Quote Originally Posted by Blink 1nce Quince 2wice View Post
I find it a little simplistic view, even if it would work in practice. Not sure it would serve him any better playing CF than him playing on the left. You have to be more than fairly strong to pull it off in the prem. You have to be a physical match for the Centre halves in the prem who are typically the strongest players in the division.....unless we are happy with our CF being totally physically dominated for the entire 90 minutes.

AT Dortmund he starts on the left....never mind what actually happens when they attack. If it is naturally his game to get beyond the lines and link up with another more powerful player then he can do so without actually starting as the CF imo.

I do find it strange that you believe 40 million to be a fair valuation considering some of the other views you've expressed. I don't think the valuation is too far north of what he is worth, but I'm not quite sure he is worth 40 million to our team as it is.
Well that's your opinion. I find your view pretty simplistic that you feel a CF has to be a physical match for the Centre Halves. Reus is more in the mould of say Aguero or Suarez, he's not a brute but is no weakling either. Where players like Reus, Suarez or Aguero excel are in their movement and finishing, if you have that you will succeed in PL. Of course they have the added advantage of having upper body strength, but on the ground is where they excel.

If you watch Dortmund closely whilst Reus does start from the left he very much roams across the frontline, not too dissimilar to Bale actually.

What's strange about my valuation of Reus? He's a proven performer in CL, he has had 2 very good seasons for Dortmund in CL playing at a high level, he is a proven performer in Bundesliga, he is a starter for Germany who IMHO are currently the best national side in the world. He's on the cusp of being credited as a world class player who has delivered for a sustained period of time.

Reus would fit into our game easily IMHO, he's a highly technical player with world class movement and is a great finisher, he's also very good from set pieces.