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Ricardo Pereira

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4everfox

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The following is courtesy of outsideoftheboot.com from last March. A good insight into the players style none the less. 

 

"Ligue 1 has become a treasure trove for those who like to follow the growth stories of young footballers. Teams like Monaco are now getting noticed due to their exploits in European competition, but for a few years now, talented youngster have been emerging from the country. One of the revelations of this season have been OGC Nice, who are quietly mounting a title challenge under Lucien Favre. Here, we look at their fine young full back, Ricardo Pereira, who is nearing the completion of the last season of a 2 year loan from Porto."

 

"Ricardo Pereira’s story has been about nothing but patience and perseverance. He started with Benfica, then moved to the Sporting Academy in 2004; got released by the club at the age of 17. Not giving up, he joined Associação Naval 1º de Maio, then Vitória de Guimarães, then Porto – 6 clubs in 14 years. The 7th club, OGC Nice, was the consequence of a prior dispute between FC Porto and Les Aiglons over Carlos Eduardo’s loan deal. There were complaints from the Cote d’Azul football team about their first-option to purchase not being fulfilled, as Eduardo was sold to the Middle East."

 

"Pereira’s transition to the full-back role started during Porto’s Fonseca days, learning how to play mostly in Porto B’s matches in Segunda Liga. Pereira worked hard as a sub for Danilo, but the chance to be a first-team regular right back soon vanished when Maxi Pereira (from Benfica) joined Dragoes."

 

"Along with Tiago Rodrigues, Ricardo Pereira was offered to OGC Nice on a two-year loan deal as compensation from FC Porto. After two years now, hardly anyone could’ve imagined Ricardo Pereira making the journey from forgotten man at FC Porto to being one of Ligue 1’s consistent and underrated full backs."

 

"Coming to OGC Nice, Ricardo Pereira stated that:

 

“I will have an opportunity to play an offensive and defensive role. I think this is a positive. I believe a loan of two years was the best option. It will give me stability and help me progress”.

 

"Coming to Nice, he was used as a defensive-oriented full back on the left under Claude Puel. Filling the void created by Jordan Amavi’s departure – who had been nothing but excellent throughout the 2014-2015 season, having the highest volume on average tackling and interceptions per game – was what was planned by OGC Nice head coach at the time. Therefore, we saw a bustling and combative Pereira who focused on defensive duties, as proven by the numbers – having 3.12 successful tackles and 2.96 interceptions per game. Not as much as Amavi (3.08 tackles and 4.58 interceptions) but the numbers were close enough."

 

"Next year, being returned to the right-back spot by the new coach Lucien Favre, Pereira took up the offensive full-back role, utilising his offensive arsenal again. There was a decrease in defensive raw output (tackles + interceptions decreased from 6.08 to 4.2 – mostly due to interceptions: 2.96 to 1.67 ); however, Pereira offensive game didn’t lose out at all, as he tripled his chance creation output from 0.58 to 1.53 per game, already earning 3 assists this season."

 

"One of Pereira’s main and original strengths is his unerring engine with very good stamina, pace and acceleration. This unerring physical ability, together with his decent crossing ability is pretty much a staple for every developing winger. The fact that he’s been able to retain these strengths after being converted to a wingback (where he has a lot more individual responsibility) is worthy of praise. Ricardo Pereira this season is one of the best offensive right backs, producing the highest amount of key passes per game and being one of the top 5 dribblers (1.6 successful dribbles/game) position wise. This could be credited to a variety of traits from the Portugese player. Firstly, Pereira’s change of pace is very good. That’s why his offensive output and dribbling output on the right wing has been way better than the left wing – Pereira is more confident handling the space towards the wing by pushing the ball to the right; playing on the left would generate more inward and backward movement from the left sidelines."

 

"Returning Pereira back to the right wing also allowed him to perform good overlapping movements, whether it would be with the right winger or right midfielder, as he understands the duty for his own role as well as his partner. He can also cut inward and play like a central midfielder on some occasions."

 

"The OGC Nice fullback is quite short (1.75m) and thin, so it is unlikely for him to do well in aerial duels. This is a normal and understandable issue, as it is hard for a short fullback to participate in aerial duels and this could be exploited by early crosses."

 

"All in all though, Ricardo Pereira is a well developed full back. His versatility has been tested throughout his two seasons at OGC Nice, and there are hardly any weaknesses in his playing style (barring the limitations related to his body frame). The player is in a bit of a limbo at the moment, as he nears the end of his 2 year loan spell in France. It will be interesting to see where he does ultimately end up, Porto, Nice, or a third party."

 

Sounds pretty good to me though. His value might just sky rocket after the world cup too, so best to get it done early. 

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12 hours ago, FIF said:

Enough with the Slimani hate.

 

He has a better goal scoring and assist record per min for us this season than Mahrez.

 

The problem for Slimani isn't skill but injuries. He has basically been injured since before he arrived.

Don't hate,  think he's a really good player AT No9  in his preferred position where he made a name for himself. What is it about clubs, not just ours, that admire a player enough in a specialised position to folk out millions only to ask them to do something completely different,  then appear suprised when it doesn't work out .... derrrr! 

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12 hours ago, FIF said:

Enough with the Slimani hate.

 

He has a better goal scoring and assist record per min for us this season than Mahrez.

 

The problem for Slimani isn't skill but injuries. He has basically been injured since before he arrived.

I like how you shoehorned Mahrez into another diss :thumbup:

 

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Forgetting the price tag he sounds like a good RB and one that we've been craving for here. Simpson is solid and reliable defensively but if we want to open teams up then someone in this mould is what we'd be looking for. 

 

Going to the World Cup for the current European champions, so he must be doing something right. 

 

As for the price tag, it's something we shouldn't really concern ourselves with. With the price of inflation, and the knowledge that Premier league clubs are all loaded any good players we want to bring in our going to cost a lot of money. 

 

I'm sure £17 million for Maguire seemed a lot at the time before the inflation. Now we'd get nearly triple that for him. 

 

It's a yes from me.

 

Anmouce him in the new shirt at the end of the week please!! 

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Miquel The Work Geordie

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I really don't understand where this chat about Simpson being solid, dependable and reliable defensively comes from. He hasn't been since we won the league. Too narrow, doesn't stop enough crosses, gives the ball away far too often which is part and parcel of defending in itself. For me he was one of the worst players in Claudio's final throes.

 

He's excellent at being at the back stick and heading danger away but I think his limitations have really shown over the past two seasons, especially when we needed to find another way of playing after we were "figured out."

 

Centre back next please.

 

 

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13 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

‘Porto’ English twitter account (unofficial though 13k followers) says we have agreed a deal at €30m and to be done before end June 

Is it the Portuguese equivalent of Sean from Enderby? Rodrigo from Porto?

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37 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

‘Porto’ English twitter account (unofficial though 13k followers) says we have agreed a deal at €30m and to be done before end June 

That's pretty much what the DM said earlier today. lol

Gotta love Twitter, for all that shite that is produced there online.

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39 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Would be great to get the business done early, hopefully (presuming we're sticking with Puel), people see us creating a team in the style he actually wants and the negativity subsides.

The sorts of players we've been linked with means I'm happy with him to stay for now anyway, let's face it we haven't got a game for 3 months lol

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20 minutes ago, brookfox said:

Might be how we set up but Simpson wins a hell of a lot of back post headers for us. Could be a problem if this guy is short and thin!

He's short 

He's thin 

So get the bast*rd in 

Ricardo Ricardo!! 

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