Did Edu or Raul buy Martinelli?

"Edu, in particular, I had a little contact with him at Corinthians as I had a spell there"

I thought he was the real deal as such from his debut. I look at him and imagine one kid in a group of 6 and 7 year olds who was actually playing football at that age, not just running around chasing the ball rather aimlessly, the way most little kids do.

Some players you need to coach and some players you just stick on the pitch, leave alone and watch. Gabi's definitely the latter and I must say, a joy to watch do his thing. CL football is a MUST for us this season. We've got to ensure Martinelli and Saka have as little reason to leave as possible.

thought he was the real deal as such from his debut. I look at him and imagine one kid in a group of 6 and 7 year olds who was actually playing football at that age, not just running around chasing the ball rather aimlessly, the way most little kids do.

Some players you need to coach and some players you just stick on the pitch, leave alone and watch. Gabi's definitely the latter and I must say, a joy to watch do his thing. CL football is a MUST for us this season. We've got to ensure Martinelli and Saka have as little reason to leave as possible.

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They are both on long contracts so if anyone decides to pick up the phone and ask about them then there's no reason why we can't say do one. The owners look to be trying to build bridges so selling the family silver won't be a good look for them.

Yeah was thinking king you might aswell bulld the team around these good youngsters Get rid of the bad eggs, might not win the title now but why not build something....

Looks like Auba wont be getting back in anytime soon. Might as well just offload him in january if anyone teams are interested. Most likely it will be a loan with us paying half if his wages.

I think you’d have to be blind to not see from way back that Martinelli is special, the only thing that could blight his career would be continual injuries - but he has been fit for some time and in my view should have been playing a lot more.

He'll of a player.