BerkeleyBernie
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Yeah, I was hoping anywhere but the EPL - Germany, Italy, Spain. I think he's going to be even better with better players around him.
Dries Mertens
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Yeah, I was hoping anywhere but the EPL - Germany, Italy, Spain. I think he's going to be even better with better players around him.
Yannick03
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Yep, it's the right move for him. A team that plays real football, he'll be able to improve himself which is important for the WC next year although it'll be very difficult to play Hazard, Mirallas or De Bruyne out of the team.
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Prepare yourself for Hamsik-Insigne-Mertens.
Wheres Cavani?
Galning
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in a few years he'll be 30.Mitchell1978
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He will do well at Napoli but thats probably his ceiling, he's not as good as Hazard or De Bruyne.
BerkeleyBernie
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Eh...as a pure dribbler/attacker, perhaps, but he's an excellent playmaker. I see him less as a winger eventually, more of a Sneijder type. On a team with better off-the-ball movement, you are going to see that side of him excel.
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I think he will leave this summer.Wheres Cavani?
You dont say? its pretty clear
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Sry i thought you didn't believe in these rumoursYou dont say? its pretty clear
BerkeleyBernie
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Yikes...Mertens is going to have a tough time of it if he can't get service, a sharp technical tiki-taka player with non-technical players behind him. Napoli looked absolutely clueless against Porto, unable to advance the ball without Hamsik on the pitch to add class, technical ability, possession, and creativity/vision in the midfield. Their defenders and defensive midfielders don't have a clue how to get the ball forward other than booting it. Mertens, Pandev, Insigne, Callejon all fine, but isolated without Hamsik to provide buildup.
BerkeleyBernie
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See my post above yours. His "inconsistency" has more to do with the team he's on than himself. He'd do great on Barça, but there's no need for him with Neymar, Pedro, and Sanchez.
Look forward to seeing him this summer. If Hazard starts in a CAM role, then Mertens might start on the wing.
Look forward to seeing him this summer. If Hazard starts in a CAM role, then Mertens might start on the wing.
abual3bed1
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Hazard might be a waste playing CAM, he needs the spaces and Mertens is having one hell of a season at CAM. He played there most of the time when Hamsik was injured a couple of months ago and he was great.
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