Julien Laurens
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I mean, they will go into the transfer market in January for sure to sign a center back, at least one, maybe even more, even two defenders maybe.
Overall, I think the control they still wanted, but with Pep Linders arriving, they clearly are evolving.
We said that many times on the show before.
The signing of Linders is in that...
Makes sense for that.
The arrival of Semenyo, similar.
Semenyo is not there for control.
There's no control about Semenyo.
Semenyo is about verticality and power and being unpredictable, which is also what they're looking for.
So that balance between the two is difficult to get right now.
Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
I think they like that intensity from Simeone and again, the power, how powerful he is.
So that would make sense.
I don't think he will solve everything because there are three draws in a row now in the Premier League.
There's clearly something missing.
There's something that they don't do right because Sunderland, Chelsea and now Brighton, it starts to be a lot.
I think he wants to find the right balance between the two.
So have the control and the ball and then also be able to be very intense, vertical and press really well.
aggressively last season remember after Bournemouth game he said that's the way that's the way to go to be a bit like Irawla and Bournemouth maybe not to that extreme of playing everything forward all the time and being relentless and do probably too much running but