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I sense a little tension. "What world do you all live in" and "what makes us so damn special"-esque statements can sometimes be taken the wrong way by some. Not me of course, I'm merely trying to keep the peace.
Chill.
So you are judging him based on the club he plays for at age 21? Ok. Also, here's who played for Belgium. You'd take almost all of them for Everton. Not much "meh" on that list.
Dedrick Boyata, Jason Denayer, Lukaku jr - I doubt they'd get much of a run out in the euros, for example? He can still improve, and he's hardly the finished article, but hardly a world beater. Provided we now have actual money (supposedly) - why would we get players that MIGHT come good now?
Already said we won't be signing him. Just pointing out your logic for judging a player you've likely not seen more than once or twice is flawed.
And what if I've seen him more than that and based my judgement of him not being that good based on that?
Fair enough then. But the way you posed your initial question shows you have not. You stated, he's not that good because he's playing in a friendly and plays for a mid-table Belgian side. If you'd seen him extensively, I'd expect you to say that when passing judgement. Maybe not, but given what you clearly think of the Belgian league, I doubt you watch it much.
I said that with regards to people going a bit OTT with "sign him Boberto, he plays for Belgium, they're top 5". He's got decent pace, fantastic dreadlocks, but leaves a lot to be desired in the actual defending part of the game, and his tackles when standing up are Bambi on ice. If we use the same yardstick then we should be looking at Dedrick Boyata, seeing as he plays for one of the top national teams and also a top 1 Scottish team? But we all know he's kinda poop really.
Fair points. I've not seen him hardly at all, so I have less judge of the player than you. All I'm saying is you can find quality in many sides in many leagues. I can't get on board with judging a young player based on where he plays his club ball, especially when his national team rates him enough to bring him in. We signed Oviedo from Denmark. We signed Coleman from Ireland. We signed Stones from Barnsley. We signed Mirallas from Greece. There are quality players all over.
As I said, "for now". Maybe in a year or two he'll improve a-la Oviedo/Stones/Coleman, and be one of those late bloomers, but at this point in time I doubt we should be signing players because they MAYBE decent in a year or three's time, is all I'm saying.
I know nothing of the lad apart from he's lukaku's brother and played for Belgium the other night, if he goes the euros and plays well could he be another besic?
