Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Griezmann to replace Suarez? That's mental!

Antoine Griezmann, the 23-year-old French International who did little to nothing in the World Cup, has made it known that he wants out of Real Sociedad.  Hopefully Rodgers will be smart and ignore him.  While France scored 8 goals in Brazil, Griezmann was on the pitch for 299 minutes and couldn't even manage an assist.

As for his efforts with Real Sociedad, the Frenchman benefits greatly from having Carlos Vela as a teammate.  In fact, Vela should be the player we go after.  How great would that be?  Bringing on the former Gunner to stick it to Arsene over the Sanchez debacle.

GriezmannVelaSuarez
app(subs)31(4)35(2)33
mins265231042962
p9029.534.532.9
goals161631
assist31212
chances347887
npgp900.540.410.94
gcp900.640.811.3
ccp901.152.262.6
ap900.10.350.37
ccv8.715.414.2
pass%77.278.774.8
bp%46.642.944.1
sacc%47.741.944.8
shot%14.418.617.1
TTI9010.911.217
gap901.491.481.43
gsp901.531.652.92
gop900.040.171.49
tgop0.180.181.32

As you can see from the stats above, Vela was much more valuable to Sociedad than Griezmann.  The Frenchman's stats aren't necessarily bad, even though 34 chances created is pretty poor, but they pale in comparison to his Mexican teammate.  Griezmann is a poacher and not much else, Vela is the more complete player.

I'm not sure why Arsenal let Vela go, they never really gave him a chance to begin with.  In 6 years with the Gunners, he only appeared in 62 matches and was loaned out 3 times.  He hardly started either, accumulating 1051 minutes in 37 league appearances.  The only thing that would worry me is price, if Sociedad think they can get £20m for Griezmann, they are going to want Man United money for Vela.

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