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Julien Laurens

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ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

Skepticism might be a little bit strong because at some point, you know, you are allowed to try a top, top club and you may well succeed.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

But I think there's a bit of that, OK, can he do it in that kind of pressurised environment with those kinds of dressing rooms and egos?

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

You know, it's not Mateta, it's Cunha, it's not Wharton, it's Bruno Fernandes, those kind of guys.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

And for Hiraula, probably the conversion would be slightly similar because so far it's the smaller clubs in Spain and then Bournemouth.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

But Hiraula is younger.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

The only difference is Hiraula is not off contract, so you would have to pay a fee to get him out of Bournemouth.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

And that won't be cheap, obviously.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

But I agree with you.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

If I had to choose between the two, if I'm Ineos or Radcliffe or Wilcox, whoever, Barada, are united, I'd go for Hiraula every day.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

Yeah, I think it was good for him to score, obviously, even if it's a tap-in.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

But I think this goal, I don't know, I don't have the return of the show, so I'm not sure if you're showing the goal, but I suspect you are with what I'm hearing.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

What I find fascinating, and Nedham and I have this conversation by messages all the time.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

For me, on that goal, on the second Arsenal goal at Chelsea,

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

Saka has to cross the ball first time onto his right foot for Giocares.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

That's the right pass.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

And it's again to show you that this Arsenal team has been built and has been kind of structured not to play with the traditional number nine.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

Because otherwise, if Saka is used to having a traditional number nine there, he crosses that ball first time every single time, even on his wrong foot.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

And Giocares scores that.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

Whereas the second cross should never come to Jokeres because Sanchez doesn't make the mistake and he stops the ball and the ball.

ESPN FC
Battle of Manchester

So that's not the right pass.