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Ian Maatsen

Good job we gave him all that playing time.....at right wing....then decided he wasnt good enough.....f**king idiots.

 
PloKoon13 said:
Would be quite funny/tragic if Bayern were to buy Dortmund's starting left-back two summers in a row.

Let's be honest @dkw, young Ian was never going to get into the team with Cucurella as his competition. 
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Issue is though we are apparently in the market for a new LB this summer, and willing to take a hit on Cucurella. Just seems like bad planning.

 
We will probably never know how good he could be at Chelsea, the slight upside is we will make some money off him. I don't think German league is the best, and do flatters attackers. But if the guy is performing at CL knock out games, he's not a fluke and has something to offer. Again, why can't we use some of that?

 
Sheva said:
Think he's good as gone.

He's going to get sold to make up for the mistakes of the ownership.
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Yes, I agree. But also Poch clearly didn't rate him as he didn't give him a single minute at left back. I'd prefer that we never signed Cucurella and instead gave Maatsen a chance, but as it is I guess we'll get ~£35m for him. Time will tell whether or not that was a good deal.

Looks a good player to me though...

 
To be fair to Poch, he wouldn’t be a good fit in a back four with a marauding James on the other side - which is an issue for Chilwell as well. As a wing back or as an attacking full back with a more defensive option on the right side he’d be really good. Keeping him around as a 10 or right winger was just nonsense though, but as I remember it Maatsen himself really wanted to stay at the time

 
icecoolguy22 said:
We will probably never know how good he could be at Chelsea, the slight upside is we will make some money off him. I don't think German league is the best, and do flatters attackers. But if the guy is performing at CL knock out games, he's not a fluke and has something to offer. Again, why can't we use some of that?
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Sancho was infuriating United fans last night as he was taking the piss out of Atletico's defence, whereas in the Prem he could barely beat a man. Confidence and the right set up brings out the best in players. 

Maatsen is a victim of circumstance. Was never convinced of him defensively but there's no denying his influence in the attacking end. Like Chilwell. As others alluded to its about balance and when we have two slow CBs starting the majority of matches (Silva/Disasi) with Gusto bombing forward on the right, it made Maatsen redundant. 

Annoying we are gifting Bayern another youth product though. 

 
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