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re: Sami Khedira worth 34 million Euros?
Posted on 9/3/13 at 7:33 pm to mynamebowl
Posted on 9/3/13 at 7:33 pm to mynamebowl
He's worth that to the handful of teams that can pay that kind of money for a mezzala / defensive mid. Just look at Man City's struggles the past two seasons to sign a player in that mold until they paid similarly for Fernandinho.
Availability is more the key to that kind of price tag as not many teams want to move elite players that fill this role. Seems to be a much harder position to fill with elite quality than diminutive attacking mid who doesn't defend.
At the same time, it's also a position where €15-20m can buy a player that's probably just as good as Khedira like a Strootman, Marchisio etc.
I wouldn't exactly put Khedira on a level with a De Rossi, Busquets, Tuore or, ironically, Pogba.
Availability is more the key to that kind of price tag as not many teams want to move elite players that fill this role. Seems to be a much harder position to fill with elite quality than diminutive attacking mid who doesn't defend.
At the same time, it's also a position where €15-20m can buy a player that's probably just as good as Khedira like a Strootman, Marchisio etc.
I wouldn't exactly put Khedira on a level with a De Rossi, Busquets, Tuore or, ironically, Pogba.
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Posted on 9/3/13 at 11:21 pm to PTBob
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Fletcher 20.2 km
Posted on 9/4/13 at 12:05 am to crazy4lsu
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Makelele was just as important and he was tremendously undervalued by Madrid, sold for peanuts compared to what he was worth.
Really true, I know some fans still pissed about it.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 12:15 am to dgnx6
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Makelele
Posted on 9/4/13 at 7:05 am to Dandy Lion
This was before my club viewing days but the Chelsea fans insist Makelele was the key to the success of Chelsea's first Mourinho teams.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 9:50 am to RandySavage
It's called the Makelele-role for a reason. Makelele re-invented the modern defensive midfielder. The 2000s were dominated by strong-tackling, uber-athletic midfielders in the mold of Claude Makelele.
Vieira
Essien
Gattuso
Marcos Senna
Edgar Davids
Moron Flo Perez's comments compared with the comments of:
Zidane.
Vieira
Essien
Gattuso
Marcos Senna
Edgar Davids
quote:
“We will not miss Makelele. His technique is average, he lacks the speed and skill to take the ball past opponents, and ninety percent of his distribution either goes backwards or sideways. He wasn’t a header of the ball and he rarely passed the ball more than three metres.”
Moron Flo Perez's comments compared with the comments of:
quote:
“Why put another layer of gold paint on the Bentley when you are losing the entire engine?”
Zidane.
Posted on 9/4/13 at 10:15 am to thenry712
You mean to tell me Perez doesn't understand how to build a team?
Posted on 9/4/13 at 10:19 am to thenry712
i just read makelele's wiki bio and came to post those quotes
Posted on 9/4/13 at 10:20 am to hendersonshands
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You mean to tell me Perez doesn't understand how to build a team?
I believe he went for Beckham over Ronaldinho, because he thought he was too ugly for Madrid
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