If what Diego has said on the Zambrano thread is true, then we need another defensive midfielder in the summer. Alzate’s being decent there but I think we’d get more out of him playing more advanced. Not necessarily as a number 10 but also not the deepest midfielder.
The loan he took out to buy the club was with Santander I believe, no idea if they provided the other loans afterwards though.
I know it’s quite a way off from happening and still might not happen at all but the thought of having 3 from Alzate, Puerta, Matazo & Zambrano on the pitch at the same time is quite exciting.
is it? alzate a great 5 a side player, rather not have him in 11 a side championship football though and zambrano will have missed a massive 12 months of any sort of professional training nevermind matches
no i said the same about omur while he was over rated on here and then hes shipped on loan alzates similar great technically, no real influence on games
preban zambrano has the awareness that the top quality players have, its a rare thing, but they make it look easy but theyre always available for the ball, its the spatial ability to constantly find the right space at the right time no idea what he will be like post ban i can see how hes worth a risk but also it is a massive risk too
Zambrano will just be the equivalent of a January signing. I'm sure he will come back in November fit. Then some training sessions and probably some under 21 games ready for January or hopefully the Christmas period
except he's had zero games of football or training for 12 months he will take months to get up to full fitness its not just the cardiovascular fitness, but his joints, ligaments, mentalside etc its a massive part of our of budget its just a big risk
It's not like he's injured, the club will have him on a strict training plan. Match fitness is different but shouldn't take him long
i edited it ages ago its not just the cardiovascular fitness, but his joints, ligaments, mentalside etc
You honestly believe he has had no training, he would have seriously kept himself fit in case he got lucky with a big reduction on his ban for one he would have been training somewhere.
where did i say that? being fit in the gym is nowhere near match fit honestly, one of the dumbest posts ive ever seen on here
You said it here look below can you see it, “except he's had zero games of football or training for 12 months”
training as in professional football training obviously not meaning he's not trained his body in 12 months, i mean its clearly obvious
He would have had plenty of training somewhere he would not have just done gym work and the club and his other club would have helped in some way with that because to let him do nothing but gym work would definitely not be beneficial to any of them, I bet the kid could play a match now and still run more than some we have had play recently.
