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He'll fit in nicely on the bench lol

Only way he'll agree to joining us will be the chance of regular playing time. If it's to sit on the bench, I think RM's bench would be more "comfortable".
Say goodbye to Adam, Henderson & maybe Spearing. Shelvey out on loan maybe?

Would you guys consider Xabii alonso a CM or a DM. xabi will never be out on the right never be by himself in the midfield doing the defensive duties alone. Xabi is there to pick out passes support the front players with quality ball hes the transition from defense to attack, thats exactly what Sahin does. Real madrid plays 2 CM one to do the defensive duties one to make the transition so you'll always see xabi with sami diarra or even contrao, you wont see Sahin and xabi in it at the same time unless its a tactical move they play very similar. Sahin was brought to Real as a cover for xabi who is aging he just havent lived up too expectations which result in Modric being the new target. In the coming season im not sure how jose will accommodate them both someone would have to be on the bench.

In regards to Sahin in our midfield theres alot of variation we could see happening, Sahin isnt in lucas and allen category both those players are battling for the same spot, allen would be pushed up in the CM role beside stevie to stay deep and keep the ball rolling. With sahin he could play beside stevie pushing allen back to DM or he could replace stevie as the player going forward and allow allen to be the one making the transition from defense to attack.

Hes a very very good player who is about 23 that had a rough time at Real when players head to Real you dont go there with the expectation to be given time to adopt and conform, you have to hit the ground running which is the big difference with LFC we have one of the most patient fan base i have ever seen. I think after a couple games and hes settled allen is heading to the bench if gerrard isnt injured.

I know we need depth but I doubt that we just spent 15mill on Allen to sit him in the bench!
Just my opinion!

well yea i dont think anyone expects allen to rub the bench including the manager, i just think Sahin is going to dominate that well that it will eventually happen. I think brenden preferred 3 would be lucas allen and stevie, but if sahin comes in and starts showing class which do you think is the weakest link. Cant wait to see what happens when the season starts

Fantastic problem to have if it happens

Is Sahin confirmed already?

A lot of garbage in this post, no one really gave out anything related to the topic.

Not confirmed yet Snake and it's all based on opinion. I guess it's a discussion of if he ends up here how will it effect our formation!

Anyway, if he does end up here then I think it's great because it better quality depth to our midfield.

I'm thinking maybe against the bigger teams where we need to be hard to break down he might play with two DM:

-----Allen------Lucas-----
-------Gerrard/Sahin--------

But in the games against the smaller teams where we play more offensively he can switch to 1 DM and play:

-----------Lucas--------------
---Gerrard-------Sahin---------

It would make it very difficult for the big teams to break us down and give us the creativity to break down the smaller teams that park the bus

Thanks Bar ;-)