Because he's already signed a pre-contract with them, deals done
There's supposedly a €30m break clause in his pre-contract.
As a keeper, Rui is an introvert. He's completely unspectacular and does the minimum that he needs to do to keep the ball out of the net. Rui won't come charging through a bunch of players to claim a cross if there's a decent chance of him making a mistake and not getting it.
Didn't know that - thanks.
Totally agree on Murray. I don’t know whether it’s coached less or whether expectations have changed. In ‘70s and ‘80s it was the common distinction between British/English keepers and keepers from other nations. The latter were good shot stoppers but would punch rather than catch and invariably commanded their box differently. With the advent of more foreign keepers that is now the trend.
He could certainly have been England's number one for all tournaments from 2006 through the McClaren, Capello, Hodgson eras. Unfortunately, like Lescott, he would have had to have left Wolves swiftly after our relegation in 2004 to achieve this.
Agreed. We'd never have kept hold of him. He was way too good for where we were really.
Yeah you could probably make a similar video of every keeper who's ever played but from the limited footage there he looks decent under crosses and high balls. General handling is OK but not outstanding and he's pretty good in one-on-one situations as he's quick off his line and spreads his body well. His starting position isn't too far out either so he's free to use his hands more which I like.
From those clips the one thing that bothers me is the amount of times the ball bounces off him into dangerous areas after a’routine’ save. Is most high profile mistake was for Porto vs RB Leipzig a few years ago where he did exactly that and Leipzig scored at the second time of asking.
It was two games in the group stage, they lost at home 1-0 & away 3-0. Sa played in both.
He nearly chucked in Aubameyang free kick into the net against Arsenal like that, again not writing him off and not judging any player based on highlights least of all a keeper.
Well you keep moaning about taking the FA cup seriously, if Rui had played the semi-final we win, simple.
Of course we could argue with Lescott and Murray playing we may not have been relegated.....
this 100%
That Man City keeper who played for England was the same too.
They really are thick. Surely top 2 best and saleable player....
Probably uses them a lot. Standing, walking, running, kicking a football too.
Come on man - that’s logic and common sense. That kind **** isn’t welcome on here.
