I just spent the morning watching gedion zelalem clips on youtube, and while I'm not an expert, his technical skills seem to be just as good if not better than the guys we currently have. Looks supremely confident on ball, and really impressive vision & touch. Really hope we can snag him, and have years of watching beautiful passes from him to Julian Green.

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Posted by Bottom9

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 1:28 pm to betweenthebara

Gedion is going to be a superstar. He's by far the closest to "Pirlo" but like others have said there, Pirlo is a once in a generation player.

Gedion's awareness on the ball is absolutely phenomenal. He NEVER EVER EVER loses the ball and I'm not exaggerating. I 100% believe that he's part of the reason that Arsene Wenger didn't want Cesc Fabregas back.

Also, I'm pretty sure that Gedion recently got his passport.

Here's an article of the Gedion situation written in early May. LINK

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Posted by betweenthebara

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 2:49 pm to Bottom9

Yeah. It sounds like we have a good shot, and I hope we pull it off.

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Posted by TN Bhoy

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 2:56 pm to betweenthebara

I'm still on the Benji Joya bandwagon

Nowhere near Pirlo though, as Pirlo's a once in a century player.

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Posted by Stewie Griffin

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 3:34 pm to betweenthebara

quote:
Does the USMNT have an Andre Pirlo type midfielder talent coming through the...
youth system?

Nope.

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Posted by Witecoco

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Posted on 6/17/14 at 5:12 pm to betweenthebara

Pirlo has been my favorite player for years. The dude is just clinical. I hated to see Milan let him go. And since hes left, all hes done is help Juve win two Serie A league titles.