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Opinion When Menor will meet Pep on the way up Israel today

2022-08-06T05:42:55.356Z


Solomon comes to the Premier League with a special status • Unlike the last Israelis who played in the best league in the world, he can make a difference in Fulham • It is allowed to be optimistic


The best league in the world returns this weekend, and after many, many years we have a significant representative on the field.

With all due respect to Tomer Hamed (16 appearances, 9 in the squad and 2 goals in Brighton in the 2017/2018 season) and Biram Kiel (37 appearances, 17 in the squad in the 2018/2019 season), and there is a lot of respect - Manor Solomon comes in a different class.

He arrives at the age of 23, a world-class talent - in terms of market value, he is the third in the team after Aleksandar Mitrovic and Harry Wilson who are 27, and one who has tasted the Champions League, where he scored against Manchester City and Real Madrid.

On the other hand, Solomon arrives after nine months without a competitive game in a league (he played great for the team in the League of Nations), straight to a team that is the opposite of the one he came from.

Shakhtar Donetsk was the Manchester City of Ukraine, while the ultimate goal of Fulham, who play attacking football with a creative coach, is to survive in the league, and in most of their games they will arrive as underdogs.

Between optimistic and pessimistic


the scenario we dream of: the month of November, just before the start of the World Cup break.

Fulham face a super challenging week.

On the 5th of the month, she goes to the Etihad to meet Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, and a week later she hosts Eric Ten Haah and his Red Devils, Manchester United, at Craven Cottage.

At the Etihad, Fulham defends for most of the minutes.

A goal by Mitrovic after a corner kick that evens the score and a great performance by Bernard Leno in goal keeps it in the game.

Guardiola.

Solomon can stun him, photo: Reuters

Two minutes before the end of the game, Fulham goes on a rampage, and Manor takes advantage of the fact that Joao Cancelo went high, passes Emerick Laporte and gives Fulham three valuable points.

A week later, United first recognized the dribbling abilities of Solomon, whose goal and assist gave Marco Silva three points and a calm exit to the break, safely away from the red line.

The scenario we fear: Fulham once again starts a season in the Premier League with a losing streak, Marco Silva is fired, the team appoints a temporary coach, switches to a formation of three brakes and a style of play of "kick into Mitrovic's area and hope for the best", Manor can't find the ball, gets lost, and in January recalculates the route.

So life is not a dream, not a horror movie and not a fantasy movie.

They are usually somewhere in the middle.

In the case of Manor and Fulham, I have a feeling that the reality will be (much) closer to the optimistic zone than the pessimistic one.

There are not many players with the qualities of Manor in 1 on 1, even in the Premier League.

The fact that he reached a coach who knows him (he was a candidate for Shakhtar in the past) and insisted on bringing him despite all the bureaucratic difficulties, will give him the space to make mistakes at the beginning and gradually acclimatize to the dizzying pace of the Premier League.

If it does happen, I have a feeling that Fulham will be a stop on the way to a Champions League team, because in terms of talent, Manor is world top.

Now we just need things to come together, because talent alone does not win.

Tomorrow against Liverpool is a great time to start the road up.

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Source: israelhayom

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