Is it really that bad playing Dimi?
I'm afraid it would be. Without Valdes this season we'd be a fair few points worse off and bottom of the league probably.
I realise Dimi has not had games, but he kept us in alot of games or made saves that gave us the win last season. Lets not forget he was the keeper that gave the defenders confidence at the start of karanka reign i think he deserves a little more credit. In my opinion it was wrong of karanka not to give Dimi the chance of retaining his place in the first team at the start of the season.
I wasn't trying to suggest that he's going to be a great addition purely because of his current employer. Ultimately the jury will be out on almost every signing that we make, that's the lottery of the transfer window unfortunately.
That's a fair point, I guess I just can't get on board with thinking it's a great signing simply because he's coming from a great team. Not saying it's a bad signing, just the jury is out for me.
Reports say we beat other championship clubs to signing Steffen, I wonder whether one of those clubs was Burnley who are also probably looking for a GK. Thats a huge compliment to us if Pep is happy for Steffen to come to Middlesbrough. He could have easily linked up with Kompany.
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