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Originally Posted by Curtis
Blind was bought off the back of winning player of the year in Holland, playing almost exclusively as a defensive midfielder. He played there just five times for us (only once for Jose) in that role and did well each time. His lack of pace is only ever really been exposed while defending. Can't really say its his fault he's never been played in the position that won him the move. Or really blame him for not complaining and doing the best he could every time he was asked to play in a less favorable position.
That said, he's not good enough to pay CB or LB for us and only really good enough as a back-up defensive midfielder. I'm not sure that justifies him staying. Talk in the Italian press today of Inter lining up a bid for him. They apparently like his versatility and think he'd be a sensible buy. No bid as yet though.
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Was excellent there in 15/16. The amount of times he was supposed to be exposed by Aguero, Lukaku etc.
But it again exposes the club's incompetence in constantly changing the approach. Blind was a key player in 2016; that was always going to change once Mourinho took over. I can only assume Blind is still here because nobody will match his contract.