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[Albion] Fabricio Diaz



The Fits

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Having done a bit of a search it appears he’s very highly thought of. Shone in the u20 World Cup. Defensive midfielder and didn’t play this weekend due to ‘an injury’. I think the injury is very similar to young Moises’ hamstring injury in his last week with Brighton.
Wonder if this spells the end of the Baleba interest or whether we would take them both?
Maybe Lille have priced themselves out of that one.
I feel certain we'd like two DMs. Alzate probably off, Ayari might go on loan. We need someone who can make 5-10 tackles, blocks and interceptions in CM. And if we need one we need two because we might be playing as many as 60 games.
 








HP Seagull

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Feels very Mac Allister-esque if indeed we are actually interested.
 






Biffer

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Deffo need some young legs and energy in midfield. It was concerning how easily our midfield opened up at the weekend. Gross, Milner, Lallana, Gilmour and Dahoud (albeit possibly not fully fit yet) all looking too slow at times when in transition. I felt we really missed the engines on Caicedo and Mac Allister.
 




Nobby Cybergoat

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You'd have thought it will be one of Baleba and Diaz we'll look to sign. Little point having two players similar age and similar position.

Having two (that we've heard about) realistic options enhances our bargaining position with both selling clubs.

I can see the need though for an experienced player, possibly on loan, to do a short term role in CM while we get our longer term prospect up to speed
 






heathgate

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You'd have thought it will be one of Baleba and Diaz we'll look to sign. Little point having two players similar age and similar position.

Having two (that we've heard about) realistic options enhances our bargaining position with both selling clubs.

I can see the need though for an experienced player, possibly on loan, to do a short term role in CM while we get our longer term prospect up to speed
Whatever the final selection... they had better hurry up, time is running out, and more difficult games lie ahead.
 










dwayne

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You'd have thought it will be one of Baleba and Diaz we'll look to sign. Little point having two players similar age and similar position.

Having two (that we've heard about) realistic options enhances our bargaining position with both selling clubs.

I can see the need though for an experienced player, possibly on loan, to do a short term role in CM while we get our longer term prospect up to speed
Baleba is more box to box. He's different Diaz is much more a DM. Hopefully we will get both and then makes sense that ayari and alzate will be shipped out.
 






chaileyjem

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Whatever the final selection... they had better hurry up, time is running out, and more difficult games lie ahead.
Sounds like this one is close but Diaz argued yesterday himself that although there's interest (believed to be Brighton) - its "not yet concrete".

 


Gabbiano

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A word of warning before we all go too nuts about signing such a highly rated youngster from a poor league.

Kozlowski was similarly highly rated but has required several loans rather than stepping straight into the team. They won’t all be Caicedo.

For that reason it wouldn’t surprise me if we are hedging bets with both Díaz and Baleba. Makes sense to have two.
 


chaileyjem

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A word of warning before we all go too nuts about signing such a highly rated youngster from a poor league.

Kozlowski was similarly highly rated but has required several loans rather than stepping straight into the team. They won’t all be Caicedo.

For that reason it wouldn’t surprise me if we are hedging bets with both Díaz and Baleba. Makes sense to have two.
That bloke we recently signed from the Paraguayan Premier Divison has turned out ok.
 




dwayne

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A word of warning before we all go too nuts about signing such a highly rated youngster from a poor league.

Kozlowski was similarly highly rated but has required several loans rather than stepping straight into the team. They won’t all be Caicedo.

For that reason it wouldn’t surprise me if we are hedging bets with both Díaz and Baleba. Makes sense to have two.
Fair shout although captaining the world cup winners at under 20 level probably puts him ahead of kowzloski in potential stakes.
 


hans kraay fan club

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A word of warning before we all go too nuts about signing such a highly rated youngster from a poor league.

Kozlowski was similarly highly rated but has required several loans rather than stepping straight into the team. They won’t all be Caicedo.

For that reason it wouldn’t surprise me if we are hedging bets with both Díaz and Baleba. Makes sense to have two.
Diaz is 20 though. Kozlowski was only 17(?). That's really very different.
 


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