Merih Demiral

[UHDrive]

This signing although I think would be great, would also cost millions more than it should've had we not got ourselves in this predicament.

[Danny280995]

21 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Must be good as I've heard Atalanta's Head of Recruitment is a genius.

Yep and rinse us of our money... stay away from this would be sensible 

[KFS]

6 minutes ago, Iran said:

 

This guy would improve our aggression. I would want an athlete next to him too.

[Sankey93]

Yep. Sign sign sign immediately!

[sacreblueits442]

25 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Didn’t stop them buying  ademola 

 

is demiral a starter for them ??

...last season he played 22 out of 34 league games!!!

  At the back end of the season he was not getting much pitch time when he played  8 - 45 mins in his last 6, not sure what was happening there.

[indierich06]

In a dream scenario, you'd hope that this signing galvanises Soyuncu and helps him get back to the form we know he's capable of.

[indierich06]

2 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...last season he played 22 out of 34 league games!!!

  At the back end of the season he was not getting much pitch time when he played  8 - 45 mins in his last 6, not sure what was happening there.

Might have had a clause where if he plays x amount of games/minutes then they owe Juve more money.

[st albans fox]

15 minutes ago, indierich06 said:

In a dream scenario, you'd hope that this signing galvanises Soyuncu and helps him get back to the form we know he's capable of.

He’s leaving next summer and won’t want to risk injury second half of the season 

[Jakemoore]

46 minutes ago, peach0000 said:

Just can’t play for more than two clubs a year. So seeming he was on loan at Atalanta it would be fine as he hasn’t played for Juventus in that time. It happens a fair bit on the continent that players loans are made permanent because of a low clause then they are immediately sold for profit, sometimes on the same day.

Nice - great explanation. 👍🏻

[dbtcity]

Never been a fan of defenders who regularly go to ground to tackle as they’re more often than not an absolute train wreck! The fact that 99% of his YouTube clips are of him doing so doesn’t fill me with much confidence… that being said I’d still sooner have him than any of our current cbs bar Johnny (excluding Wes)

[lcfc sheff]

36 minutes ago, indierich06 said:

Might have had a clause where if he plays x amount of games/minutes then they owe Juve more money.

Yeah they had a buy option which I think was mandatory for certain amount of minutes, looked like they weren’t gonna sign him this summer at one point but they negotiated a cheaper fee instead!

[Pliskin]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

Who, out of interest? 

Broken record. But my preference would be Lacroix. Potentially cheaper, similar profile to Saliba and Fofana, and would allow us make the money go a bit further on other players. 
 

However, this might be a good move for Cags…. Having a fellow countryman along side him might help him rediscover his previous form? 

[Long Eaton Fox]

Just now, Pliskin said:

Broken record. But my preference would be Lacroix. Potentially cheaper, similar profile to Saliba and Fofana, and would allow us make the money go a bit further on other players. 
 

However, this might be a good move for Cags…. Having a fellow countryman along side him might help him rediscover his previous form? 

Not if he plays instead of him!

[Pliskin]

Just now, Long Eaton Fox said:

Not if he plays instead of him!

Hmm. I’d hope not, as I think Evans looks really poor this season so far…… Cags needs a chance again! 

[VLC86]

Demiral has been very good for Atalanta, only recently made the loan permanent.

Can’t see us paying the money it would take, probably £40m.

[Sly]

Build the Turkish wall and get Cags to sign a new contract! 

[VLC86]

3 minutes ago, Sly said:

Build the Turkish wall and get Cags to sign a new contract! 

Said wall internationally has kept clean sheets against only Gibraltar, Lithuania and Luxembourg in about their last 15 games.

[Mickyblueeyes]

Be interesting to see if we go for one two CBs before the deadline. With one starting (like Demiral) and another covering to hopefully replace Vestegaard. 

[Sly]

1 minute ago, Costock_Fox said:

Said wall internationally has kept clean sheets against only Gibraltar, Lithuania and Luxembourg in about their last 15 games.

Yes, they’ve fell off to be fair. 

[VLC86]

7 minutes ago, Sly said:

Yes, they’ve fell off to be fair. 

Like a curren day Hadrian 😂

[Vardinio'sCat]

13 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Like a curren day Hadrian 😂

 

Like Jericho.

[The Horse's Mouth]

Ain’t this lad another sick note to add to the backline

[moore_94]

9 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Ain’t this lad another sick note to add to the backline

17/18 + 18/19 - Had 2 seasons injury free

 

19/20 - Did has ACL in Jan when we were actually being linked with signing him, came back in the July

 

20/21 - Missed about 8 games from a thigh injury and then a few through Covid

 

21/22 - Made 42 appearances and missed just 3 games across the whole season through injury

 

Looks to be fine now

Edited 27 August 2022 by moore_94

[Ric Flair]

42 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Demiral has been very good for Atalanta, only recently made the loan permanent.

Can’t see us paying the money it would take, probably £40m.

Would rather we went for Scalvini and paid for potential.

[VLC86]

12 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Would rather we went for Scalvini and paid for potential.

Yeah, haven’t seen a huge amount of him

but wasnt out of his depth when I did.