If you aren't a complete player
at a big club in 10 years then when will you ever be?
This news will have at least put to bed the notion that only
players at big clubs get chosen for the national team.
The real question is, how would Pep cope
at a big club with a smaller transfer budget, with fewer resources and more pressure on his shoulders?
Yes it's an open league this season, but wasn't that the case the previous three seasons, what with all the managerial
changes at the big clubs?
They just go head on even if they are winning
away at a big club who is chasing same thing they are chasing.
And has he lost his «deadly touch» now he is
at bigger club who don't like kicking it in to the box too quickly?
I don't think there will be other managers, if you look forward, that have that kind of authority at the top of the
game at the biggest clubs.
It was a familiar tale: failure to break through
at a big club led to a series of loan moves and ultimately, released.
Coming into the first team at a young
age at a big club requires a very special talent.
Isn't it ironic that when a striker moves from being a big player at a small club, they more often than not become a small
player at a big club?
Thibaut Courtois has established himself as one of the best custodians in the world over the past few seasons and although he is
already at a big club in Chelsea, there have been rumors floating around linking the Belgian international to Spanish giants Real Madrid.
He spent the rest of a low - key career in Spain and Malta, and is another one of those players whose
chance at a big club leaves you scratching your head.
Am asking because
managers at big clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern, Man utd and Chelsea kick managers out on their back side even when they finishs season with doubles.
Fekir looks ideally suited to Arsene Wenger's style of football, but could equally be a
success at a big club like Real Madrid.
«I am
arriving at a big club like this and the fans can expect to find a Gabriel with a great will to help everyone.
However, this expectation weighs heavy on players, and heavy on managers too: José Mourinho's implosions at Chelsea and Real Madrid in his final seasons there pay testament to this, with constant pressure and expectation hard to cope with, even for a manager as experienced as Mourinho; countless other managers and players have struggled with
pressure at big clubs, and we should consider the Liverpool group as no different.
It is particularly difficult for strikers to break through the ranks into the first -
team at the bigger clubs at present, with most sides opting to play only one striker in the starting XI, and Arsenal is no different on that front.
A goal machine with the likes of Ajax and current club Schalke, Klaas - Jan Huntelaar has an impressive goal tally of 285 in his career so far despite
flopping at big clubs like Real Madrid and AC Milan.
Hamsik has reached double figures in goals in all but one of his seven seasons with the club, and may now be ready for a new
challenge at a bigger club.
Eddie Howe has done a great job for Bournmouth but I feel he may struggle
at a bigger club managing players with bigger ego's.
Thing that makes me laugh about Wenger is he says he could of left and joined any club in the world but the fact is he would of been gone after a
season at ALL the big clubs in Europe if he did nt get close to their leagues titles or CL, in fact if i remember correct when he was at Monaco he took them to the CL final, did he build on that no he sold of most of the team the next season (sound familiar with the invincibles?)
Fabian Delph epitomizes modern footballers, and serves as an example that the idea of
competition at big clubs is NOT a deterrent.
The Ivorian international was coming off the back of impressive spells with Vitesse and Swansea City, and in his defence, it was the next step up the ladder as it showed his ambition of wanting to go on and win
trophies at a big club.
Zaha has already had one
shot at a big club in Manchester United, and that didn't end well at all — he was shipped back to Palace.
In defense of MKhit, if indeed he prefers Man U, Arsenal is hardly a step up from BVB and with Moureen he knows what he
gets at a bigger club than BVB.
«I will obviously still follow the club and I am
at a big club now, Valencia is a big club and the expectation is here as well, but after nine years you can not forget about your club and Arsenal is always going to be in my heart, I will always follow them.»