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Antonio Rudiger

MissouriBlue said:
Maybe can shift Dave to RWB and play him in Dave's spot instead.

I find it funny how this rumour has had more legs on it than anything to do with Alex Sandro, wonder why that is.
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Roma needs to sell after the Manolas-Zenit debacle to make FFP

 
Deino said:
Roma needs to sell after the Manolas-Zenit debacle to make FFP
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Exactly and that's why they're happy for this deal to go through quickly (hence his brother and agent traveling to London already)...we allegedly agreed a 25m euro deal for him last year until he did his ACL...I would be surprised if we paid much more this time round given his injury history and Roma's financial plight...remember Zenit were only paying 30m euros for Manolas...

 
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Not keen tbh. I'm not sure we need a centre back, let alone one that isn't better than what we already have. 

Id take zouma and christiensen over him.

Considering who we have been linked with at centre back, and the prices being touted about, this seems very underwhelming.

If he comes I would love to be proven wrong, but imo there are better options out there.

 
mwblue10 said:
Did he miss a lot of matches this season due to the ACL injury?
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Had a set back from his ACL injury buy still played 25 league games and 4 CL games last season...also remember he has been very vocal in condemning racism in Italian football and has stated his wish to move abroad because of it...

 
doctorblue said:
Had a set back from his ACL injury buy still played 25 league games and 4 CL games last season...also remember he has been very vocal in condemning racism in Italian football and has stated his wish to move abroad because of it...
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That's good, I would expect he is back at 100% then, easily

 
doctorblue said:
Had a set back from his ACL injury buy still played 25 league games and 4 CL games last season...also remember he has been very vocal in condemning racism in Italian football and has stated his wish to move abroad because of it...
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No wonder his agent (brother) couldn't wait to get on the plane lol

 
Bit worrying if we again aren't capable of getting Contes first choice targets.

With our resources and draw it shouldn't be as difficult as its seeming to be. 

 
Chelsbear said:
Bit worrying if we again aren't capable of getting Contes first choice targets.

With our resources and draw it shouldn't be as difficult as its seeming to be. 
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The targets he's after are premium players and their clubs are financially strong enough to withstand any offers...if Southampton are willing to turn down £60m for VVD then I don't know what else the board could do?

 
comtrend said:
Might as well have kept Ake, if we are not going after an upgrade like VVD or Bonucci.
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True, this is an odd signing, I don't see why we can't get Conte's first choice players, sounds like the board are being stingy, which is odd considering the money we've made. I hope Rudiger does well for us, just not sure he's much of an upgrade on Ake, hope we sign another defender.

 
Amputechture said:
Done deal apparently. Is he any good?
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Personally, I think he's everything you'd want from a German CB. Tall, Not afraid of challenges, decent in the air, has a decent long pass, good pace, versatile enough as RB/LB/CB, can dribble, decent enough 1st touch.

My problem is that he's 24 so would need lots of playing time to improve and grow which given how stacked we are and where he'll play becomes a problem because our other CBs are at the last phase of their peak/peaking so we stand a chance to lose the time needed for him to acclimatise and familiarise with the Prem. 

 
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