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Sergiño Dest

So all posts considering it's a polite 'no, thank you'. I'm a bit sozzled as I post this, so feel free to disagree with me, as long as you don't use the  A word  :sign0195:

 
PhilH930 said:
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Funny, my understanding is that a lot (Barca themselves included) want rather his replacement at A**x than Dest. That's quite a common sentiment I see from Bayern followers (as Bayern is linked to Dest as well). 

Dest is defensively a nightmare. So even if he makes some sense as a back-up right now he's likely no good in a back four system which I personally think should be always considered a viable alternative in the next season - depending on how we restructure our defense. 

 
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Valerie said:
You probably haven't been around long enough to realise there is one MAJOR unwritten rule here: we do not use the A word  :sign0195:  This time I'll let it go and I've even fixed it for you.

Dest is Dutch-American, but I would only sign him if he plays with Sergiño on his back. We can pretend that Brazilian and kid ourselves we got a world class player there.
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To be fair he's culturally more Dutch than American.  My understanding is that he never really lived in the US, just had an American father.  Plays for the US National team likely because he wouldn't see as much playing time on the Dutch team.  

Of course if you are like Nigel Powers you might not want him on your team.

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weetee said:
Funny, my understanding is that a lot (Barca themselves included) want rather his replacement at A**x than Dest. That's quite a common sentiment I see from Bayern followers (as Bayern is linked to Dest as well). 

Dest is defensively a nightmare. So even if he makes some sense as a back-up right now he's likely no good in a back four system which I personally think should be always considered a viable alternative in the next season - depending on how we restructure our defense. 
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Maybe he's not the best option if he's that bad in defense then... But we do need some kind of a backup in this transfer window since Alonso can't play all games till the rest of the season.

 
Gol15 said:
Maybe he's not the best option if he's that bad in defense then... But we do need some kind of a backup in this transfer window since Alonso can't play all games till the rest of the season.
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We certainly do. 
I don‘t mean it‘d be a totally bad idea to sign him (loan?) since he‘s young and TT is the teacher type.

I hope they have a more creative solution in mind but who knows. I remember one LWB in France, quite young, who‘s been rocking it when TT was still there, forgot the name though.

Emerson would have the benefit of being able to help out if Rüdiger needs a  rest. Not sure how Sarr does on the training ground - he was pretty horrific bar Spurs (who were pretty horrific thmeselves..).

 
weetee said:
Funny, my understanding is that a lot (Barca themselves included) want rather his replacement at A**x than Dest. That's quite a common sentiment I see from Bayern followers (as Bayern is linked to Dest as well). 

Dest is defensively a nightmare. So even if he makes some sense as a back-up right now he's likely no good in a back four system which I personally think should be always considered a viable alternative in the next season - depending on how we restructure our defense. 
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Yeah Mazraoui will be a clear upgrade on Dest for Barca. He is running down his contract at A**x, and I reckon he will be available for under €20m. If you want genuine competition for James, he is your guy.

 
Valpo said:
To be fair he's culturally more Dutch than American.  My understanding is that he never really lived in the US, just had an American father.  Plays for the US National team likely because he wouldn't see as much playing time on the Dutch team.  

Of course if you are like Nigel Powers you might not want him on your team.

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More Dutch, really, I didn't know that  :tongue:

Terrible people, those Dutch. @azpi28 and I don't want to be found anywhere near them. And azpi has the Belgians nearby, too, poor guy.

 
weetee said:
Funny, my understanding is that a lot (Barca themselves included) want rather his replacement at A*** than Dest. That's quite a common sentiment I see from Bayern followers (as Bayern is linked to Dest as well). 

Dest is defensively a nightmare. So even if he makes some sense as a back-up right now he's likely no good in a back four system which I personally think should be always considered a viable alternative in the next season - depending on how we restructure our defense. 
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You know, there's only so much use of the A word I can take  :rant:

@Mod, do something!

 
Valerie said:
More Dutch, really, I didn't know that  :tongue:

Terrible people, those Dutch. @azpi28 and I don't want to be found anywhere near them. And azpi has the Belgians nearby, too, poor guy.
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And ze Germans 

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Aachen is where our friend Havertz is born 

on topic, i watched a video of him where he does an interview in a car with Andy van der Meijden and he seems really awkward (has english subs, but it will bore you to death)



to be fair he doesn't seem the type to do spontaneous interviews so that's a + haha 

 
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24 minutes ago, azpi28 said:

And ze Germans 

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Aachen is where our friend Havertz is born 

on topic, i watched a video of him where he does an interview in a car with Andy van der Meijden and he seems really awkward (has english subs, but it will bore you to death)

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Is it the former player or just someone with a similar name Van Der Maijden?

 
Gol15 said:
I somehow thought that he has long hair...
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he did have longer hair at everton for a while, he's sort of the dutch Gascoigne, talented but a lot of drugs & drinking

"I wanted to sign for Monaco before I went to Everton but my ex-wife likes a lot of animals. I like a dog or something but not what she likes - zebras and all that sort of stuff.

"If I went there I could have made a lot of money because I wouldn't have had to pay tax there. I phoned my wife and said "'hey they only have apartments there and you can't have a zebra in the flat, you'll have to leave them at home'.

"That was not her thing and she didn't want to go there, so we went to rainy Liverpool."

 
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Reading Tuchel presser comments, does sound like we are looking round

 
I hope we don't buy simply out of desperation and do our homework properly. Let's end up with another Brana, Cahill or Anelka quality signing. 

Or failing that loan someone.

 
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