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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Christensen can barely get minutes due to his health, and even when be played he wasn't that good tbh. He isn't reliable sadly. I would try Araujo Eric Kounde combination with one of them as RB, but it is likely to continue having some issues.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Pep was never just dependent on the midfield trio to control the game. A player like Dani Alves was equally important to our midfield dominance to our own midfielder, and his decline was massive part to the decline of our midfield. If you keep looking at the midfield trio, then you are simply...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    He is niether weak or slow, at all. And running the most is one of the criterion to make ypu more physical players, fpr fact. And someone like Frenkie is more athletic than any PSG midfielder.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Then Pedri is also a physical player too. He is one who ran more than most, win duels more than most, and disposed less than most.
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    15 - Andreas Christensen

    Christensen was always going to leave at the end of his contract, just the same way he joined us. I doubt he will get higher salary elsewhere with those injuries and he knows it. Most folks want him to start based on his form 2 years ago, and I get it. But he wasn't as good as before in the...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    It isn't necessarily Hakimi and Mendes. Balde and Kounde from 2nd half of the past season would suffice, assuming health, which wasn't the case against Inter. Remember that Eric and Martin played as fullbacks in CL SF. I am not sure many managers would be glad to have that. Current version of...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    This is hypothetical and we will never know. Flick achieved a lot in a short first team club career. This is essentially his 4th season, so it is tough to say what would happen. Lucho had the freedom to built a team of his own, essentially there is only 5 starters remaining before he joined...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    PSG are smarter, and also vastly superior squad all around. I had them as favourites almost all of last season. But pressing or sitting deeper isn't my point here. It is simply that there are many alternatives to improve midfield, rather than signing a 3rd midfielder. Improving other areas will...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    It is true regardless the game plan, you need ypur lines closer to each other. One element always affects the other. You press high, you must have a high line, otherwise you leave more space in midfield. You sit a bit deeper, you don't press higher. The main thing is to be compact as a team...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    But this isn't accurate, fullbacks and wingers closes spaces to midfield all the time and make the team more compact, that doesn't mean being an inverted fullback, but about being agile and smart one. PSG is actually a great example of that, all wingers and fullbacks are in synchronised...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    By closing the space and not making them outnumbered. Fullbacks and wingers are big factors in that. One player, regardless who he is, won't fix it.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    That is true. Those 4 are the core of the team and probably the most consistent ones among outfield players. We need more players who are as consistent, and would fit those 4.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    We are linked with Fisnik who is 1.88 cm and seems strong, but he playa like a SS type of AM. There plenty of talents to find in that position than a DM that would move Pedri-Frenkie duo. I don't agree with midfield being a priority over attack. We essentially have 3 first team attackers under...
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    28 - Roony Bardghji

    He has the potential. If him being a bit slow is related to recovery from ACL injury, and he could add just a little more pace, he could be a potential starting caliber RW. But it is a very wishful thinking for now. He has settled well and looked better in the past month or so.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    There is no Rodri in the market. The best that was there was Zubi who wouldn't have improved our starting line up that much. There are bigger chance to improve the AM area while hoping that Bernal could develop into that tank CDM. He has the length for it, and could evolve physically for it...
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