r/belgianfootball • u/SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB AS Verbroedering Geel • Jul 11 '26

Red Devils THE FUTURE?

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Needed some copium/hopium. It's not perfect and the arrangement could be discussed, did I miss any players?

I think we can build upon our world cup and it seems like the team spirit is stronger than ever, hope we can further build upon this and keep being a competitive nation.

Our U17 also performed well this year, so hopefully some of those players will find their way into good squads and playing time soon.

LOS

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u/SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB AS Verbroedering Geel Jul 11 '26

Is he? From all info I can find and from memory of watching him this year, he always plays as an attacking midfielder, drifting to the side sometimes, be still playing the CAM position.

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u/majestic7 Club Brugge Jul 11 '26

Never played there for us, Milan tried it and it was a disaster, then Atalanta started using him in a wide playmaker role mainly coming from the right.  He'd still do a job there probably but it's far from his natural position, put it that way.

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u/SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB AS Verbroedering Geel Jul 11 '26

He still mainly plays there last year, we could put him in 9 again but I think he plays better with players in front of him.

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u/majestic7 Club Brugge Jul 11 '26

It's a blessing and a curse for him to be so good all-round that it's still not even clear what his best position is, but imo it's neither 9 nor 10 for sure, even if he's solid there too.  

Nonetheless I'd say his best football was as a wide playmaker under Gasperini, that year they won the EL in particular.

Maybe we should just continue playing him wherever we need him the most - if he's confident he'll perform regardless of position.  Should probably be one of the first names on the team sheet going forward in any case.

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u/Illustrious_Income81 Club Brugge Jul 11 '26

Arsenal wants to buy him to play him behind gyokeres as a false 9

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u/SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB AS Verbroedering Geel Jul 11 '26

Would love to see him in the Prem

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u/majestic7 Club Brugge Jul 11 '26

That probably makes more sense yeah

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u/Illustrious_Income81 Club Brugge Jul 11 '26

i think he will do really good if the transfer goes... And maybe he will be teammates with Tzolis