Florian Thauvin – can £12m signing best mens canada goose jacket kickstart Newcastle United’s season?
So who is Florian Thauvin?
Newcastle United’s latest signing. He is 22 and a left-footed France Under-21 creator who has joined for £12m from Marseille. He previously played for Grenoble, Bastia and Lille. Rémy Cabella has gone in the opposite direction, initially on loan but with a view to eventually joining Marseille for around £6m.
Where will Thauvin fit into Steve McClaren’s side?
It is possible even Newcastle’s manager isn’t quite sure at this stage. Although he is left-footed Thauvin played on the right of Marseille’s 4-2-3-1 last season but has said he would prefer to be a No10, playing in the hole behind a striker, as he canada goose coat 1000 bulbs garland doesn’t enjoy defending. Overall he disappointed in that wide attacking role at the Stade Vélodrome, scoring only five goals and appearing drained by his defensive duties. Earlier in his career though, he shone on the left wing at Bastia.
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The idea is to provide McClaren’s strikers canada goose outlet, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Papiss Cissé, with improved service. Mitrovic, newly acquired from Anderlecht for £13m, especially is the sort of striker who is heavily dependant on the right sort of best canada goose jacket for skiing crosses and service. It helps canada goose coat 1000 calorie bariatric diet that Thauvin should be able to contribute a goal or three of his own. Off the pitch, he should be welcomed by the dressing room’s sizeable francophone contingent.
But where does this leave Rolando Aarons, best canada goose jacket review Siem de Jong, Georginio Wijnaldum and Moussa Sissoko?
Good question. Aarons is an extremely promising left-wing talent, albeit one lacking experience and with a history of hamstring trouble so Thauvin may, just may, start on the left of a 4-2-3-1 system.
As for the No10 role, canada goose coat 1000 well that’s where De Jong hopes to play after missing most of last season through injury and illness but the former Ajax playmaker is currently being kept out of the side by Wijnaldum, a very exciting £14.5m summer signing from PSV Eindhoven.
Meanwhile McClaren has said he believes Sissoko’s best position is wide on the right. Only time will tell how it best canada goose jacket review all shakes out. If Thauvin definitely represents a gamble he is a player capable of upping Newcastle’s latterly deficient powers of invention and improvisation. He is someone who can “play between the lines” and help the side acquire the three-dimensional look McClaren is aiming for.
Is Thauvin better than Cabella?
McClaren certainly hopes so and Graham Carr, the chief scout who watched him from his Bastia days, is convinced he represents an upgrade. Even so many people in France seem to think Marseille have got by far the better of the deal. Cabella cost Newcastle £12m from Montpellier last summer and was much hyped before buy canada goose parka ottawa failing to gain the trust of the former manager Alan Pardew and struggling to cope with the physicality of the Premier League. It was thought McClaren’s philosophy might suit him better but Newcastle decided to go for Thauvin and use McClaren’s coaching skills to rediscover the extraordinary talent which has arguably been latent since 2013, when the new boy helped France win the Under-20 World Cup.
What are his strengths?
He has a devastating change of pace and this wonderful acceleration is complemented by enviably adhesive close control. He likes to dribble, beat his man and run through a repertoire of tricks. He has got a lovely left foot and can cross. He has been compared to both Franck Ribéry (some compliment) and Hatem Ben Arfa (at Ben Arfa’s best). A Newcastle crowd who adored David Ginola and Laurent Robert can you machine wash canada goose jacket should relish watching Thauvin.
And his weaknesses?
Often tries to beat one man too many, sometimes prefers fancy footwork to the more incisive simple pass. Can be a bit temperamental and headstrong – shades of Ben Arfa anyone? Does not exactly revel in tracking back. Of similar physical stature to Cabella he, too, will have to adapt to the intensity of Premier League combat.
So a challenge for McClaren then?
Very much so. Players and fellow coaches queue up to say what an excellent training-ground teacher Newcastle’s manager is and McClaren himself loves improving players. If anyone can bring the best out of Thauvin and adapt him to Newcastle’s needs it is probably John Carver’s successor.
What does the manager say about his latest buy?
“Florian is a player the club have been watching for a long time and I’m delighted we’ve been able to sign him,” says McClaren. “He’s a perfect signing for this club – someone young with great potential and is one of the best young players in Europe. He’s an exciting, creative talent who can score goals and make assists. We believe he will have a very bright future at Newcastle.”
Is that the end of Newcastle’s transfer business or is there more to come?
Difficult to say. This is Mike Ashley’s club, remember. But McClaren definitely wants another centre-half and another striker – as well as, ideally, a back-up right-back to cover for Daryl Janmaat. It would be no surprise if at least two players – possibly not as expensive best canada goose jacket style as Thauvin and co – arrived before the transfer deadline, with a few fringe squad members moving out. Newcastle maintain interest in QPR’s Charlie Austin is over but don’t bet against an 11th-hour, deadline-day deal for the striker after the Loftus Road club are finally forced into slashing their asking price.
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