Tottenham er angiveligt interesserede i Steaua Bucharests forsvarsspiller, Vlad Chiriches. Goal.com har skrevet en artikel om ham, hvori man kan læse hvad hans styrker og svagheder er. Han ligner som en der ville passe godt ind i vores filosofi. Lidt info om ham, han er 23 år gammel, 184 cm og goal.com beksriver ham således.
The Steaua Bucharest star has been linked with an €8 million move to White Hart Lane and is in the mould of the ball-playing central defender that Andre Villas-Boas craves
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By Michael Yokhin
Gareth Bale, Gareth Bale and, for good measure, yet more Gareth Bale. Tottenham fans will be getting sick to death of the headlines surrounding their wing wizard and a potential exit to Real Madrid but there may be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
While Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has reluctantly begun discussions over a €115 million deal for his prize asset, the imminent arrival of Roberto Soldado should cushion the blow while Vlad Chiriches, who is reportedly close to sealing a €8m move to White Hart Lane, would be another valuable addition.
As a result there is always room for a young defender with the potential to improve to bulk up the squad and give Villas-Boas further options in that area.
Spurs, while not in a crippling state, are hardly in an ideal situation at centre-back. Jan Vertonghen is facing a race against time to be fit for the start of the Premier League season while the likes of Michael Dawson and Steven Caulker are far from the perfect fit in a Villas-Boas line-up that is set up to play a flowing passing game.
Chiriches, in many ways a clone of Belgian stalwart Vertonghen, would be the perfect solution.
With supreme positional sense and a natural ability to read the game, Chiriches is also one of the most elegant defenders around, blessed with excellent technical skills, he is a player that's always willing to play the ball forward and join the attack - just as Vertonghen learned to do during his days at Ajax.
In his homeland, the 23-year-old is rated extremely highly. Just a couple of years ago he was compared to Cristian Chivu, although nowadays Romanian journalists go as far as mentioning him in the same breath as the legendary Miodrag Belodedici, the brilliant centre-back of Steaua Bucharest who won the Champions Cup in 1986, and achieved the same feat with Red Star Belgrade five years later.
Belodedici himself said of his so-called heir in December last year: "Chiriches is strong, fast and intelligent. He can definitely go very far. There are few footballers who can do what he does in his position, and he is ready to take risks going forward.[/color][/b] In my era, coaches wouldn't let me touch the ball so many times."he said last December."
Chiriches' ball skills undoubtedly improved when he moved to Benfica at just 17 years old, training alongside players like Rui Costa. An injury interrupted his progress in Portugal, however, and the youngster returned to Romania in 2008, moving to International.
When the club was demoted due to financial troubles in 2010, Chiriches switched to Pandurii Targu Jiu, and in January 2012, having made his debut for the national team, signed for Steaua. That's where his career really took off.
Last summer, there was reported interest from Barcelona and Milan, and Steaua's controversial owner Gigi Becali commented that he had no doubt that the player would easily walk into any team in the world.
Then came Romania's disastrous 4-3 defeat to Slovenia in a friendly in August, and those words came back to haunt Chiriches.
"He will never make it to Barcelona if he continues to make mistakes like that," fumed former national coach Anghel Iordanescu, while Gheorghe Hagi claimed: "He commits errors in the area where you just can’t do that."
Such criticism could have been a blow to a young player, but Chiriches proved to be mentally strong and went on to produce his best season to date. Not only did he help Steaua win their first championship title since 2006 in his first season with the club, the cultured centre-back also performed brilliantly in Europa League.
Never limiting himself to just sit back and play it simple in defence, he scored an amazing overhead-kick against Molde in the group stages, and struck a brilliant and crucial volley against Ajax as well.
His home performance in a 1-0 win over Chelsea in the last 16 was nothing short of phenomenal. Naturally, the offers continued to pour in. Russian clubs queued up to get their hands on Chiriches, with Zenit, Spartak Moscow and Rubin Kazan all making big offers.
The Moscovites were reported to propose €10m, but the player himself said he is only interested in moving to a western European club.
If Tottenham are able to get their man, who has been described as possessing a bit of David Luiz and Thiago Silva in him by Steaua general director Mihai Stoica, for just €8m it would be an absolute bargain.
If Spurs fans are getting sleepless nights over Bale's potential exit, they should rest easier in the knowledge that one of Europe's most promising centre-backs looks to be on his way to White Hart Lane. [/i]
Der er fordele og ulemper ved ham. Jeg synes dog han virker rigtig spændende, 8 millioner euro er ikke meget. Af ulemper er jeg ikke glad for, at han har en tendens til at tage for stor risici, hvilket fører til fejl, lidt ala Luiz. Omvendt er han rigtig hurtigt, god til at læse spillet og teknisk sublim.
Jeg tænker, burde man ikke også kigge på ham? Luiz og Agger er de åbenlyse, men jeg tænker, hvis man overvejer Mangala, så burde man også overveje denne herre, han er en hel del billigere, og meget interessant.
Folk der ved mere om ham, må godt skrive om ham herinde.
