malvolio
Senior Member
still 25. french international defender who stays healthy most of the time - we can get back easily the 35M we spent on him.
bayern payed 80M for lucas hernadez. and that motherfucker isn't twice the player lenglet is.
Clément Lenglet (loaned to Atletico)
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still 25. french international defender who stays healthy most of the time - we can get back easily the 35M we spent on him.
bayern payed 80M for lucas hernadez. and that motherfucker isn't twice the player lenglet is.
serghei
Senior Member
Without a decent offer I wouldn't sell him either tbh. But for some 25m? I'd sell.
serghei
Senior Member
3 at the back doesn't work nearly as well without De Jong there in the center, he has been absolutely key in this formation. I think this formation is very dependent on De Jong's ability to carry the ball in midfield and his speed to put out fires quickly at the back, when our defense is breached.
If you replace him with Araujo or Pique the whole thing will fall apart. Araujo is sketchy on the ball, and Pique is far too slow.
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Lenglet's profile shows how important a ball-playing left-footed CB is for our system, especially in a back 3. He is one of the best CBs in the world with the ball at his feet, releasing fast drilled passes and breaking lines. It's a pity he always has multiple brainfarts in him and isn't able to fucking not use his hands while playing football. A right-footed CB at LCB could work (like Masche), but when the opponent presses while knowing the LCB can't use his left foot, they could cut out the passing lanes to the left wing and force turnovers more easily. If we continue with a back 3, a left-footed CB is a must. If we play with 2 CBs, we could do with a right-footed one.
Messi983
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That's why I don't like this formation too much. It will be ok for the rest of this season (still don't know if it will work against AM who will surely sit back for 90 minutes if they'll still be leaders at that point and a draw will be enough for them) but I hope we won't use it much next year. But if we will then I prefer to have 3 pure CBs at the back than Frenkie playing there. He's just too important for the midfield. He can still drop back occasionally to help building from the back against teams pressing high.
Sure, Araujo is not the best on the ball (he has improved in that aspect a lot since his first days at Barca B and can still improve as long as he stays fit to play) but Garcia (if he comes; I would prefer Kounde but he's just too expensive) and Lenglet are both good ball-playing CBs. Alaba could fit into that role as well if he comes but IF he's really demanding what's reported I'd prefer to keep Lenglet on a much lower wages for one more season and then see what we can do next year when our finances will hopefully be better.
Umtiti is arguably riskier on the defense due to his incomplete knee joints. 0 chance in ANY foot race.
Offensively Umtiti is too rusty warming the bench ALL the time.
Good thing Koeman SEEMS to understand the difference.
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Blaugrana al vent
Unironically great game from Lenglet, if he has a "normal" game by his standards we lose by two goals 
evilhita666
Barçapocalypse NOW!
Unironically great game from Lenglet, if he has a "normal" game by his standards we lose by two goals
To be honest, he did have a good game today... Stupid penalty incoming in El Clasico, though...
He has been good since switching to a back 3. Same as Mingueza, back 3's can hide alot of flaws in slow defenders (Lenglet), irrational defenders (Mingueza) and poor positional defenders (Yerry Mina).
If this system keeps working, no need to replace him or Mingueza. Not unless we want to position ourselves with a better CB for when we inevitibly go back to a back 2 either when this stops working or after Koeman leaves.
If this system keeps working, no need to replace him or Mingueza. Not unless we want to position ourselves with a better CB for when we inevitibly go back to a back 2 either when this stops working or after Koeman leaves.
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