What foolishness are you talking ?!!! Semenyo has more goals and assists in the Prem this season than Saka, Martinelli and Trossard combined !! He has been the standout player at Bournemouth so far this season. Similar foolishness was said about Kudus and he has been the standout player for Spurs and he is only 2 GA behind the 3 Arsenal players I mentioned ! both Semenyo and Kudus would've improved us this season. I am cool with what we have but not having any silly talk. Spurs have had some cracking players over the years, lets not pretend that they haven't.
Jay you talk about stat padding - we ALL see Martinelli, good for running down blind alleys, running the ball out of play, keeping his head down and passing the ball backwards. Not so good at running at and beating players anymore. I like the kid, great story and all that, but I have to be honest and realistic. We have had a solid 2 seasons of him mostly frustrating the life out of us and rare moments of brilliance.
Martinelli was in form THIS season before his injury - earning the clubs player of the month award in Sep.
We don't ALL see. No idea what you are watching, TBH. Just think certain players get a social media noisy crew on their backs and it gets too often regurgitated. It's best to take a starting point that the accounts on social media have zero clue about football - not a scoobies - and are simply driving clicks. Martinelli is fine - and started the season in great form. We need him back.
Haven't seen him play, but I've seen some describe him as Pedri-lite and some describe him as Reijnders but with better defensive nous. Either way, that's high praise indeed and if people believe he's got that potential, I'm all for it.
Both of these players are very highly rated in South American scouting circles. Could be quite a significant coup for us. Obviously August 2027 is still a little while away, though, but still.
About time another club apart stopped Chelsea hoovering up every single player from South America who look vaguely promising.
This is what Edu should have been doing when he was here. But yes, hopefully, we start doing this more now because we need to be scouting for the best talent across the continents. And like you said, to prevent Chelsea from stockpiling all the good prospects.
