Lucas Digne

navidjaan

New member
I think he is good for a 2nd option. And an improvement over Matheiu and Adriano. It is normal for him to be worse than Alba, because Alba is a top3 LB in the world.

I agree, except for the last part. Alaba, Marcelo, Luis top 3 for me. Lahm also better when at LB, I think.
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
Lucas Digne: “The best medicine after a disappointment is a great team performance & a convincing victory, so now we have moved on." [GOAL]

Digne: “We were disappointed right after El Clasico, because they scored a late goal. We felt that we deserved a win, but we didn’t get it.”

Digne: “In my position on the pitch my first job is defense, and a clean sheet feels like scoring a goal for all defenders."

Digne: "In Italy they are the masters of organizing a defense, and I learned a lot about defending, especially when I was at Roma."

Digne: "But of course in Barca - like at Roma - I am also an extra player in attack."

Digne: "I want to be a part of the decisive situations in attack - just like I was in Italy.”

Digne: “I was bought as a part of a new Barca generation. We all need to deliver on the pitch from day one."

Digne: "Because at Barca you are in the best team of the world, so you must win every game you play."

Digne: “I enjoy that kind of positive pressure. I believe that it makes me grow as a player."

Digne: “As a person I always want to win, and we all do - that is why we are here."

Digne: “I am only 23, but I have a lot of experience already."

Digne: "I am here to work hard with this fantastic squad and develop myself so I will be a part of a beautiful Barca future."

Digne: "I am happy to have played so many games already, because that shows the confidence of my coach.”

Tweets from https://twitter.com/BarcaNewsForum
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
Mikkel Beck (agent to Digne,Kjaer, Corchia, Eder & more) talked with GFFN.

The relevant parts in regards to Digne.

The reason why Lucas Digne went on loan originally to AS Roma was in order to receive increased playing time. Did that mind-set shift when arguably the best club in the world in the form of Barcelona came knocking in summer?

We were in a situation in the summer where we wanted to leave Paris and we had some options. But, Barcelona is a club that has always been following Lucas since he was 15 or 16 years old and I have always been in regular contact with this club about him. We had to see first of all whether Roma wanted to or could keep him or not.

Because they had a buying option, so in that case there was not really a lot that we could do until the buying option ran out which it did in the middle of June. From that day on we could start talking to other clubs, which we did but we also spoke with Barcelona.

We weighed the opportunity to go the best club in the world and work with an incredible coach like Luis Enrique with the best players arguably in the world. We weighed that very highly and Lucas was very clear from the beginning when he heard about their interest that that could be the dream move for him.

And after having spoken with Luis Enrique, after knowing very well the project he was going into, he didn’t think twice. We went quickly and we sealed the deal and we have never looked back.

We spoke to some other clubs as well, there were some other clubs showing interest, also some big English sides. But in the end, we decided to move quickly when Barca came in we did the right thing. Lucas right I said is at the right club where he should be.

We are not thinking anymore about who were interested, we are thinking that we did the right thing to sign for Barca and he is living his dream. I think Lucas has played so much more than everyone would have expected him to so quickly and I think he has responded very, very positively and he has played at a very high level.

He has shown everyone that he is where he should be and he also knows and feels that he is at the biggest club in the world and he is living his dream, and can’t wait to stay for many years in this club and become hopefully another Barca legend.

Are you worried that the increased competition that comes with playing at FC Barcelona might disadvantage Lucas in terms of nailing down a starting spot for the French national team?

Not at all. We know very well that the club will always be the most important thing and the national team will always be a bonus. And that is why we could not decide from the point of view of the national team, we had to decide from the point of view of which club he wanted to join. So, to join Barca, is incredible.

I think anyone would like to go there if he could. And we know that Barca have so many games to play every season, such a physical demanding game, so Lucas knows that he will be playing many games this season. Obviously, in time we hope that he will take over from Alba and become a Barca legend in years to come.

That is the reason why we signed. He respects Alba for being a great player and he has a really good relationship with Alba and for the moment they have shared the playing time very well and I think that Luis Enrique is very happy to have two left-backs who can play whenever he needs them to.

That is at least the feeling you get and that is also why they went for Lucas because it was too demanding for Jordi Alba last season to play alone. At Barcelona you need two top players in every position to fight for all those titles that they are in the running for. I think that everyone is happy.

http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.co...think-january-will-be-more-active-than-usual/
 

blastandburn

New member
Read that he's really determined to topple Jordi Alba and establish himself as Barcelona's first choice. Hmm Is he far from doing it?
 

khaled_a_d

Senior Member
Read that he's really determined to topple Jordi Alba and establish himself as Barcelona's first choice. Hmm Is he far from doing it?

It is good thing that he has this desire but Alba is much better for now,Lucas is talented and he is perfect fit offensively and not as bad as I initially thought he will be in defense but he still has lot of work to do in that end and even in offense it does seem that some of his teammates (cough Neymar cough) isn't on same page with him.
But he is young and I can see him being a good starter in 3-4 years here
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
He still has a ways to go before toppling Alba for the starting LB spot.

But He's been solid imo. and for his age he will keep improving.
 

evilhita666

Barçapocalypse NOW!
He still has a ways to go before toppling Alba for the starting LB spot.

But He's been solid imo. and for his age he will keep improving.

I absolutely agree... The thing is that if he keeps improving I can see him starting a bit more often considering the lack of quality fullbacks in today's football...
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
I don't think he's that slow tbh but at the same time he isn't really quick either like Alba is.

With Alba he can afford to take risks up field since he's fast enough to get back into position when needed. but with Digne he will have to be smarter when going forward and work on his positioning to prevent being completely done in on the counter. and it also helps having some cover as well from Neymar/Iniesta.
 
R

reaper

Guest
Just another useless player to add to the bunch.. Very very poor management.
 

SeloBarca

Senior Member
Hes a good backup to Alba, a big upgrade from Adriano.
Didnt expect to much unlike the other players we bought, but after Umtiti hes probably been the most ok one.
 

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