Mourinho eyeing Van de Ven? Madness or masterplan?

[MasonTips]

Could be a story built on nothing much tbh

 

[TheTactician]

mental scenes

 

[MessiMagic10]

If he is so perfect, why does the asking price sound like a guess?

 

[SoccerWizard]

On paper you can understand the attraction because pace in defence changes games and gives you recovery options that slower centre-backs simply do not have, but the more you think about Mourinho wanting him the less it adds up, because this is the kind of player people usually want for a higher line and more aggressive covering rather than sitting deep and dealing with constant box defending, and then you add in the fact that the price is being thrown around in such a ridiculous range and it starts to feel like a story built out of hype, speculation and a bit of wishful thinking, which is exactly why these windows do my head in, every day it is a new headline, a new fee, a new club supposedly interested, and by the end you have no idea what is real and what is just people taking the piss

 

[ViscaBarcelona2911]

Would be a mad move ngl

 

[FootballFrenzy]

nah mate i think youre underrating him there

 

[MatchDayHero]

The tactical angle is simple enough really, if you want a defender to protect space behind him then Van de Ven gives you that recovery pace and allows the line to stay higher, but if Mourinho is genuinely the guy asking for him then I am not sure the rest of the setup makes sense because he is not the sort of centre back who wins every duel in a deep block and that is where the debate comes from, so the fit is questionable even if the talent is obvious

 

[Liam_Footy]

Real Madrid collecting defenders like stickers lol

 

[TheTactician]

People are acting like this is a done deal and it is absolutely hilarious because half the thread is already talking about him as if he has failed there before he has even signed, proper internet football nonsense

 

[GoalRush]

If this is real, then fair play to them for aiming high!