He is not the Italian Mustafi but no Trent A A either and having said that:-augie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:07 pmOneBardGooner wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:12 amI keep hearing ( I mean besides all the other endless rumours) a lot about Rugani of Juventus - Don't know him, but he seems to have a good rep.
Also WTF happened to the Fraser deal with Bournemouth - He is a very decent player when ever I've seen him...usually MOTD - He has a great engine for a mid-fielder, likes a tackle and is creative (oh! and he is British).
So if Emery (as quoted on here) is looking to get a winger, a CB and a Mid-fielder then Fraser would be a decent buy.
No doubt I will be viewed as harsh here, but the fact that he has never been first choice at juve would worry me - I would be the first to say that chielinni and bonucci have been two of the best defenders in the world in the last decade, but the reality is that they are both well into their 30s and still first choice and that would worry me. Also, now that they have decided to ease one of them out of the starting line-up, they have decided that rugani isn't the man to fill that void. If I am going by those facts, I am wondering if he is the Italian mustafi
- He was never a first choice ahead of the Chiellini and Bonucci due to the fact that they are veterans of the club and flagships, pulling them out of the squad would create chaos and Italian football not being overly fast paced either, they were well suited and won all the domestic stuff for close to a decade now. Another example, Totti being where he was in his last season, he was never pulled out because in Italy we are more emotional than here in England where anyone is dropped from one week to the other (legend or not). Plus, the one season Bonucci was at Milan, Rugani saw a huge amount of play time than usual and albeit being a tad bit shaky at the back, guess what happened... they won cups.
- Now that one of them is well beyond its peak, they bought De Ligt because you simply do not pass on someone like that and they are well past the phase where they want to conquer Italy only. Juve has only one thing missing in their cabinet and it's a CL. They bought CR for that reason and cannot afford to waste another season bringing Rugani up to speed with CL football because in Serie A he does good stuff. They want to win the CL, and probably can next year.
Rugani is always the back up CB for the team and usually plays the early rounds of cups and whatnot. For what it's worth, he is a good player but above I stated we need Kimpembe due to the experience and the fact that he's been a regular both national and international.
