who would you like to see come in to replace him?
James Rodriguez
age: 21
Release clause £35m
9 games, 7 goals, 0 assists in the league this season
Raheem Sterling
age: 17
14 games, 1 goal, 1 assist "
Wilfred Zaha
age: 20
19 games, 4 goals, 3 assists "
Lionel Messi
age: 25
14 games, 21 goals, 5 assists "
Thomas Ince
age: 20
18 games, 13 goals, 8 assists "
Stephan El Shaarawy
age: 20
15 games, 12 goals, 2 assists "
Gareth Bale
age: 23
15 games, 6 goals, 1 assist "
Iker Muniaín
age: 19
12 games, 0 goals, 1 assist "
Mario Götze
age: 20
13 games, 5 goals, 3 assists "
Andre Schürrle
age: 22
15 games, 3 goals, 5 assists "
Stewart Downing
age: 28
6 games, 0 goals, 0 assists"
My first choice would be Nani rediscovering his form and staying put!
All stats from ESPN
If Nani Leaves...
posted on 5/12/12
Never seen him. I'm going to look purely for Roma kin ESPN now though
posted on 5/12/12
Hopefully Nani stays. If he goes, which looks likely, then a creative player with at least one ounce of genuine technical skill and ability. Gotze and Munain would be perfect. Rodriguez I haven't seen but the word is that he's good.
Overpriced English players can do one.
posted on 5/12/12
list updated
posted on 5/12/12
Kagawa
I've seen Rodriguez a few times, both for Porto and for Colombia and he has looked good, although for Colombia he's played more off the frontman rather than a traditional winger which some would say is his best position. He does look far better technically than your average winger.
They've got some front 3 Colombia.
Falcao, Martinez and then Rodriguez. That's quite an attacking trio if they can play effectively enough together. Might be a team to watch at the next World Cup.
posted on 5/12/12
TRS, that Martinez looks a sensational striker. He even has better stats than Falcao did when he was at porto. Looks like another bargain by Porto - their scouting is world class.
Yes, James Rodriguez is a winger in the mould of Mata as in he is a mesh between an attacking midfielder and a winger so often deployed behind the lone front man.
As Kagawa_Cleverson says, enough with the overpriced average English youngsters. I haven't seen much of Zaha but the little i have seen of him doesn't impress me at all.
posted on 5/12/12
Looks like another bargain by Porto - their scouting is world class.
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Absolutely.
I've been following him closely this season. They never seem to have trouble finding talented South Americans, especially forwards. How many is that he's got now this season after last night's goal?
If given the choice of a young English winger it would have to be Ince for me who statistically has been a lot better than Zaha but I do agree that we should be looking at more talented players.
posted on 5/12/12
Seems like you's have seen a fair bit of them. A Mata style player that can play all across the front would be great. I take Colombia win quite consistently now? Just I seen on SSN they were 8th in the world rankings. I know they don't really mean a lot but Colombia must bewinning their fair share.
I agree on Zaha. He doesn't even look impressive on YouTube, which considering Obertan can be made to look like Ronaldo it says it all.
I assume we already do, for example Henriquez, but we really could do with tapping into the South American market a bit more. The players are clearly there.
posted on 5/12/12
They're currently 3rd in qualifying for the World Cup behind Argentina and Ecuador although they've played a game less.
posted on 5/12/12
Anthony Pilkington
posted on 5/12/12
CR7 who else!!!