A classic example of a very talented player being utterly ruined by the relentless spackers we've had in charge since he joined.
Absolutely no coincidence whatsoever that, under Rafa, he looks like the player we originally signed.
Very talented
13 years at Ajax...doesn't happen if you're not very talented fella.
A classic example of a very talented player being utterly ruined by the relentless spackers we've had in charge since he joined.
Absolutely no coincidence whatsoever that, under Rafa, he looks like the player we originally signed.
It's all about fitness and cohesion. 'Bigger tests' could well involve demoralising defeats, which wouldn't particularly set us up well for the new season to be fair.
Won't believe it until the camera pans from his belly to his face and he grunts the words "ooh, ooh, ooh, ah, ah, OOOOOHHHHH"
(which is neanderthal for "I'm Grant Hanley and I'm a Newcastle United player")
Returns to Juve next summer for £5m and then turns it on again. Three years later Man United, under the stewardship of Steve Bruce, buy him back for a world record £250m.