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Bujakaa said:
Maybe it is harder to lure them away as they like German league more? And when top club from German should be calling the will go.
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Maybe to an extent. But with all the money and popularity of the PL over the duration, particularly since Serie A dropped right down ..... Clubs just haven't seemed to look to Germany for some reason. Whilst we've gone through years of sub-standard Norwegians and the like stealing a living and being made for life through the English top league.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Maybe to an extent. But with all the money and popularity of the PL over the duration, particularly since Serie A dropped right down ..... Clubs just haven't seemed to look to Germany for some reason. Whilst we've gone through years of sub-standard Norwegians and the like stealing a living and being made for life through the English top league.
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Clubs do try in fairness, they are just quite reluctant to leave Germany, all things being equal.
 
So singing 'Oh Manchester is full of ****' get's you a UEFA charge for illicit chanting but constantly singing about death doesn't.

And THAT'S the governing body of the European game. Absolute joke.
 
LFCMarshall said:
Rumours we've been monitoring it for months so would make sense... But with Pep and the money on offer it will be hard to challenge City
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Maybe. I had just read those rumours as a-typical lazy journalism TBH, i.e. Link Klopp with every Dortmund player going because that's what he'll want. Dortmund MK2. *Rolls eyes.
 
Subtle said:
If he actually does it, he'll surely go down as one of the most colossal wastes of talent in recent years. Players like Ravel Morrison have nothing on that, we're talking proper Cassano levels of idiocy.
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I always said his talent is overrated and I still stand by it. He is nothing special talent at all, not even close to Cassano. He had a beasty shot from distance and that's it.
 
sunilvk7 said:
I always said his talent is overrated and I still stand by it. He is nothing special talent at all, not even close to Cassano. He had a beasty shot from distance and that's it.
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To be fair, everywhere he has been coaches, managers and players that have worked with him have said he could be awesome. He just....isn't!

I agree with what you're saying though, he very rarely shows it.

He could probably be a really good striker for a mid table club where he starts every game and is the focal point. Just not good enough to a be a star striker for a massive club, which is what he thinks he is
 
Average Joe said:
To be fair, everywhere he has been coaches, managers and players that have worked with him have said he could be awesome. He just....isn't!

I agree with what you're saying though, he very rarely shows it.

He could probably be a really good striker for a mid table club where he starts every game and is the focal point. Just not good enough to a be a star striker for a massive club, which is what he thinks he is
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Sometimes you have to take what coaches say with pinch of salt. I mean we had SAF who said Dong was next Batigol and Jones could be best ever United player.

Balotelli was physical beast from very young age, so obviously he was ready for youth tournaments. Even when he made Inter debut he looked very good for 17-18 year old because he was physically very much developed. But when you see his game, apart from shooting from distance, I don't see any attribute that makes him special.

He runs like there is something stuck in his ****, **** poor work rate, average finishing and for a player of his physical size he rarely uses it to his advantage.

He has beast of a shot though.
 
sunilvk7 said:
I always said his talent is overrated and I still stand by it. He is nothing special talent at all, not even close to Cassano. He had a beasty shot from distance and that's it.
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It's frustrating because Balotelli/Italy at the Euros looked a top, top player. There were times for City when he also looked a very good player.

I dont think his talent is overrated, it's just his desire and application is embarrassing
 
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