Switched his agent to Mino Raiola in April, the same as Assaidi's.
As if etc
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Hey Mkhi!
The Shakhtar Donetsk shirts have SCM written on them.....
By lord.... Its a sign! He is the messiah!
By lord.... Its a sign! He is the messiah!
Six Crazy Minutes it said Henrikh, Henrikh!!
No idea how legit a source this is, but it's something.
http://www.vavel.com/en/football/pr...ol-reach-agreement-with-shakhtar-donetsk.html
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!
'I have always been a Liverpool fan. I watched the Istanbul game & it has stuck with me ever since.'
'Having spoken with Mr Rodgers he impressed me with the vision of the progress ahead for the group'
'He also had a nice firm grab of my buttocks within seconds of us meeting, which made the decision to join him even easier'
I know nothing of the lad but I'm surprised the club are spending £22 on one player. Didn't really expect that this summer.
i was excited until I saw the dortmund clip. hopefully he will be decent. this will mean one of our central midfielders is going.
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Different player than E r i k s en but not better. We would be laughing a lot next Season could we get both.
Money from Carroll perhaps. And then we'll hopefully get some money from shit/fringe players like Spearing, Pacheco, Wilson etc.
First of all, I don't believe for a minute that Mkhitaryan signing and Suarez leaving are not connected. Sure, we had some interest in Henrikh before, Rodgers clearly likes him as a player - but it's not a coincidence that we ratcheted up our interest in Mkhitaryan immediately after Suarez announced he wants to leave.
I think our transfer budget is still 20 million + player sales and we simply cannot afford Mkhitaryan uses Suarez is sold. I'd like to believe otherwise, but I think this is the truth, whether we like it or not.
I think our transfer budget is still 20 million + player sales and we simply cannot afford Mkhitaryan uses Suarez is sold. I'd like to believe otherwise, but I think this is the truth, whether we like it or not.
Did we though? We've had him scouted all through the season, and now it's the period when deals are done. Maybe there is a connection, I don't know, but it's not surprising we only start hearing about these moves now. Maybe this committee really raved about him, and FSG, noting the success of Coutinho and Sturridge, agreed to put in more money for him.
I posted a poll about a month ago about which AM would you choose to sign, between E - sen, Dzagoev, Honda, and Mkhitaryan. I think no one voted for Henrikh, which is surprising, considering that he is the closest to Gerrard in terms of playing style and that many people here noticed that we lack a player who can pick up the ball in midfield and make powerful and direct runs into the box with it or shoot from distance - what Gerrard used to do when he was younger.
I think Mkhitaryan will not equal Gerrard over his career (that would be incredibly hard to do) and he is not as physically powerful and amazingly versatile as Gerrard, but he is still a very good player in his own right. For me the best thing about Mkhitaryan is that he is smart: he is able to learn, adapt to new challenges and gradually improve himself as a player. That's a quality that makes talented players good, and good players great.
In terms of playing position, I think Mkitaryan's best position, the one where he's bad the most success so far, is at the attacking tip of the midfield triangle. He can do many things pretty well, but the one really outstanding quality he has is making runs from deep - so it's only natural to use him in a position that makes the best use of this quality. If he plays as one of the advanced midfielders in an "inverted triangle," his frequent runs could leave a hole in the middle and distort our defensive shape too much - the same rationale Rafa used for choosing to play Gerrard in a free role behind the striker. So, if we buy Mkhitaryan, I think we will mostly line up as a 4-2-3-1 next season.
Another possibility could be playing Mkhitaryan on the wing with a license to drift to the middle, but in this case the other winger will need to "hug the touchine," otherwise we'll lose all the width. I think it's possible, but less likely or desirable.
If Suarez leaves, we can end up with this front 6:
--------------Sturridge-------------
Coutihno---Mkhitaryan---Aspas
-------Gerrard--Allen (Lucas)---
I think it's a pretty strong team, actually.
I think Mkhitaryan will not equal Gerrard over his career (that would be incredibly hard to do) and he is not as physically powerful and amazingly versatile as Gerrard, but he is still a very good player in his own right. For me the best thing about Mkhitaryan is that he is smart: he is able to learn, adapt to new challenges and gradually improve himself as a player. That's a quality that makes talented players good, and good players great.
In terms of playing position, I think Mkitaryan's best position, the one where he's bad the most success so far, is at the attacking tip of the midfield triangle. He can do many things pretty well, but the one really outstanding quality he has is making runs from deep - so it's only natural to use him in a position that makes the best use of this quality. If he plays as one of the advanced midfielders in an "inverted triangle," his frequent runs could leave a hole in the middle and distort our defensive shape too much - the same rationale Rafa used for choosing to play Gerrard in a free role behind the striker. So, if we buy Mkhitaryan, I think we will mostly line up as a 4-2-3-1 next season.
Another possibility could be playing Mkhitaryan on the wing with a license to drift to the middle, but in this case the other winger will need to "hug the touchine," otherwise we'll lose all the width. I think it's possible, but less likely or desirable.
If Suarez leaves, we can end up with this front 6:
--------------Sturridge-------------
Coutihno---Mkhitaryan---Aspas
-------Gerrard--Allen (Lucas)---
I think it's a pretty strong team, actually.
You could say that, I guess.
But he is less of a playmaker type than Lampard, he is more comfortable with short passing game than spraying diagonal long balls the way Lampard does.
He's been just as effective from the left, besides, I imagine with Coutinho, Borini and potential Aspas and this guy if they sign, we'll be see non stop movement through the whole game as they can all play each position.
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