At first I heard this loan was til the end of the season, but now stating a 3 month loan, which makes sense, as He's an Ivory Coast intl, he'll probably be off to the African nations in jan.
Can't comment on him as I've never seen him play and won't be excited by youtube clips (anymore).
The other area was his close range passing, which was often just a little lackadaisical, leaving the receiving player more work to do than they should have to get the ball as an opposing player threatened to pounce on a poorly-hit ball. This has quite noticeably improved as pre-season has progressed no doubt due to the strict and high standards Mancini sets his players during training. Work still needs to be done though.
This sentance almost perfectly sums up my criticism of Stephens!
It'll be interesting to see how CP plans to use Razak - will he encourage him to push forwards while Stephens and/or Hollands sit or will he be the holding player that allows others to roam a bit. one thing for certain, adding some proper physicality to the centre of our midfield won't do any harm. I'm hoping he's going to be a bit of a cross between (the good bits of) Semedo and Racon.
He's 19, and he's already THAT good. I mean we all love JFC, but holy shitting HELL that Razak is a cuffing MONSTER in midfield. I was not impressed - I was blown away.
That lad is a nailed on Prem star and future International. If he is not playing regular top flight football within a year, I will eat my own face.
I'm looking forward to seeing him in the red shirt.
He looks very good in that youtube video. And before anyone says anything yes i know everyone looks good in a youtube video, but whereas most are highlights of a players best bits over time, that footage was all from just one game. I'm slightly concerned as to why Brighton terminated his loan though, anyone know more about why?
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Can't comment on him as I've never seen him play and won't be excited by youtube clips (anymore).
It'll be interesting to see how CP plans to use Razak - will he encourage him to push forwards while Stephens and/or Hollands sit or will he be the holding player that allows others to roam a bit. one thing for certain, adding some proper physicality to the centre of our midfield won't do any harm. I'm hoping he's going to be a bit of a cross between (the good bits of) Semedo and Racon.
Actually has a Arabic (Muslim) name.
He played in most of the pre-season games for City and has been around the first team squad, even playing last Tuesday against Villa.
He's a defensive midfielder and will be a star in this division. He'll be a regular in the Premiership in a year or two.
Great signing by Powell!
He'll give you a 'f*c~i£g whack
Abdul, Abdul