yeh that’s what I was saying yesterday. Feels like we’re making signings once we’ve already established and want to push on
According to reports in Spain, Sunderland are willing to offer a loan proposal for Real Madrid's Gonzalo Garcia with a mandatory purchase option that could top £17 million. Story by Sean Markus Clifford No idea how reliable this bloke is. By that I mean the journo not the player.
I know you all like these. Comprehensively our best player, and currently listed as the 18th best LB in the world. Talk about level up. The last 80 rated player I can remember is having on there? Trick question, we haven’t had one (excluding weekly cards) Had a few before they joined (Defoe at Spurs, Cana at Marseille) and after they left (most notably the 2 Jordans, Hendo peaking at 86)
It's the perfect balance. Cirkin doesn't seem to ever be fit enough to play a whole season. This lad is 31, only played about 1500 minutes last season (17 full games) and has AFCON so won't be expecting to be guaranteed a start. We have healthy competition where neither will be guaranteed 1st choice, both will be fine with some time on the bench. Reinaldo with a lot of pace and better defensively, Cirkin stronger going forward and with huge potential to grow into a top class left back over the next couple of years.
So two “here we go”s. Diarra was first reported by Guardian then Alan Nixon Reinildo first reported by… wait for it… TalkSport https://talksport.com/football/3281...ws-atletico-madrid-reinildo-sunderland-leeds/
Yeh I don’t think Cirkin is going to suddenly want to leave because of this. He’ll see it as a challenge and a chance to learn and improve. It’s not like he’s going to get a premier league starting berth somewhere else so he’d only be leaving for a championship move or a backup role somewhere else. Makes much more sense for him to stay here and fight for his place.
You can imagine RLB tucking him in on the left side of 3 CB and putting Cirkin at left back to try and lock down some points late in games. The African Hjelde! Lets hope he's got the same vibes.