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Julien Laurent

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
876 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

Will he be a bit more pragmatic?

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

Will he be a bit more cautious than going...

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

or gun blazing like he did in France for example which worked in Ligue 1 but probably as we saw with Poste Coglou for example because there's a few similarities between some of the ideas certainly with the ball that in the Premier League might be too risky let's see what he does but he's a really smart kid so I've got no doubt that he would adapt well Are you suggesting he doesn't need the glasses Jules?

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

No, I think... No, I think the glasses make him look great.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

I think they have to go for at least one defender, if not two, to be fair.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

I know Guardiola was a bit cautious saying, let's see, we can cope.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

Of course, he was always going to say that.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

But when you look at the Chelsea game and they ended that game with a back four of...

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

Mateusz Nunez at right-back, Nico Reilly at left-back, who both of them, as we know, obviously are not full-backs.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

And then Kuzanov and Ake as their two centre-backs.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

And nobody on the bench.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

That's the thing as well.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

And if one of them, OK, Rico Lewis, but if something happens to one of them, it gets even worse.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

So they have to go for somebody in the transfer window for sure in January, whether that's Margue and trying to tempt him away.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

from Crystal Palace and paying for it because obviously everybody knows now that they badly need defenders in January or is to go somewhere else.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

But I think, remember what they did last January, which was a little bit different, but they went for Kusanov, they went for Vitor Reis, two young centre-backs, very promising, but not really clearly.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

Remember that debut for Kusanov against Chelsea at the Etihad, which was very difficult.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

So I think they will go for a more established Premier League defender, a more experienced one as well.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

No, I don't think so.

ESPN FC
Ole back at the Wheel?

I think they've got a bit of a war chest there because they sold really well.