19 year old from La Havre http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2018/watford-are-in-talks-for-midfielder-papy-gueye/
Early question marks about his stamina have been answered by him recently "I'm strong to the finish" said Papy recently
A 6' 2" left-footed defensive midfielder, capped at both u-18 & u-19 for France. Born 1999 at 19:19pm and is n-n-n-n-n-n-nineteen years old. A little over 20 senior appearances, looks like a cheap punt with his value at £180k on Transfermarkt. Story; http://sportwitness.co.uk/players-representatives-currently-talks-watford-transfer-hornets/ Player details; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pape_Gueye https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/pape-gueye/profil/spieler/485963
Wonder what happened to n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n ? Is the price quoted on Transfermarkt legally binding or just "an offer to treat" as with shop price mistakes ?
Wasn't the plan to build a proper reserve side (as an alternate development path to the u23, which the noises from the club suggest they think is a bit meh) Could be the plan for the young players Wilmot, Penaranda, Estupinan, this guy etc
He didn't mean to hurt you. He's sorry that he made you cry. He didn't mean to hurt you. He's just a Pape Gueye
Linked with a good few premier league clubs recently. One link to Udinese today can't see anything concrete. Interesting to see if we're looking at too.
Everyone said so at the time, but I couldn't get used to being Manchester Red Devils and controlling Andre Coal. Also, the button configuration was different so I kept getting into open goal positions and then chipping a nice, soft ball well over the bar.
If twitter is to be believed when have signed this promising young player and he's going on loan to Udinese.
This is the only Le Havre highlights I could find in which he has some involvement. He's number 24 - makes a good interception, then has a decent run and shot at 00:34. He can also be seen tracking back in the middle of the pitch at 1:21, almost getting in a tackle. Also makes a half-hearted effort to run back and tackle at 3:04. It's not much to go on, but from the moment at 00:34 one can see why the club might've signed him (especially if he didn't cost too much) and that there are things to work with. A couple of things though, from the evidence of this match at least he does appear a bit reluctant and lacking in determination to actually make tackles; when defending around the box he seems to be content to just get himself in to position but not really that bothered to put his body on the line and make a block. I'd guess that in general he is more likely to end up a box-to-box, Doucoure/N'Dombele type midfielder, than a shielding the back four Capoue/Idrissa Gueye type - better on the front foot than on the back foot.
