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The centre-forward to whose leaving I refer is Jean-Philippe Mateta. You can?t argue with numbers, I don?t suppose, and he?s done a fairly good job in patches, I just can?t get on board with a striker so bad at finishing one-on-ones. If Milan are seriously prepared to give ?30m for a 28-year-old, I?d say thank you very much.
In an effort to save themselves ? an effort that ought, perhaps, to have been made in the summer, strengthening a team doing brilliantly to give it a chance of performing both domestically and in Europe ? they?ve taken Evann Guessand on loan from Villa. I can?t say I like what I?ve seen so far, but perhaps Oliver Glasner?s system suits him more than Unai Emery?s.
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