That’s Balkan style of showing affection, more trolling equals more love.
He wanted to leave even before he signed his contract extension. I am not sure that publicly declaring it though was the right move from Marotta.
Actually Simeone didn't like him cz he doesnt track back. Carrasco is more explosive kind of player like Keita.I am very worried we wont find an adequate replacement for him in this short time.And by an adequate replacement i mean somebody who can cover for the clusterfuck that is our starting LB who irrespective of the name somehow manages to screw things up.I have already given up on Perisic doing something important going forward but i dont think we can rely on Asamoah alone at LB with Keita hardly tracking back.
I am hoping we keep Perisic till the summer because he will provide enough cover to Asamoah for us not to drop too many points and the other pieces to provide enough in attack to ensure a top 4 finish.
Ofcourse if Spalletti was flexible with the formation it might work but that is not going to happen anyway.So i do feel its best to keep Perisic here till the summer.I think we could still command what we are commanding now in 6 months time.35-40 million doesnt seem like too much and i doubt we can get a proper replacement in that.
Does Carrasco track back?Dont think he did too well as LWB for Belgium.What were his issues at Atletico?We already have Ninja with disciplinary issues so not sure getting another badboy is too good for the dressing room.
If it means getting more teams interested and more offers coming in, it's a good strategy. Selling Perisic and trading Candreva for Carrasco would be a dream.
Spanish journalist who is especialist in International football says 40mil for Perisic is a bargain (very cheap)
https://twitter.com/plazacasals/status/1089580278518034433
This is so weird. Why now? The CL exit?
Miranda, Perisic... who's next? We just began resembling a semi-proper team and it's beginning to crumble, hope this doesn't lead to more of the good players wanting to leave, like Icardi, Brozovic and Skriniar.
Perisic does a lot of defensive work (covering, pressing, positioning, ...) something which for example Keita is simply unable to do.
This is so weird. Why now? The CL exit?