Jairo Riedewald
 

Highest pass completion rate in the dutch premier league last year i think they said, 92% likes to pass forward and can dribble with the ball. be interesting to see what sakhos pass completion rate was at us.

Be interesting to see whether he plays in the back three or in midfield

I reckon he'll be in the back 3 until/ unless we sign another left footed CB. BMI probably the most obvious possibility I would guess.

Which by the sounds of it we might. Seems like his preference is to be in midfield, would be interesting next to Luka. But would be worried about the creativity in the team.

A massive fundemental part of the puzzle put in here with Riedewald, he'll be that left center back who has the intelligence to get into good positions to receive the ball and allow the more creative outlets a better base in order to start our attacks.

I think this will be an incredible signing.

Sort of signing you make when you've got a plan. A good sign, I think.

He's very much a RCB/RB

No he ain't.

You what?

Agreed. I think he'll be great (may need some time to settle).

Maybe. But I could also see him being our first choice left sided centre back too. I guess only Frank and a few others around him will know the plan at the moment.

If we did sign another left sided CB then Jairo would be an excellent, versatile option from the bench.

As others have said he is a left footed centre back, who has also played at left back and holding in midfield.

Could he be cheese and onion to Sakho's salt and vinegar?

Back 3 imo

Song for him....just repeating his first name to the high-ho tune of the seven dwarfs.

Good. Welcome Jairo. COYP!

Hopefully has a better league debut for Palace than he did Ajax!

https://youtu.be/Hz5VJlDQrnw

Welcome JR.
COYP

Didn't he score a brace on his debut to turn around a 1-0? Sure that's what I read.

It's certainly an interesting signing and I think he'll go straight into the team. None of this one for the future types.

I think our first team will look something like:


Or:

And the Captain, Puncheon?

Well I'd have him instead of RLC probably but can't see that happening. RLC, punch, Luka and Cabaye do not fit into same side do they?

First time in ages we actually have some decent depth in midfield if we play 3-4-3.

Yep. I'll go with this. It's a bit early for some of the euphoria being posted on here. Let's not forget Valerien Ismael.

I know the fee is undisclosed but anyone heard a rumour what it could be?

9M

Think that is,Frank De Boers,Point.
The Signing of a Goal-Keeper & another Defender,unless 21 or under,Departures will be Needed,before,Additions in other areas.

Euros

Comma overkill.. :)

He is known for crisp passing.

KoW likes to imagine everyone's a little further to the right than they really are

Unless riedeweld is being bought as one of the 3 centre backs and you simply play Luka, RLC and Cabaye as the three and push puncheon up as one of the front 3 and drop Townsend

Its about,a Squad,Not Individual Players.

Cannot see us dropping Townsend.

A back three (if that is FDB's plan) of Riedewald, Tomkins and AN Other (Dann or Chambers, perhaps) would be splendid.

Riedewald sounds great on paper, be great if it's the case in the Premier League too.

Oh Jairo...

Subs: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, PVA, Puncheon, RLC, Wickham/New Striker

Reserves: Speroni, Souare, Kelly, Delaney, McArthur, Williams, Sako, Kaikai, Dreher



Four signings needed by my calculations. If the signings in bold come off our team is starting to look seriously strong.

Agree with this.. maybe another attacking midfielder aswel

I don't see the point of keeping Delaney or Williams TBH.

Let alone Mutch and Lee.

The Striker is key for me. Who can we get? Although Sako has never really been given a chance.

Wow how can you be so wrong. Easy being you I guess

https://twitter.com/seg_football/sta...26849008742400 interview with him here, not the Palace one. Pronounces his name too!

Watching his match film on youtube, the biggest thing that stands out besides his great passing is his football IQ. He is always thinking one step ahead before he gets the ball. He may be exposed for pace at times, but I think he will be a huge addition.

Drool!!!!

Indeed it is, we now have options

Sako is NOT a striker

Dann over Tomkins for me, and Loftus Cheek for Cabaye.

Only 3 caps? It isn't as though Holland are good right now either.

Looks good but aas you said it's still 4 (twice the players in so far) to go. The striker is the key, as a first 11 we are already looking ok with what we have but if Benteke got an injury we would be seriously up the Gary!

PVA only has 6.

Van Dijk only 12.

They're not bad players. Holland have a lot of options at the back, it's further forward where they struggle.

Competition at CM, especially in this formation where we play just two, is very strong. Four good players in Cabaye, Luka, RLC and Punch.

Assuming this is trolling, 3 caps at 20 for a major international side is good. Sure Holland are not at their best right now but still reached the semis at the last world cup iirc and of course the final in 2010, keep things in perspective

Its ok saying he can pass but does anyone know what his defending is like?

I doubt many of us have seen him play much!

He's only 20!

Puncheon will be starting - wouldn't have been made captain otherwise.

Anyway, welcome Jairo!

It's a plan so cunning, you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel.

93 games for Ajax, 3 caps for Holland, an appearance in the UEFA Cup Final.

And he's only 20.

Let's enjoy it :p

That quote has always disappointed me. Weasels are the smallest. If the plan was up to snuff then it should at least be a stoat or, preferably, a ferret.

A lot of people getting carried away without probably ever seeing Riedewald playing, afterall he is a 20yr old with limited playing experience and none in the premiership where he will be up against players way above the quality he previously faced. To then play him in a Back Three of Chambers-Tomkins-Riedewald for me is a huge risk that could badly backfire, our strengths as a team will always be in defence, personally if it is to be a "Back Three" i would feel more comfortable if that was Tomkins-Dann-Sakho, OR ideally in a more solid Back Four of Van der Weil- Dann-Sakho-Van Arnholt.
Instead of getting Chambers for 20m to balance the outgoings, i would rather see us try and go a little further and work out a compromise fee say 23m? for Sakho a defender who is proven with us and we know works well in our setup, and played alongside Dann they could be our ROCK in the middle, with pacy overlapping FB's and then sit Luka in front of that defence would make our defence very difficult to penetrate, that should be our starting point in a new setup in my opinion.

I am with you - another Striker & GK are priorities. Another defender and midfielder would be icing on the cake. Much though I like Sakho, the good thing is that FDB has not splurged all his (undoubtedly limited) budget on one big signing and so hopefully there may be room for 2-3 more.

Pass

Promising signing but transitioning from the Dutch league to the Prem is a big step up, not many do well

How many defenders have struggled?

Valerian Ismael came from the French league, which is arguably better. But I take your point. :)

Yes I recall some totally disastrous Dutch players in the Premier league like Bergkamp, Overmars, Stam, van der Sar, van Nistelorooy, van Bronckhurst, van Persie, Krul, van Dijk, Robben, Wijnaldum....

I'd say there are more that have done well than have done badly...

No,but,Frank De Boer does.

This article is quite informative: https://medium.com/@sjors.vanveen/ja...e-e759dc014e2b

His passing is, as I said before, maybe his biggest quality. He can break lines and is immediately, for sure, Palace’s best ball playing defender. If De Boer surely wants to build up from the back, Riedewald is a true addition to the squad. If De Boer wants to play long balls to Benteke, Riedewald can do that too.

Last season it seemed he was a bit lazy, but that had to do with his situation at Ajax. When he gets minutes constantly, which I think he gets at Palace, he’ll be good and develop himself to an even better defender. Due his versatility, you can say he’s quite complete. He can be stronger in one vs. one defensively, but with the likes of real PL-defenders in the team and De Boer, he’ll improve at that aspect of the game, for sure.

Love having a everyone still ignoring the insanity of signing a £30m player with a knee problem

Comedy relief ?

Couldnt agree more. Last season this guy started 8 games at CB in a far inferior league. Yet people expect him to come in and play as a back 3!

zackly

New GK (cover Hennessey Speroni)

New RWB Tomkins Dann Giro PVA (cover: Schlupp, Ward, Kelly, Delaney)
Cabaye Luka (cover: Cheek, Puncheon McArthur, Williams)
Zaha Benteke Townsend (cover: Sakho,Puncheon,Schlupp, Wickham, Adepo,KaiKai)

Off the bench?

Think you're confused with veltman

Wonder if at the moment with the players we have we are looking at:

Especially when we already have several candidates that can play CB but have only Benteke fit up front and no one yet proven to be able to play a telling final ball from midfield in a side that is supposed to be evolving towards passing. I guess some people assume Wilf and Benteke are just going to have to remain bullet-proof for another season so that we can spunk £30M on Sahko and have cobwebs left to do anything else.

Agreed he is down as an attacking midfielder or winger but His career goal scoring ratio is not far behind Connor Wickham. He is a big guy with a terrific shot. He has to be worth a try. De Boer seems to be giving him chance.

His career record is nearly as bad as a bad striker. Stick him up top :lux:

Apologies if this has been mentioned already.

"Riedewald joined Ajax’s youth academy at the age of 11, and progressed to make his professional debut in a KNVB Cup match against IJsselmeervogels in December 2013. His league debut came three days later against Roda JC, when he incredibly scored twice as a substitute to help Ajax record a 2-1 victory."

Wouldn't it be incredible if he could replicate that on his Palace debut!! That info came from an article with lots of fascinating analysis on him (some to analyse his worth in fantasy football) and it's worth a read

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.u...iro-riedewald/

Thanks for posting this, good read ,I enjoyed it.

Looking forward to seeing him play in the Premier League - one thing I think people are jumping all over is the perceived lack of physicality in his game. I personally don't think this is much of an issue as I think we always come unstuck against those strikers with movement and who are more technical e.g. Aguero/Sanchez - I think against these types of players Jairo will shine. I think this is the positive of having 3 cbs as we can have speedier/technical players in the LCB/RCB but the general CB position (Dann/Tomkins or go in for Smalling £10mil should snap him up) will be the destroyer against the lumps in this league (Lukaku/Carroll) plus with Luka in front I am quite happy.

Song suggestion: Ried-e-wald to Daft Punks Around the World

Naahhh

Riee ee wald the palace say Bo selecta :D

Everybody wants to "rule the world"
Tears for fears

Must be something that scans in changing rule the world to Rie-de-wald

"Last boat to Jairo!" na na na etc and lots of mad dancing:D

His first touch is amazing. I know it's only in training, but at one point on the new video he he's not even looking at the ball when he kills it dead at his feet, he's already looking to see who's in the best position for a pass - I bet he sends it with a message too. Had he been English, he'd have cost about £20m imo.

^ Let us give him 5-6 games:)

Oh Jairo!

Looked comfortable today. One neat clean up behind Dann who had lost his man and a lot of simple effective/efficient play. Would bet his passing stats are likely high 90's if not 100 but he was playing it simple.

Looking forward to seeing what impact he makes this year.

I thought he had a near perfect debut, although he did keep it simple. I am very high on him and think he will be one of the most polished 20 year olds in the PL next season. His versatility will be a huge asset.

Looking forward to seeing Jairo.

Song suggestion (reckon it's a good 'un) - Ried-e-wald - to the tune of Wunderbar (Tempole Tudor) :p

Nightboat to Jairo

Article on Jairo by an Ajax fan

http://www.ajaxdaily.com/2017/jairo-...rystal-palace/

I wonder if riedeweld would fit the sweeper role quite well. Have Palace ever played a sweeper?

Derek Jeffries, innit.

Thanks for sharing. Great article.

Although I am not sure if the second video is evidence of good defending, as he put the clearance in an incredibly dangerous area.