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Mykola Matviyenko

Yousif Arsenal

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They say we need to decide if we want him or Mari so I imagine it’s probably bullshit and we end up signing Mari.
Yes just read that as well start to think all reports about this are BS. We definitely interested but won't buy him now.
 

Tosker

Does Not Hate Foreigners
I'm beginning to think most players must dread being linked with us - it must be very unsettling going through all this on/off stuff in the middle of the season - especially when it involves long haul flights for sod all
 

A_G

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The London club who are still undecided should make the final call on whether to sign him or Pablo Mari.
That's the problem with this new structure at the club. This is a question people asked when it was Emery/Sven/Raul, now it's Arteta/Edu/Raul.
 

Yousif Arsenal

On Vinai's payroll & misses 4th place trophy 🏆
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That's the problem with this new structure at the club. This is a question people asked when it was Emery/Sven/Raul, now it's Arteta/Edu/Raul.
Raul and Edu shouldn't take part of tactical advice they should take coaching staff advice and go at players Arteta want not Raul or Edu wants. even tho modern football it has the scouting staff and DOF make moves unlike before.
 

Malky

Established Member
If it comes down to Matviyenko or Mari then just cough up the cash and bring Matviyenko in this month, give him half a season to adjust to the league and he'll be ready to go next season. Mari just seems like a stop-gap, cover option.
 

Penn_

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Would prefer him to Mari just because he seems to be our first / second choice.
 

WiscoGooner8

Active Member
Watch us have the opportunity to sign this guy for 30m or whatever, go for the cheaper Mari and have this guy go to Leicester and go for 80 mil in 2 years. Not that I know either, just our luck (decisions).
 

Toby

No longer a Stuttgart Fan
Moderator
Carragher said to end up as a full-back you're either a failed winger or a failed centre-back.

I read an interview with a coach working at DFB some time ago that the lack of very good fullbacks is partly due to the best/technically most gifted players usually shifted to the centre or wings where they are likely to be more often on the ball, at a very early age. This has unfortunately been diametrically opposed to the evolution of the modern fullback position to one of great importance and in need of a great skillset, especially now that the newst thing is the tucked in fullback and now leads to central midfielders being shifted to fullback again as stopgaps as they resemble the needed skillset the most.

Look at Gareth Bale. His evolution came at a later stage than it is usually done nowadays, but he went from LB to LW and had his best season for Tottenham as an attacking mid/second striker. Of course you want guys like him where they can cause the most damage, but at the same time you just lose gifted fullbacks.
 

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