Birdy
Senior Member
Talk about false equivalancy. We didnt sign Pjanic for 60ME in a vacuum.
I am not sure about Pjanic, but I really dislike the idea of bringing Thiago back. He never clicked for me as a player (and looks injury prone). Am I the only one?
Seems you are not the only one, cauz Thiago is maybe the most underrated CM in Europe the last 5 years.
Underlying numbers say that, but if you don't care about the numbers, coaches say so as well:
Flick said the other day that without Thiago Bayern cannot exert the same control on matches, and if people cannot see that he is world-class that's their problem.
I guess same goes for all his coaches apart from Pep that trusted him.
Of course he is worlds apart from Pjanic. Pjanic is a clever player with exceptional right foot, but he does not have any fluidity and mobility. he cannot break lines with his passes. He is very limited compared to Thiago. Pjanic can only succeed at Barca as Busquets sub, given that the latter is getting old.
Frenkie and Thiago together will be an exceptional double pivot, and Sergio-Frenkie-Thiago would be an exceptional triplette.
But he is not coming.
a) Cauz we have the most undermining board in our history. They will do everything that runs to the contrary of the well-being of the club.
How can they even consider buying Thiago when they kicked him out in 2013 and missed out on a world class md the last 7 years?
b) He wants to play in the Premier League. That's the 'adventure' he is talking about. He wanted to go to United in 2013, but Moyes had a last-minute change of mind