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Nicolo Barella

DannyVblue said:
You're a Napoli fan, right? how do you rate Barella? Have you seen him play much? I watched the Poland vs Italy match and he was the best player on the pitch.
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He's the best young italian player, first he has very big personality in the pitch, but also tecnique, run, intensity, he is  very very good player.

 
Spending that money for a defensive midfielder, despite offensive problems, would be a very very stupid signing for me. I like Barella, but he would be just a Kante's backup. It's really surprising that Napoli and Chelsea who have best DMs in the world are trying to sign him, maybe it's fault of parisien pressure for both of them. 

 
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I think young Italian players are reluctant to leave Italy for some reason. This is why I'm always very cautious of these rumours. 

This would be a signing to replace Cesc. To be fair he is much more a backup for Jorginho. Jorg can't pass like Cesc. From what I've read and seen he can recover the ball and make smart short passes like Jorginho. 

Probably a hybrid of Kante and Jorginho is a better comparison.

From what I have read isn't afraid to tackle which have resulted as cards. 

 
evissy said:
I think young Italian players are reluctant to leave Italy for some reason. This is why I'm always very cautious of these rumours. 

This would be a signing to replace Cesc. To be fair he is much more a backup for Jorginho. Jorg can't pass like Cesc. From what I've read and seen he can recover the ball and make smart short passes like Jorginho. ?

Probably a hybrid of Kante and Jorginho is a better comparison.

From what I have read isn't afraid to tackle which have resulted as cards. 
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Barella is a runner whit good techincal qualities, he can play in the central position, but whit Sarri he would be play essentially as CM. 

 
evissy said:
That is his role in the team. Jorginho was 50m and doesn't score or make assists. Barella is pretty similar. 
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Exactly, it just doesn't exactly fill me with enthusiasm. We'll keep the ball but still do f**k all with it.

 
evissy said:
I think young Italian players are reluctant to leave Italy for some reason. This is why I'm always very cautious of these rumours. 

This would be a signing to replace Cesc. To be fair he is much more a backup for Jorginho. Jorg can't pass like Cesc. From what I've read and seen he can recover the ball and make smart short passes like Jorginho. 

Probably a hybrid of Kante and Jorginho is a better comparison.

From what I have read isn't afraid to tackle which have resulted as cards. 
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Barella scored 6 goals in 34 apps for Cagliari in serie a last season. Not bad for a 20 year old playing for a struggling Cagliari team.

 
DannyVblue said:
Barella scored 6 goals in 34 apps for Cagliari in serie a last season. Not bad for a 20 year old playing for a struggling Cagliari team.
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Gerrard scored goals for Liverpool, they still won f**k all. A midfield with Barella isn't much better than Liverpool's 10/11 squad imho.

 
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the special one said:
Exactly, it just doesn't exactly fill me with enthusiasm. We'll keep the ball but still do f**k all with it.
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If our strikers and attackers score and the whole team plays as a fluid machine no need for Jorg to score. 

 
the special one said:
Gerrard scored goals for Liverpool, they still won f**k all. A midfield with Barella isn't much better than Liverpool's 10/11 squad imho.
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We have a Napoli fan above who I'm sure watches a lot more Italian football than both of us, and he rates Barella very highly. And he's not the only one. He's already a starter for the Italian national team and also only 21 so he has loads of time to improve. I'd personally be happy with the signing.

 
I always wanted to register and post here because I'm a Chelsea fan since I was a kid even thought I live in Italy, but I only lurked a lot. There seems to be a lot of confusion about Barella: some words come in my mind about him. PASSING I read he makes only short passing like Jorginho, this guy has a sick long passing even thought he may miss that last pass between the defences that we need right now. SHOOTING o my god barella coordination and shooting is unbelievable, he reminds (not only in shooting) Dejan Stankovic. The only reason he scored not so many goals is because he plays for the less offensive team in Serie A, Cagliari team is in the offensive half of the pitch maybe 10 minutes per games, yet he scored a lot of goals for a 20 year old mf. PERSONALITY he sweat bloods for his team like no one else in serie A, that's the reason I think he will do well in premier league. YOUNG i don't think he's already mature, he sometimes get stupid red card and usually can't read the game phase very well. Considering all of this he will be a great sign, but my concerns as a lot of you mentioned is that I can't see him in a midfield with Jorginho Kante, we still miss that offensive midfielder. 

 
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Giorgio said:
I always wanted to register and post here because I'm a Chelsea fan since I was a kid even thought I live in Italy, but I only lurked a lot. There seems to be a lot of confusion about Barella: some words come in my mind about him. PASSING I read he makes only short passing like Jorginho, this guy has a sick long passing even thought he may miss that last pass between the defences that we need right now. SHOOTING o my god barella coordination and shooting is unbelievable, he reminds (not only in shooting) Dejan Stankovic. The only reason he scored not so many goals is because he plays for the less offensive team in Serie A, Cagliari team is in the offensive half of the pitch maybe 10 minutes per games, yet he scored a lot of goals for a 20 year old mf. PERSONALITY he sweat bloods for his team like no one else in serie A, that's the reason I think he will do well in premier league. YOUNG i don't think he's already mature, he sometimes get stupid red card and usually can't read the game phase very well. Considering all of this he will be a great sign he's definitely the best young Italian midfielder and in Serie A, yet in a generation with a lack of talent, but my concerns as a lot of you mentioned is that I can't see him in a midfield with Jorginho Kante, we still miss that offensive midfielder. 
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Giorgio said:
I always wanted to register and post here because I'm a Chelsea fan since I was a kid even thought I live in Italy, but I only lurked a lot. There seems to be a lot of confusion about Barella: some words come in my mind about him. PASSING I read he makes only short passing like Jorginho, this guy has a sick long passing even thought he may miss that last pass between the defences that we need right now. SHOOTING o my god barella coordination and shooting is unbelievable, he reminds (not only in shooting) Dejan Stankovic. The only reason he scored not so many goals is because he plays for the less offensive team in Serie A, Cagliari team is in the offensive half of the pitch maybe 10 minutes per games, yet he scored a lot of goals for a 20 year old mf. PERSONALITY he sweat bloods for his team like no one else in serie A, that's the reason I think he will do well in premier league. YOUNG i don't think he's already mature, he sometimes get stupid red card and usually can't read the game phase very well. Considering all of this he will be a great sign, but my concerns as a lot of you mentioned is that I can't see him in a midfield with Jorginho Kante, we still miss that offensive midfielder. 
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Thanks for posting Giorgio, welcome to the forum (ignore me and my pessimism haha)

 
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Giorgio said:
I always wanted to register and post here because I'm a Chelsea fan since I was a kid even thought I live in Italy, but I only lurked a lot. There seems to be a lot of confusion about Barella: some words come in my mind about him. PASSING I read he makes only short passing like Jorginho, this guy has a sick long passing even thought he may miss that last pass between the defences that we need right now. SHOOTING o my god barella coordination and shooting is unbelievable, he reminds (not only in shooting) Dejan Stankovic. The only reason he scored not so many goals is because he plays for the less offensive team in Serie A, Cagliari team is in the offensive half of the pitch maybe 10 minutes per games, yet he scored a lot of goals for a 20 year old mf. PERSONALITY he sweat bloods for his team like no one else in serie A, that's the reason I think he will do well in premier league. YOUNG i don't think he's already mature, he sometimes get stupid red card and usually can't read the game phase very well. Considering all of this he will be a great sign, but my concerns as a lot of you mentioned is that I can't see him in a midfield with Jorginho Kante, we still miss that offensive midfielder.
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Thanks for posting! I think he is very exciting player but just to deputise Jorginho I'm not sure if 21 yr old player should do that. 

If we don't sign Kovacic maybe signing Barella makes sense. I like that he is sort of lion on the pitch. Kind of like Gattuso. 

 
evissy said:
Thanks for posting! I think he is very exciting player but just to deputise Jorginho I'm not sure if 21 yr old player should do that. 

If we don't sign Kovacic maybe signing Barella makes sense. I like that he is sort of lion on the pitch. Kind of like Gattuso. 
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I agree, from watching some of his highlights, he looks to be more fit for the LCM role replacing Kovacic.  But it looks like he has good work rate and tackling ability, so it's possible he could play Kante's role too.

 
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