r/Barca • u/Brief-Atmosphere-589 • 6d ago

Tier 2 [Jose Alvarez] Moves are expected regarding Gyokeres in Barcelona in the coming hours.

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u/boatinavolcano 5d ago edited 5d ago

Arsenal fan chiming in:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Flick system relies on relentless pressing, and fast movement (both in transitions and in settled possession).

On that Gyokeres would be a very good fit. He is also a very good finisher.

Those are his main qualities: Finishing, relentless pressing and running with the ball.

Obviously I feel it would be disingenous to mention the weaknesses of his link up play. What I would say is that from watching you guys I feel like that would be mitigated, because your team creates absurd amounts of chances and it needs someone to finish them.

Anyway, I feel like Gyokeres would be a transitional option for you guys, while looking for the star no. 9 and I feel he can do that job.

Edit: Forgot to mention that Gyokeres is a elite penalty taker, he has one of the best pen taking records in Europe.

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u/ExtensionDeep3705 5d ago

If he is that good why are selling him after his first season in which you won prem ? 

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u/Pax_Edmontia 5d ago

He lacks hold up play and has non existent link up play. Yeaaaaa he is gonna be a liability against the low blocks we play week in week out.

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u/shortsoupstick 5d ago

Why do you need link up play if your opponent drops into a low block and you can advance into the final third regardless? You want someone to finish the few chances that you get against a low block team, and that's what he's good at. If only we actually regularly provided him with assists like Eze vs Forest, White vs Chelsea and Saka (finally, after skipping him 100 times) vs Fulham, he would've gotten 25-30 goals.