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A big reason we looked better against Levante (despite them being a weak opponent) is the removal of Demir for Gavi. That right flank was buzzing the last game and a lot went through there, Gavi was so involved on there. When Demir played that right flank may as well have been non-existent.

Agree. Ilaix himself and leaks have suggested the club/media way overplayed how much he was asking for/how demanding he was being and that it seemed they were happy to let him go and didn't really care if he stayed. Sad to see fans wishing a player's career to crash and burn just because he...

More like they were great players and came to our club and we ruined them. Umtiti, Pjanic, Coutinho, Dembele, Griezmann, etc, considered to be top players, now since they've come we don't even consider them LaLiga level.

I love his profile and its exactly what we need right now. Resourceful versatile player that can offer many solutions in the attack, whether that's stretching the fullback, scoring, assisting or holding up the ball. Provokes goals and makes his own and is our reference point. We'd be a lot...

Would like to see him start against more testing opposition soon. He looked pretty good in that 2nd half but it's not hard to circulate the ball when your team has 80% possession and is dominating the game. In the games like Bilbao where we found it tough to hold the ball and were getting...

Sometimes I wish Puig would start like 10 games in a row so the playing time debate can be put to bed and we can see how good he is really

Sad how far Bojan fell. Can't even start in Japan now.

Benched for Leipzig and would be starting at Barca. Ironic and sad situation

2nd half big improvement. Liked his defensive contribution then. Very interested to see the lineup Koeman goes with against ATM and who he will choose in midfield.

Better last 20 minutes, good in defense

You can definitely see why Levante haven't won a game this season lol

Levante switched to a more narrow setup vs their wide one in the first half.

Really good in a offensive role this game

Might be wrong, but Levante play so openly & we are dominating the game, he still hasn't managed a vertical pass. 0 interceptions, 1 tackle, 0 headers won, 0 long balls, 0 key passes, he just isn't involved at all.

Tbh think they are very different profiles. Gavi is more raw to me but very energetic and always getting involved, getting forward and making runs, Pedri is more passive.

He has good short passing but that's pretty much all I can see from this game. Very slow and bad pressing, doesn't win or try to win headers, doesn't make any progressive passes, it is hard for me to see what he's contributing.

It is worrying for me that even in a game we are completely dominating offensively, he has had 0 impact in the attack

Playing good. Several key passes and very involved in offense. Looks like he belongs. Nico on the other hand not so great.

Dest is good further up the field. Maybe he should be a winger.

And you have people on this forum saying busi is more valuable than memphis right now