Joško Gvardiol is now worth 96.2 million Euros! Soon, he will be the first Croatian footballer to ever be valued above 100 million Euros. The 20 year old Leipzig defender has had a near perfect debut season in the Bundesliga and is attracting attention from around the globe.
Gvardiol is regarded by many as the best U21 defender in the world and is already proving himself to be one of the best left footed center backs in all of Europe.
To back up all this hype, Gvardiol’s season has been so impressive that he ranks in the 99th percentile of all top 5 league defenders for expected goals + assists, dribbles completed and interceptions. He’s also amongst the top 98% in progressive passes, carries and shot creating actions.
Gvardiol not only has the potential to be the best defender to ever wear the checkers, but also the best defender in the world! Sky’s the limit for this kid.
Both luka and kova with amazing games
While the forgotten Croat pulisic wouldn’t even be a guaranteed starter for us
I want to see someone make just an outside of the boot luka compilation so I can send to a couple of my friends who say are gonna take us out
Pulisic is a chump. He’s about croat as I am Brazilian. Fuck him
why so much hate towards pulisic?
Bayern losing to Villarreal is the biggest shock this year in football. Besides a couple of experienced Spanish players that were in the golden generation for Spain, they are under-skilled. No chance they beat Liverpool in the semi finals. Real Madrid making semis goes to show they don’t require Ronaldo to strive for excellence. Benzema wouldn’t have had much possession and time if Ronaldo stayed. Benzema is arguably better than CR7. Real knocking defending CL champs and PSG shows they are still top class and can win. The midfield is still the best in the world. That Modric assist kept them in the tournament.
You are reaching saying Benzema is better than Ronaldo… I am not even a CR7 guy but come on now…
Benzema is on fire lately lol – nice to see gvardiol go against him in the forthcoming nations league matches
Just amazing ! Outside of the boot he has that flick like he showed Scotland in the euros
So Kovacic sets up one goal down one end and then Modric goes down the other and does an ever better assist, lel
Modric with just an unbelievable assist. Incredible
Vidovic on the bench for Bayern
What?!
That bum! Send him back to Njemačka!
Budimir must play!!! Full games. He does exactly what is needed from a #9. Good positioning, can head the ball and poaches goals when the opportunity arises.
With Budimir on the field Krama gets more space and can play off of him, which means goals. Also, our creative midfield and lethal wing backs with their crossing skills (Sosa, Vrsaljko, Juranovic) are not wasted.
A #9 does not need to be the best or most skilled player all they need to do is be in the right place to put the ball in the net. Budimir does that.
Without a tall target man, our attack is flat and easy to defend. With him, defenders will be scrambling.
The guy is scoring on the regular with Osasuna, imagine if he was on a good team!
Bog i Hrvati
Hope he learns how to get back into position after having a drink. Spain at the euros
Sure hope gvardiol doesn’t burn out by 30
But hey if he peaks soon and can do it till 30 that’s 10 years
We will take it!
Anyone check out the updated World Cup match kick off times (depending on what side of the world your on) lol
Well vs moroko in croatia its 11 am. So depends were you are in world. Katar doenst have dalylight savings thats why if you look at the time i katar now and winter they dont fall back in october
Miki did you and LA Knat have the same grammar instructor in 2nd grade by chance ?
Hahaha i type to fast and it gets the best of me
Budimir all NL in June.
This dude is a beast.
https://youtu.be/Idaxrx_IxBU
Ante Budimir 90+ min game winner !! 6:25 of video.
Sadly it didn’t play for me in Canada
I forget who said it on the other thread he also had a really nice goal called back for a touch offside
A fully fit budimir can’t be forgotten
He was hot before his injury and now fully fit again he is playing better then any of our other strikers and with the exception of krama in the bundesliga(arguably better league top to bottom) he is performing in the toughest league
I think other young guys will have to try to emulate the mandzo type for the future
Budimir is not as tough but he puts in effort which is really what we need
Rebic thought he was too cool for school and didn’t need to work like 2018 rebic
Petko so skilled, no effort. He can only blame himself
Budimir has 3 goals and an assist in his last three games in La Liga, plus he has been playing full matches (mostly as a lone striker). With him on the field, Kramarić scored two goals in two matches against bunker teams. There’s a reason why he is Osasuna’s most expensive player.
I’ll second that choice. Kramaric has been invisible in terms of scoring this season. The last games he’s stepped up for Croatia was when we had Dalic was first fired in that last game against Ukraine to qualify for playoffs against Greece, then he scored against Greece. The goal against Russia in hand quarters but that’s it since then. Dalic needs to figure out new formation at the front. It’s evident the midfield that will start. Time to give Brekalo, Budimir, Orsic and Pasalic more minutes upfront. Forget Rebic, Kramaric, Petkovic, and all the other scrubs Dalic has convinced himself will come in clutch at the big stages.
Sosa to Barca?
https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2022/barcelona-scout-borna-sosa-stuttgart-as-potential-jordi-alba-replacement/
As long as he doesn’t fall into the Barca abyss
I know some say we are aging
But we have in prime age broz
Majer sosa and others all in the mid 20 area
Wasn’t there a stat that most teams who win World Cup are like average age like 28-29?
I realize we don’t have them all in that prime age but we do have a great mix of actual experienced enough mid range and of course vets and great young kids
Remember friends we are probably more consistent overall then teams like Italy in the last 20 years
We really have to appreciate the lack of of a huge rebuild
Even tho I feel even after the World Cup woes can be seen as a retooling not quite a rebuild
The “old” talk usually comes from football pundits who don’t follow football.
Their assumption is that Strinić, Lovren, Vida and Vrsaljko will still be our backline…and guys like Rakitić, Subašić, and Mandžo are still part of the lineup. Also, they assume that Modrić surely must have lost a step due to his age (but he’s exactly the same from four years ago).
We only have three starters from the last World Cup (Modrić, Perišić and Broz) and only two of them are over 30.
I’m pretty sure that our average starting eleven is younger than the last World Cup. Our backline is definitely faster, so the media should really calm down with all this “old and slow” talk.
Belgium is actually old now.
Canada also has a couple of 35+ year olds in their backline.
I think our team has the ability to run circles around everyone.
Super high expectations for Gvardiol which isn’t always the best thing. So far, so good. I would hate for him to go to a top-top Champions League club (I’m thinking somewhere in England) and then he starts getting burned causing his confidence to shatter.
However, if he plays the tune of most Croatians — peak later in their careers — oh boy, grab your popcorn…
Many a weaker player could have had the trial by fire like starting against England at euro and fallen apart
He seems mentally tough but I agree I don’t want him going to somewhere where massive pressure is put on him
He’s in a great spot right now
But I’m sure at 100 million euros he will be sold sooner than later
If we can have a couple of world class guys In the next generation we will be more then ok especially with usually above average in other positions
Normally I would agree with this, but he’s different.
He has everything.
Strength, speed, technical ability, confidence…literally zero weaknesses.
He would tear up the EPL in the same fashion as he is doing in the Bundesliga.
My only concern would be injuries, but he seems to recover VERY quickly from them.
If the kid is not on PEDs, then he’s just one of those lucky specimens (like Ronaldo) who takes care of himself and will have a superstar career.
“However, if he plays the tune of most Croatians — peak later in their careers — oh boy, grab your popcorn…”
most “croats” peak later in their careers because they have gothic (northern european) genes and finish puberty much later. as opposed to lets say a black kid who start puberty at 9 and 95% finishes by the time hes 14/15. gvardiol dude looks dark like hes from the middle east. more realistically he will rack up 40k minutes by the time he is 30 and get burnt out.
Exactly one year ago, I said that we need to start this guy…
and it was considered outlandish at the time.
Look at how far this kid has gone since then!
The guy just gets exponentially better every few months. It’s nuts.
Also, I think we need to see a birth certificate from Gvardiol.
This kid looks like a 30 year old Spartan.
“Exactly one year ago, I said that we need to start this guy…and it was considered outlandish at the time.”
cuz it was outlandish, he was a great prospect but only 18 playing in the hnl and no experience, he cost us goals at the euros. sosa should have started left back. during the slovenia,cyprus, malta qualifying cycle right before the euros gvardiol and others should have been called up and got minutes, but as we all know dalic is an imbecile.
maminjo, you were also screaming to start bradaric…
Yeah because he was starting and playing for Lille (and we were playing Melnjak throughout the UNL tournament).
If it’s a choice between Melnjak and an in-form Bradarić, you take Bradarić 10/10.
Bradarić fell out of form the following season, and we got Sosa back.
So obviously now you go with Sosa (although Dalić sometimes doesn’t get the memo and goes with Barišić on occasion).
Shut up Maminjo Always posting 10 times a day and acting like an expert. Hell even a broken clock is right twice a day. Get a girl and a life. It will do wonders for you.
The Spain Euro 2020 game, he was burned bad beyond belief. That was 2 years ago. It can only be upward from there.