williams10101:
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The truth is, of all the wingers we have, dembele is clearly the most talented. But when it comes to having maturity in terms of tactical awareness, positional play, ball retention, knowing when to dribble and when to pass, he comes behind Fati and Trincao.

He was late for training once more this week. Which shows he still doesn't understand the discipline required to be a top footballer. Talent isn't just enough.

Anything above 80million wouldn't be a bad deal in my opinion.

I like Dembele, and he also offers more versatility than Fati and Trincao. If only he will stay fit, he would be a useful weapon for us.

opera1:


Pls is d discount alwayz available on d 29th & 30th of every month?
Coz i wish to get one.

It's not. This one is just for this month. But if you follow the store you would be informed of any other discounts.
I think there would be some next 2 months for black Friday and possibly 11/11 shoppings

ib4real95:
If you can up your budget to 13k, go for Anker soundcore 2. I use the speaker and its dope. I plan on upgrading to anker soundcore motion +.(38k)
Anker speakers are dope

I placed order for the anker motionplus some minutes ago. Its not up to 30k with free coins and coupons. Immediately you see this, rush and place an order

What do you guys think?

udy4real:


Is GT BANK better than ACCESS BANK?How much is there exchange rates to the dollar

Less than 400 naira per dollar.

udy4real:


Please how do i buy during the promo period of 28/29

29th to 30th
And it depends, I am going to use my friend's GTbank account to place the order.
And it's on aliexpress

ib4real95:

Wow. I'll set a reminder for that. Hopefully i have funds then. Thanks for the heads up

No problem

ib4real95:

AliExpress bro. Not now though.

There's a discount on 29th and 30th of September

ib4real95:
If you can up your budget to 13k, go for Anker soundcore 2. I use the speaker and its dope. I plan on upgrading to anker soundcore motion +.(38k)
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38k in Nigeria? Or you will buy from Aliexpress?

Sommyroy10:
Innocent question, what are Atletico plans for the future compared to ours?

Let's start from defence, the oldest player in Athletico's defence is Felipe at 31 and Trippier at 30. Our defence has 33 year old Pique, 31 year old Alba and Lenglet. The rest aren't reliable.
In their midfield, the oldest is Hector Herrera at 30.
Our midfield, the oldest is Busquets at 33 and Pjanic at 30.
In attack, our oldest player is Messi at 33 while theirs is Suarez at 33 with Kalinic at 30 and Costa at 31...
Well, they are almost the same thing actually. Except that until this season their wage bill was around half of ours

tesppidd:
Simeone & Suarez could make life hell for everyone in La Liga
Daniel Edwards


The Argentine coach has never hidden his admiration for the all-action Uruguayan, who has just joined Atletico Madrid from Barcelona
The news that Luis Suarez had been caught up in an Italian citizenship scandal barely raised an eyebrow at Barcelona, a club that has become accustomed to events that border on the farcical in recent years.
The doubts over the legitimacy of the results of his language exam put an end to the Uruguayan's hopes of lining up in Serie A this season, although his chances had already diminished as Juventus withdrew their interests in the striker's services days before suspicions were first raised over Suarez's level of Italian.
Juve's loss has turned out to be Atletico Madrid's gain, though, as the Bianconeri's decision to sign Alvaro Morata paved the way for a €6 million (£5.5m/$7m) transfer and the forming of a trans-Rioplatense partnership that appears to be a match made in heaven.

Atletico coach Diego Simeone has long been a huge admirer of the pugnacious Suarez.
Having been hamstrung for much of last season in attack by the sale of Antoine Griezmann and the failure of Diego Costa and Morata to compensate for the Frenchman's goals, the Argentine has managed an impressive coup by bringing one of the world's most accomplished, seasoned – not to mention controversial – forwards across La Liga to the Wanda Metropolitano.
At 33, Suarez may be in the autumn of his outstanding career, but he has the talent and, most importantly perhaps, the drive, work-rate and aggression to revitalise Atletico's stagnant forward line. Not that El Cholo will need much convincing that his new signing has what it takes to succeed in the capital.
“I could not speak ill of Luis Suarez, he is extraordinary,” Simeone explained to reporters as early as 2013, while the forward was still at Liverpool.
Even when Suarez joined Atleti's rivals the following year the praise kept coming, with the coach stating in November 2014: “When Luis Suarez finds the role his trainer wants for him, he is an intense player who will give his team that extra boost they need.
“He is a marvellous player, tremendous, extraordinary, strong, aggressive, intense. He assists and scores from all over the pitch.”
Suarez Simeone
Atletico were reluctant to sign a costly 33-year-old striker when Suarez came on the market, but El Cholo pushed for his signing and eventually got his way, as he usually does.
That only left the forward himself to convince; a task similarly achieved with a series of personal calls from coach to player, culminating in this meeting of minds that brings together two men who love to operate on the very limits of the game, and more often than not beyond them.
The ex-Liverpool and Ajax star had been linked with Atletico, then reigning Liga champions, prior to the 2014 World Cup as a replacement for Chelsea-bound Diego Costa.
Barca, desperate to reinforce at all costs after finishing empty-handed that season under Gerardo Martino, beat their rivals to the signing, and over the intervening six years Suarez has paid back their faith handsomely, smashing 198 goals in 283 games and lifting 13 major titles as the perfect foil to superstar Messi in attack and a Blaugrana idol in his own right.

When new Barca boss Ronald Koeman informed Suarez that he would not form part of his plans in 2020-21, it thus came as a surprise to nobody to see Atleti enter the chase.
Some Barcelona directors argued against allowing one of the greatest goalscorers of the modern era join one of their likely title rivals at a knockdown price, and it's easy to understand why.
The Colchoneros might just have acquired the cutting edge in the final third that has so often been lacking as a complement to their rock-solid defensive play.
As for the player himself, he the chance to avoid uprooting his young family after six happy years in Spain and to prove he still has plenty left in the tank under a coach that, in terms of aggression, intensity and, of course, that natural inclination to gripe, grouse and cajole at the slightest provocation, is very much cut from the same cloth.
Not that Suarez should expect an easy ride at his new home, of course.
He has thrived under the luxury of having the world's best player at his side throughout his time at Camp Nou feeding him chances, a privilege which will not be afforded with the same frequency when lining up with Atletico's accomplished but decidedly more down-to-earth talents.

The onus will be on Suarez to harry and chase and run for the entire 90 minutes as Simeone demands of all his charges, and one can well imagine the first few days going through his paces under the gaze of such a strict taskmaster as El Cholo could prove quite the shock to the system.
It is not a role, however, to which Suarez is unaccustomed. The striker has vast experience of battling defenders in solitude at the head of Oscar Tabarez's well-drilled Uruguay teams, for whom attack is often a four-letter word.
Unlike his great friend Messi, he does boast an international title, the 2011 Copa America, gained while working in a squad and system that invites easy comparisons with Simeone's Atletico battlers.
Atletico, as witnessed in their timid Champions League exit to RB Leipzig back in August, are not the force they once were at the height of the Simeone era.
But the squad remains strong and balanced, while the likes of Costa, Yannick Carrasco, Joao Felix and Angel Correa provide plenty of potential attacking partners for Suarez to click with once he gets the motors running at his new club.
Above all, both Suarez and Simeone are intensely competitive souls, who will do anything within the laws of the game – and often without – to prevail.
Their mutual respect and admiration are clear, and it will be fascinating to see how that translates on the pitch as the veteran adds his unique abilities to the Atletico machine – a combination fit to strike fear into the very hearts of their opponents.
This match made in heaven could make life hell for everyone else in La Liga.



WHY HAVE I GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS ARTICLE?

Maybe Suarez wins UCL or La Liga with Athletico Madrid?

On a more serious note, unlike our team, Athletico Madrid have better plans for the future than Barca. Had Morata been scoring regularly I don't think they would have gone for Suarez but in every other position they have young vibrant players. Ours we have Pique, Busquets as guaranteed starters, God! Umtiti who has been a defending sham since the world cup, Alba that isn't as young as before, Semedo(sold) that couldn't cross na wa o

FirstbornWds:


That boy from Brighton. I like the guy but I don't think he's anything Barcelona.

Lmao
Who is anything Barcelona?

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MERCHANDISER:
depay can't replace Suarez trust me.We need a potential 9 not a winger.Depay can only be good in 7 or 11.

Depay was playing 9 before his injury, and after his injury. He has been playing 9 under Koeman at Netherlands for more than a year

arabmoney14:

No, how much?
Modified:
I've seen it..bartomeu is a free giver, I don't expect anything less of from him. If not for the pandemic, man could have triggered lautaro release clause

God for punish am, Coutinho, Dembele and Greizman all over 100m in transfers and none has repaid half of that money to the club. He wants to now sign Lautaro

joviegghead:

I have seen things o. See what umtiti was earning. Chai! Even Suarez!

It's a disaster

haymekus:


This is one of the reason I love florentino perez

When I found out I almost cried. Bartomeu is a bastard

DancingSkeleton:
how much?

Man's the 3rd highest earner in the club

arabmoney14:

Actually barca don't have enough money to buy a new 9.
Suarez move to juve is being hindered by passport issues
Athletico will likely not match his wages
No club will pay more than 5million pounds to buy him

All this compounded together is the reason Suarez might be in a barca shirt this season

Suarez is going. Higuain has left and even if Suarez is going for free, that's good too.

Have you seen how much Frenkie De Jong earns at Barca?

haymekus:
Luis Suarez is studying to take his Italian exam next week. There are no doubts, Juventus are working day and night on this deal. @romeoagresti via @juvefcdotcom #Mercato ��⚪️⚫️⏳

Higuain has left so Suarez is on his way to Juventus. Anything Juventus give us, we go collect

DissTroy:

You still don't get it. It's because since Luis Enrique, Barca deviated from tiki taka. Rakitic wouldn't have fit into that system. Valverde was from freaking Athletic Bilbao - completely different style of play to Barca. It's like saying Varane getting play time at Madrid and getting good statistics makes him a Barca-esque player. Rakitic, Arda Turan, Griezmann... They should never have been in a Barca first team in the first place.


Same Valverde who nearly turned Barca to Athletico Madrid, but with less brute? Like the tiki taka is only about tracking back. Compared to Griezmann or Rakitic, Countinho can dictate the pace and mode of play in a heartbeat - accurate passes, dribbles, stall, pressure defenders.... That's mostly what made Iniesta unique. Countinho plays like an ATM, same as Iniesta. Not a CM or DM like Xavi. Iniesta never tracked back as much as Xavi did.

Most people at Bayern did after Guardiola left, even the fans while he was there. The complain basically was Pep was trying to make a Barca 2.0 from scratch instead adapting to what they already had. In fact, after winning the last UCL weeks ago, fans were saying the style of play was basically who they are. It took them time to shed off most of Pep's philosophy. Countinho would thrive under Pep.

Well, to be fair to Countinho, Iniesta set the bar too high but Countinho would be the closest we can get to Iniesta 2.0. Not exact but close. It's like trying to get a Messi or Xavi heir. The closest to Messi is Neymar. Certainly not exact but the closest football offers.

Oh well. I still think that Rakitic thrived under Enrique's style of play. And he would have thrived under Guardiola but not as a starter. Aside that Barca's biggest problem has been the board. Not the coaches but the board. There are many players that can press while offering Iniesta's dribbling, ball carrying and passing as at that time. Bernardo Silva, Isco, even Pogba, Cazorla, Thiago of Bayern and many others. Coutinho played too differently from Iniesta to be anything like Iniesta

Sommyroy10:
Exactly our point, Coutinho pressing can be worked on. In the National team, Coutinho is not always lackadaisical when not with ball or looses the ball, in fact he do track back.

Coutinho has an opportunity to impress under Koeman. I pray this signals a turn around in fortunes for him. It would be so good to see him thriving in the team, confident and dangerous

Sommyroy10:
Juve might not pay more than 3mil for Suarez that's if they are going to pay anything.

Na light change. Let it come. Depay won't be a terrible buy. He is cheaper, far cheaper than Lautaro Martinez.

In other news, Higuain's contract with Juventus has been terminated today. So Suarez to Juventus may still be possible... And we can use the light change to sign Depay

joviegghead:

Since setien was too weak to bench Suarez and give Griezmann a chance in the middle, is it also too much to ask the fool to be bold enough to abandon the 4-3-3 system and play a 4-1-2-1-2 formation? I mean, abandon wing play and play through the middle in the absence of wingers.

Even valverde utilized a 4-4-2 system frequently with Messi and Suarez up front and we thrived a little.

Anyway, he(setien) tried it once or twice after we had surrendered the title to Madrid. It was too late. Afterwards, Griezmann went on injury.

Dude, between Valverde and Setien who do you dislike more? Lol

Well I think the first problem was, why was Greizman signed? The attempt at signing Depay is far more sensible than the signing of Greizman. Setien was too cowardly and the powers that be made it harder for him

Sommyroy10:
Aguero started tracking back. If not for injury G.Jesus would still be on the bench.

Initially Aguero was neither tracking back nor pressing. But he was always the better striker. So as he improved his pressing and tracking he would naturally bench Jesus

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Rakitic was a crucial player at Barca. From his arrival till his departure Rakitic was crucial to Barca. You remember he was a crucial and consistent starter during Enrique's time and Valverde's time at Barca. So saying he isn't Barca-esque us wrong.

Valverde played Coutinho for over 29 or more matches, man didn't track back nor press well. Let's not talk about the entertainment at Anfield where he and Alba built express on their wing for Trent Arnold to enjoy. Guardiola doesn't have that kind of patience. If you don't give him what he wants you are benched.
Who in Bayern complained about Guardiola? Lahm? Lewandowski? Robben? Ribery? Who? Guardiola guided them to unusual levels of excellence and was just unfortunate to keep losing at Semi finals of the UCL.
And I don't see Coutinho being any heir to any Iniesta throne. He should play his beat football for 30 matches and remove shame from our faces. And any wing that can help him do that, no problem. But I am certain that it would be hard to give him a free role without responsibilities in this team.

Funny folks above

joviegghead:


What kind of question is this? Mtcheew. Ask a smarter one.

It's not a foolish question. You have termed Setien as moronic but I ask you simply, in this Barca with Messi at the right, Suarez as the striker where would you have played Greizman?

DissTroy:


I've always defended Countinho, even before the UCL final and when he was loaned. He's very good. That he became unplayable at Barcelona while players like Rakitic and Griezmann were on the field was another proof many things hand to change at the club. A coach like Guardiola would turn Countinho into Iniesta. ...Well, close.

For one thing, Coutinho never played with Greizman. And Guardiola would not turn Coutinho into any Iniesta. Iniesta tracks back, Iniesta MARKS. Iniesta even gets carded for dangerous lunges. Coutinho doesn't mark, Coutinho can't even follow an opponent till he gets the ball or fouls the guy. At Bayern it was still obvious, Muller was benching him at CAM and Perisic or Coman were preferred at LM. Coutinho is good but he needs no responsibility football to play well.
Guardiola is the king of responsibility football. You can't play for Guardiola if you don't press. That's why Gabriel Jesus was benching Aguero. Aguero was the better finisher but Jesus was pressing far more. Under Guardiola every single player is very good at pressing, from Sane to Sterling to Foden even the two Silvas De Bruyne etc. Coutinho would be benched under Guardiola.

joviegghead:

Ion think he'll be running up and down the flanks. Probably roaming around the attacking areas where he can cut in to shoot, pass or create magic similar to his Enrique days.

Besides, Messi still has a little bit of pace in him. His dribbling skills and doggedness are enough tho .
Never doubt that guy. If you do. Check out his goal against Napoli on the right wing. You'll know he's dangerous as always.
Semedo will be a good support on the right for him tho. That's if barca aren't planning to sell him as rumors say.

Semedo is athelic but lacks end product. He needs to learn how to cross the freaking ball