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Originally Posted by zlatanov
he is indeed a good player, Dev, one of the rising stars of French football ... along with all the new Zidane-wanna-bes 
As you said Roma have been after him for a while now but I think the latest I read was that the deal was hitting some snags, not completely sure though.
Also Lyon are after him given that Abidal is all but Barca-bound.
An interesting Alternative to someone like Zambrotta .. or Srna, who would be great as a back-up player |
Nasri along with Gourcuff seems to be in the lead for that "Zidane wannabe" title
. I think Ribery has been identified as too different to count anymore
I'd like the thought of us looking to get Mathieu, I honestly think he'll be a lot better than Abidal (who I don't rate too highly) once he plays for a while at the highest level, though for now I'd be happy to have the option on him but letting him develop a little more elsewhere.
Actually, I expect that in 2-3 years time, should he develop as expected he will certainly be world class (note, should we get Zambrotta in the summer, Mathieu would be an ideal replacement when he's reaching 33-34).
Now the last time I got a feeling like this about a fullback was Daniel Alves, back when I joined in 2004 and created a thread where almost no one knew who I was on about. I would like to see if my feeling works out to be as successful this time
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