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Rafael said in the summer before joining us that he wanted a club with a young squad that he could coach and take to the next level, he didn't want an ageing squad. He spoke about having a few players of experience who could offer that balance though.
He said he is a coach first and a manager after and that's where he's at his best on the training ground.
He also spoke a lot about homegrown players and how it's important to fill whichever team he manages with these kinds of players.
Didn’t want Coutinho at Everton, but I am worried he will be a real success at Villa with Gerrard.
Let’s hope he becomes an expensive mistake.
Oh deffo.I didn't want coutinho. But I'm sure of one thing.. he will score against us at Goodison in a fortnight .
The one thing I'm pleased with under Benitez so far is the profile of player we're being linked with.
We've been so short-term for so long. I hope this trend continues.
I couldn’t agree more.Some players will play well for some clubs. Coutinho probably will do alright at Villa, he’ll be motivated under his mate Gerrard. He just wouldn’t have had that motivation for us and would have become a drain on wages.
This is great news IMO - signing him on loan would have meant a clamour to sign him permanently in the summer if he'd done well, and then we'd just be repeating historyCoutinho to Villa done
I feel the same way .This is great news IMO - signing him on loan would have meant a clamour to sign him permanently in the summer if he'd done well, and then we'd just be repeating history
like longstaff, and that balloon we have up front Rondon.... lukewarm at best in my view (though tbf the full backs i like!)The one thing I'm pleased with under Benitez so far is the profile of player we're being linked with.
We've been so short-term for so long. I hope this trend continues.