Foreverinbluedreams wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:
Pep wanted him gone , loaned or sold (One of the two ) but Delph refused.
PEP obviously gets the credit for having him there at left back now , but if it wasn’t for Delphs refusal to leave — where would we be today ???
Bertrand, maybe, or a.n.other left back.
He missed almost half of last with injury so it's hard to blame Pep for being willing to let him go, same as may happen with Kompany now.
Apparently he's been coached to play at left back since Pep has arrived.
Just looked at his injury record for last year - Sept 1 2016 till Jan 5 2017 , then he was fit and available till the end of the season.
Over the last 2 years he has been injured for around 240 days of them so let's just hope he manages to put together a long run without injury, as IMO, he has shown me that he is a far better left back defender than Mendy, from what I have seen so far - obviously nowhere near as good at going forward , but defensively he has been impressive.
Long may it continue.