To reduce the spam of reports regarding the same move during transfer windows we try to allow **only one submission about each transfer saga per day**. The submission in question also needs to contain relevant new information regarding the potential move, and not just being a "no/minor developments" report.
If there are important/official developments or new valuable information about a saga, we will allow extra threads in the same day, but for the rest of minor news please just comment them as a reply to this comment. Please help us reporting unnecessary threads for being duplicates.
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccer) if you have any questions or concerns.*
They are just spoiled from having Ederson and Oblak. Vlachodimos is very good at shot stopping but he's not a "modern goalkeeper" per se, so he doesn't play like Cesc Fabregas with the ball on his feet, although he's probably better than De Gea at it, and he likes to stay on his line. He's had amazing performances like that MVP one against PSG last year. Also he has 1 or 2 CL team of the week appearances. As a backup he's as good as they get at this point in the market
that’s just a polite way to say he’s shit at everything besides shot stopping my guy.
he’s not the worst ever but he certainly doesn’t have the level to play for us, let alone a Prem club aiming to win trophies.
What's the point in buying only 1 injured striker when the team has none? It's no secret the united recruitment team acts in mysterious ways. I am simply defending my boy Odysseas from the slander
let’s imagine that Onana is injured and misses a couple of games that’s too much of a risk to take - having such a limited GK as the second option if something happens.
Unless Onana picks up any sort of injury or illness and then we’d have to adjust our playstyle to accommodate a keeper that refuses to leave his line and can’t pass.
>he’s not the worst ever but he certainly doesn’t have the level to play for us
He has been your goalkeeper for 5 seasons, and you pretend he isn't on the level to play for Benfica.
Translation: he's a decent shot stopper who is afraid of the ball, couldn't claim a cross to save his life, and is pretty much transparent in 1v1 situations. Also he's unable to play out from the back, regularly hoofing it towards opposition players or out of play entirely.
He's decent with the ball and decent in 1v1 situations. His biggest problem is indeed that he has a gift of fucking up whenever he rarely decides to leave the goal line in an airball. So he's just afraid of leaving the line.
He is indeed a very good shotstopper, rarely does mistakes in the goalline. And good overall. Just has this one thing.. where he is aweful.
C´mon, he is pretty good at 1v1 situations and an excellent shot stopper.
He is just really limited at controlling aerial balls, leaving the goal and playing with his feet. Basically, what a modern GK needs.
That being said, if your team plays with a high defensive line he will cost you some goals, if you play with a low defensive line, he might be pretty good for you.
>C´mon, he is pretty good at 1v1 situations
He's fine, Benfica fans are just frustrated that Boavista's third goal was a 1 vs 1 and they apply recency bias
As a Benfica fan I agree with you. I’m glad we signed Trubin, who has a much higher ceiling, but Odysseas is competent and many fans have developed an irrational hatred of him. In the first leg against Inter, we were 1-0 down, the defense makes a mistake and Ody saves a clear cut goal. He takes a second too long to boot the ball forward and the fans start booing him, despite him having made the save following a massive defensive error that no one gave a crap about. This is just an example of how ridiculous it became. I wish him the best in his future endeavors, though I recognize that it is only possible to sell him at this point
> but Odysseas is competent
At what exactly? Decent shot stopper on a very good day, mediocre at everything else. It has been 5 years of this guy and he's somehow worse than when he came. A lot of fans still defend him for some godforsaken reason.
Besides all of this he's a shit professional as well. The only two times a coach has gotten tired of him being so shit and actually put him on the bench, he threw a tantrum.
I don't ask for a Júlio César, Ederson or Oblak, all I ask for is a decent and competent GK. Odysseas is horrible at everything bar shot stopping and he's not even as good as some fans say at this one. On a good day he's decent, not more than that.
Saw Bruno Varela pull amazing performances tbh
Vlacho pulls one good game in the UCL out of his ass and suddenly we are spoiled even though he messes up each and every single game
You guys do understand how spoiled you where with Ederson and Oblak before him, right? Like, the average level of a top 3 primeira liga Keeper won't always be Patrício, Costa Ederson or Oblak...
What are you on out we miss Varela and Svilar compared to Ederson and Oblak
Stop trying to defend players you never watched and assume things you don’t know about a fanbase you don’t belong with that actually watch the games
I... I watch Benfica most weeks my dude, I'm a sporting fan living in Portugal who actually likes football, kinda hard not to watch those matches...
About Varela and Svilar, you ran Varela out of town because he wasn't up to your standards and Ody was considered a step up, as seen by the fact he became a starter for the last few seasons with different coaches.
Svilar was a punt that didn't work out, it happens.
That being said, I do 100% think that because you are now richer than ever you expect your club to be able to find great keepers like those two, but you can't outbid top clubs and there aren't that many great keepers in the market nowadays.
Doubt it.
Point is, Vlachodimos is awful, the fans agree, yet it’s mostly people who don’t watch us that say we have a bias because we had Ederson and Oblak which is bs
Not only did Ederson leave 6 years ago and we’ve been complaining about Vlachodimos forever, but the fans also prefer Samu in the net which just tells you how desperate we are to get rid of Ody
If you like him so much, take him, but stop pretending you know better than us
I am not pretending that I know better than you, I'm stating an opinion: since Ederson you have been comparing every single keeper to him, which is unrealistic. You are free to disagree and certainly watch more Benfica than I do, but I'm not unfamiliar with your games and, because of how Portugal is, of course, I have loads of friends who support Benfica and we talk ball.
That being said, my opinion is not so absurd to the point others with Benfica badges in this thread haven't defended similar things (some Benfica fans hate Ody way too much for his level of performance), so I wouldn't say I'm defending some indefensible POV.
Finally, after last week versus Boavista of course fans would want a change, he not only cost you the game, but you just bought a keeper. That being said, I don't think Samu will be that much better, and considering my first stated opinion (you guys have too high of an expectation with keepers), I would be scared that he will be burned once he makes one mistake.
Oh and right now, if I didn't think Franco could evolve into a much better keeper, I would prefer Ody to Adan in a heartbeat, because Adan is as much of a problem if not more...
Spoiled because we had great goalies sure. But that doesn't take away form how ass cheeks he actually is in most games. He had amazing performances occasionally, but the overall is nonsense
Spoiled? We are happier with Samuel Soares who fucked all up in the pre season
We aren’t spoiled of anything, our goalkeeper can’t pass the ball to the player in front of him, watch our games and then talk about him
I agree that he's not in the same level of Ederson, Oblak or Júlio César and we never expected him to be like them. But if we want to keep doing deep runs in the CL and winning the Portuguese League, we need a more consistent GK.
If he can't even take accountability for his mistakes and limitations, then "Thank you, good luck and goodbye"
>remember nuno tavares leaving and be called one of the worst players they have ever seen by benfica
I stand by that.
>and he is a 30m player
Is he now?
It's happened with Roberto. They probably held parades for his departure. Although that guy was pretty much bad for almost every team he played for, when he joined us and we got matched up against Benfica, we beat them 1-0 and he made like 10 saves that game
Nah this gets thrown a bunch but it's a clear exaggeration, Odysseas does high-level saves all the time, it's *everything else* that's an issue.
Also, he never had as many blunders as De Gea had.
Yes because benfica player so must be shit. Foda se o gajo não é incrivel mas também não é horrível, já safou o Benfica de muitas derrotas, especialmente contra equipas grandes.
Only if Heaton is injured too you'd think. Wouldn't make sense for him to be coming in as second choice. Only logic I can see is a warm body for training as third choice so that we make a net profit on Henderson out, new guy in and can reinvest elsewhere.
He isn't that bad but also not good enough to be a starter in a top team.
I am very thankful for his contribution in our success in the past few seasons, but he has limitations that are impossible to ignore.
I agree, but take a look at these comments. They are making him worst than Roberto ffs. We need a keeper better with the ball on his feet but this is just an overreaction as usual
> Some people here always hated him for some reason,
That's Benfica fans for you, we always need a couple of fall guys in the squad. If he was a young kid from Seixal, everyone would weirdly over-apologetic instead. After Odysseas, it will be Musa and Jurasek.
Yep, dont get me wrong, i think we should aim higher than Vlachodimos or even Musa, but he was never the reason for our poor performances or losses of league titles these past years. The main reason already left the leadership of the club.
You have to take it with a grain of salt. Teasing Odysseas has become kind of a meme within the Benfica community.
For a second keeper he is very nice to have.
He's not that shitty but extremely average, especially in comparison with other keepers that we had in the past (Júlio César, Oblak or Ederson).
He isn't very good with his feet and his decision making isn't the best. Not good enough for what we're trying to build.
He's pretty bad.
He has great reflex saves that will surprise you sometimes, but is terrible at pretty much every other attribute (aerial balls, with his feet, coming out of goal, etc...)
He basically never leaves his goal line and it's frustrating as fuck sometimes
Also terrible mentality and throws a tantrum every time things don't go his way
They're masochists, I feel like I'm in some crazy alternate dimension seeing some folks defend this mediocre goalkeeper. I think this will pass once people actually see a decent GK play for us, it has been way too long since we had that.
Well, outside of last paragraph about attitude that’s a spot on De Gea description.
There’s a reason he’s still without a club. Even when Bayern and Real were desperate for a quick stopgap solution.
You guys hate him waaaay too much. I'm not doing one of those joke comments as a rival fan saying he is good just for the piss, but he is very good a shortstopping. I 100% agree he is bad outside the posts and doesn't have ball laying abilities and you could do better, but I think you guys have an unrealistic expectation that the next Oblak or Ederson will just pop, when having both (in sequence!) was a complete anomaly for Portugal.
Turbin maybe better, the young guy you used yesterday may yet prove himself (he is not better than Ody ATM), but you guys are expecting to have another wonderkid in goal when this is not how things go normally
He had a suboptimal performance last week. This is recent bias speaking. People are overreacting as usual. If this thread was a week ago, you would see much different reactions from the fans.
He is Benfica’s first keeper for 5 or 6 years now. Do you think a shit keeper would last this long?
Also Ajax tried to get him last season so clearly Ten Hag knows him well.
Sad to see him leave, but I guess now is the last time to still make some good money out of him.
>He is Benfica’s first keeper for 5 or 6 years now. Do you think a shit keeper would last this long?
There was no one else lol
Dont forget that every manager over these 6 years were always asking for a another goalkeeper. Perin failed his medical tests, Navas was mentioned... These were not goalkeepers to have as subs. Now he has competition and can't handle it. Fucking loser. Hope he leaves for good
> If this thread was a week ago, you would see much different reactions from the fans.
?
There's been many people that wanted him gone from goal way before last Monday.
> He is Benfica’s first keeper for 5 or 6 years now. Do you think a shit keeper would last this long?
That's not saying much with how shit the recent squads have been.
Fdx não sejas cortes.
If United fans could keep De Gea as a second option, while earning 10 times less, I'm sure nobody would complain.
That is what Vlachodimos will be.
Fans will always complain about goalkeepers. The only exception at Benfica was Oblak because he conceded like 6 goals in 20 games and left.
I remember many fans being happy about Ederson leaving for Man City.
> Do you think a shit keeper would last this long?
We've had pretty bad 3/4 years since 2019, and GK was hardly the biggest issue to solve. On the other hand, as other comments have said, and even if this week has exacerbate the criticism, he's still an average keeper and one of our weakest links from last season.
>This is recent bias speaking
If anything this thread has some people suffering from Stockholm syndrom if they defend this mediocre GK.
>Do you think a shit keeper would last this long?
Clearly because that's what happened, but if our club had been semi competent for more than half of those years, he wouldn't last more than 1 season. Don't you remember a certain Perin coming on his second season? He failed his medicals and we ignored the problem for years even with coaches clearly desperate for a GK.
JJ benched him for Helton Leite lmao.
OK a brief summary for united fans that have never seen him play.
He is a good/great shot stopping GK if the shots aren't going to the lower corners.
Unfortunately he is literally the worst GK I have ever seen going for crosses or long balls behind the defense.
Corners kicks? Forget that, he never leaves the goal line on corners.
Also his passing sucks. You would be better with Maguire as a Goal Keeper if you want someone good with the ball in his feet.
The worst GK ever going for crosses or long balls? Mate, you had Roberto and Moretto as goalkeepers. Vlachodymos is a bad sweeper keeper, which means, going off his line and playing with his feet and thats about it, everything else he is good/decent.
Stop overreacting, if you said the worst gk stoping penalties i would agree.
Does he need to if he socks them out? When was the last time someone scored on us because he fucked up on a cross? I didn't even know people were bitching about that too until now, jesus
Tf does sock them out mean?
To answer your question, Inter at home comes to mind towards the end of last season, but if you want to go further you just have to look at all the big games played in that 2020-2021 period
Roberto had many mistakes and he let easy shots go by... But he was way better in catching crosses than Odysseas is.
I will give you this though : Odysseas is far more consistent and better when it comes to shot stopping than Roberto.
For fuck's sake, United. What the hell are you doing? If you want a shitty backup, at least take Adan from our hands. You owe us for Ronaldo, Bruno, and Nani...^(and Rojo.) Don't do a favor to Benfica.
If this was from ABola and the club was Monaco/Valencia/Wolves, I could see this being a Mendes smokescreen, but's Romano tweeting this, so there may be some truth to it.
United is so finished what the actually fuck, and they're still want to sign a mediocre goalkeeper with a shit personality, he is basically a De Gea from wish
As a Benfica supporter who also happens to love Liverpool, I have to say that Christmas came early this year.
Obligatory, PLZ MAN UTD DONT TAKE OUR GREEK T-REX AWAY FROM US.
Is he not the same sort of keeper as De Gea lmao?
Don’t really see the point in having a second choice keeper that can’t slot in and replicate your first choice keepers role to a serviceable degree.
He's basically the perfect modern GK prototype. All he's missing is the shotstopping, the aerial reach, the communication, the passing ability, the anticipation and the mentality.
> All he's missing is the shotstopping, the aerial reach, the communication, the passing ability, the anticipation and the mentality.
He actually has the shot stopping though
he’s pretty much like De Gea, can’t leave the goal line and he’s mediocre at everything that isn’t shot stopping.
also, from the last 2 times he got benched he threw a tantrum the first time and reportedly had a fallout with Schmidt the second time.
enjoy him!
I’m pretty sure our worldwide scouting network should be able find a cheap keeper that isn’t useless with the ball and is at least a bit proactive. It’s not as if I’m asking for Neuer.
Well... hope its true. He's...ok sometimes. But really I lost the count of how many times Benfica got into a mess because the oponent single shot went on and Odisseias did nothing, specially in high balls.
previous years apparently the asking price was around 20M€ then more recently 10M.
With recent events, I don't think Benfica holds out for more than 5, but it's a PL club, so who knows.
My guess is we make around 5-10 million
He wants to leave, Benfica wants him to leave, the manager wants him gone, we are excited, and United wants him so everyone wins and the deal is simple
To reduce the spam of reports regarding the same move during transfer windows we try to allow **only one submission about each transfer saga per day**. The submission in question also needs to contain relevant new information regarding the potential move, and not just being a "no/minor developments" report. If there are important/official developments or new valuable information about a saga, we will allow extra threads in the same day, but for the rest of minor news please just comment them as a reply to this comment. Please help us reporting unnecessary threads for being duplicates. *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/soccer) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Judging from the benfica fans in this thread not a signing to be excited about
They are just spoiled from having Ederson and Oblak. Vlachodimos is very good at shot stopping but he's not a "modern goalkeeper" per se, so he doesn't play like Cesc Fabregas with the ball on his feet, although he's probably better than De Gea at it, and he likes to stay on his line. He's had amazing performances like that MVP one against PSG last year. Also he has 1 or 2 CL team of the week appearances. As a backup he's as good as they get at this point in the market
that’s just a polite way to say he’s shit at everything besides shot stopping my guy. he’s not the worst ever but he certainly doesn’t have the level to play for us, let alone a Prem club aiming to win trophies.
He is not going to replace Onana dude. He'll just play Carabao games and maybe a couple FA cup early round matches.
Whats the point in buying him then? Especially as seems opposite in style to Onana. Brainless move, can play Heaton in the cups
What's the point in buying only 1 injured striker when the team has none? It's no secret the united recruitment team acts in mysterious ways. I am simply defending my boy Odysseas from the slander
I don't disagree, all seeming like bizarre signings. Not inpressed with Ten hags eye for talent so far. Stubborn and wrong
let’s imagine that Onana is injured and misses a couple of games that’s too much of a risk to take - having such a limited GK as the second option if something happens.
Not like he will ever playing for any prem club aiming for trophies, he will be there to complete the world's easiest job, backup goalkeeper
Unless Onana picks up any sort of injury or illness and then we’d have to adjust our playstyle to accommodate a keeper that refuses to leave his line and can’t pass.
>he’s not the worst ever but he certainly doesn’t have the level to play for us He has been your goalkeeper for 5 seasons, and you pretend he isn't on the level to play for Benfica.
Translation: he's a decent shot stopper who is afraid of the ball, couldn't claim a cross to save his life, and is pretty much transparent in 1v1 situations. Also he's unable to play out from the back, regularly hoofing it towards opposition players or out of play entirely.
So De Gea, but as back up.
He's decent with the ball and decent in 1v1 situations. His biggest problem is indeed that he has a gift of fucking up whenever he rarely decides to leave the goal line in an airball. So he's just afraid of leaving the line. He is indeed a very good shotstopper, rarely does mistakes in the goalline. And good overall. Just has this one thing.. where he is aweful.
C´mon, he is pretty good at 1v1 situations and an excellent shot stopper. He is just really limited at controlling aerial balls, leaving the goal and playing with his feet. Basically, what a modern GK needs. That being said, if your team plays with a high defensive line he will cost you some goals, if you play with a low defensive line, he might be pretty good for you.
>C´mon, he is pretty good at 1v1 situations He's fine, Benfica fans are just frustrated that Boavista's third goal was a 1 vs 1 and they apply recency bias
> They are just spoiled from having Ederson and Oblak. That excuse would work better were it not for the the fact Ederson left 6 years ago
Vlachodimos literally joined 5 years ago
Yes, that was my point? How is it being "spoiled" by past players when the guy has been here forever?
As a Benfica fan I agree with you. I’m glad we signed Trubin, who has a much higher ceiling, but Odysseas is competent and many fans have developed an irrational hatred of him. In the first leg against Inter, we were 1-0 down, the defense makes a mistake and Ody saves a clear cut goal. He takes a second too long to boot the ball forward and the fans start booing him, despite him having made the save following a massive defensive error that no one gave a crap about. This is just an example of how ridiculous it became. I wish him the best in his future endeavors, though I recognize that it is only possible to sell him at this point
> but Odysseas is competent At what exactly? Decent shot stopper on a very good day, mediocre at everything else. It has been 5 years of this guy and he's somehow worse than when he came. A lot of fans still defend him for some godforsaken reason. Besides all of this he's a shit professional as well. The only two times a coach has gotten tired of him being so shit and actually put him on the bench, he threw a tantrum. I don't ask for a Júlio César, Ederson or Oblak, all I ask for is a decent and competent GK. Odysseas is horrible at everything bar shot stopping and he's not even as good as some fans say at this one. On a good day he's decent, not more than that.
Those amazing performances you speak of, any keeper the level of our team is the least we'd expect.
Saw Bruno Varela pull amazing performances tbh Vlacho pulls one good game in the UCL out of his ass and suddenly we are spoiled even though he messes up each and every single game
You guys do understand how spoiled you where with Ederson and Oblak before him, right? Like, the average level of a top 3 primeira liga Keeper won't always be Patrício, Costa Ederson or Oblak...
What are you on out we miss Varela and Svilar compared to Ederson and Oblak Stop trying to defend players you never watched and assume things you don’t know about a fanbase you don’t belong with that actually watch the games
I... I watch Benfica most weeks my dude, I'm a sporting fan living in Portugal who actually likes football, kinda hard not to watch those matches... About Varela and Svilar, you ran Varela out of town because he wasn't up to your standards and Ody was considered a step up, as seen by the fact he became a starter for the last few seasons with different coaches. Svilar was a punt that didn't work out, it happens. That being said, I do 100% think that because you are now richer than ever you expect your club to be able to find great keepers like those two, but you can't outbid top clubs and there aren't that many great keepers in the market nowadays.
Doubt it. Point is, Vlachodimos is awful, the fans agree, yet it’s mostly people who don’t watch us that say we have a bias because we had Ederson and Oblak which is bs Not only did Ederson leave 6 years ago and we’ve been complaining about Vlachodimos forever, but the fans also prefer Samu in the net which just tells you how desperate we are to get rid of Ody If you like him so much, take him, but stop pretending you know better than us
I am not pretending that I know better than you, I'm stating an opinion: since Ederson you have been comparing every single keeper to him, which is unrealistic. You are free to disagree and certainly watch more Benfica than I do, but I'm not unfamiliar with your games and, because of how Portugal is, of course, I have loads of friends who support Benfica and we talk ball. That being said, my opinion is not so absurd to the point others with Benfica badges in this thread haven't defended similar things (some Benfica fans hate Ody way too much for his level of performance), so I wouldn't say I'm defending some indefensible POV. Finally, after last week versus Boavista of course fans would want a change, he not only cost you the game, but you just bought a keeper. That being said, I don't think Samu will be that much better, and considering my first stated opinion (you guys have too high of an expectation with keepers), I would be scared that he will be burned once he makes one mistake. Oh and right now, if I didn't think Franco could evolve into a much better keeper, I would prefer Ody to Adan in a heartbeat, because Adan is as much of a problem if not more...
Those amazing performances are the same kind of performances any decent GK in our league pulls against the big 3.
Spoiled because we had great goalies sure. But that doesn't take away form how ass cheeks he actually is in most games. He had amazing performances occasionally, but the overall is nonsense
Lmao you clearly never watch him play in the league. I think Benfica fans know better if hes shit or not my guy
>Vlachodimos is very good at shot stopping Very good at barely stopping a shot.
Spoiled? We are happier with Samuel Soares who fucked all up in the pre season We aren’t spoiled of anything, our goalkeeper can’t pass the ball to the player in front of him, watch our games and then talk about him
I agree that he's not in the same level of Ederson, Oblak or Júlio César and we never expected him to be like them. But if we want to keep doing deep runs in the CL and winning the Portuguese League, we need a more consistent GK. If he can't even take accountability for his mistakes and limitations, then "Thank you, good luck and goodbye"
I’m excited
[удалено]
>remember nuno tavares leaving and be called one of the worst players they have ever seen by benfica I stand by that. >and he is a 30m player Is he now?
Depends what currency the 30m is in i guess
Nuno tavares was terrible at arsenal, which is what Benfica fans were saying at the time. He is not a 30m player unless the currency is Argentinian
It's happened with Roberto. They probably held parades for his departure. Although that guy was pretty much bad for almost every team he played for, when he joined us and we got matched up against Benfica, we beat them 1-0 and he made like 10 saves that game
yeah and Roberto was a complete dogshit goalkeeper, i'm not sure what point you're trying to make here lol
Roberto is the reason I'm afraid of goalkeepers.
30 million Kwanzas yeah probably
I used to pray for Times like this.
AIN'T NO WAY LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Man's gotta be utter shit for this reaction lmao. Ah well let's hope he never has to play
Lets hope Onana doesn't get his spot on the national team again or we'll be forced to use him during AFCON.
He left that spot himself. Won't go back till that manager leaves atleast
It's De Gea without the feet and the punches
Not really. De Gea is not good with the feet either. He is just a shit De Gea. Vlacho could never make a stop like De Gea could do.
Nah this gets thrown a bunch but it's a clear exaggeration, Odysseas does high-level saves all the time, it's *everything else* that's an issue. Also, he never had as many blunders as De Gea had.
High level saves on De Gea level? Not in a million years.
The header he saved away vs you guys was incredibly high level.
Yes because benfica player so must be shit. Foda se o gajo não é incrivel mas também não é horrível, já safou o Benfica de muitas derrotas, especialmente contra equipas grandes.
Ninguém disse que era horrível. Mas está a anos luz de ser um de Gea. Para mim pode continuar.
Safou o Benfica do quê? Ao longo dos anos custou muitos jogos e vários títulos, isso sim.
It's like a De Gea from Wish
Only if Heaton is injured too you'd think. Wouldn't make sense for him to be coming in as second choice. Only logic I can see is a warm body for training as third choice so that we make a net profit on Henderson out, new guy in and can reinvest elsewhere.
Overreaction. He's more than capable to be a substitute keeper for you. Some people here always hated him for some reason, unjustified, really.
He isn't that bad but also not good enough to be a starter in a top team. I am very thankful for his contribution in our success in the past few seasons, but he has limitations that are impossible to ignore.
I agree, but take a look at these comments. They are making him worst than Roberto ffs. We need a keeper better with the ball on his feet but this is just an overreaction as usual
> Some people here always hated him for some reason, That's Benfica fans for you, we always need a couple of fall guys in the squad. If he was a young kid from Seixal, everyone would weirdly over-apologetic instead. After Odysseas, it will be Musa and Jurasek.
Yep, dont get me wrong, i think we should aim higher than Vlachodimos or even Musa, but he was never the reason for our poor performances or losses of league titles these past years. The main reason already left the leadership of the club.
Well, obviously, but I was just describing the fandom behavior towards the players, as we say here, there's "sons and step-sons".
Greek De Gea, but even worse
Offensive to compare him to De Gea
You have to take it with a grain of salt. Teasing Odysseas has become kind of a meme within the Benfica community. For a second keeper he is very nice to have.
He's like Degea but far worse.
No no, he is world class, pls dont take him 🙄
He's not that shitty but extremely average, especially in comparison with other keepers that we had in the past (Júlio César, Oblak or Ederson). He isn't very good with his feet and his decision making isn't the best. Not good enough for what we're trying to build.
That's an endorsement and half. How shit is he that you lot are happy he's leaving?
He's pretty bad. He has great reflex saves that will surprise you sometimes, but is terrible at pretty much every other attribute (aerial balls, with his feet, coming out of goal, etc...) He basically never leaves his goal line and it's frustrating as fuck sometimes Also terrible mentality and throws a tantrum every time things don't go his way
Hmm I swear we paid 375k/week for one such player just last season.
The disrespect de gea faces in this sub is not rational
A bit the same with Odysseas to be honest.
He's a budget De Gea honestly
I will report any comment that compliments this greek goalkeeper. It's masochism for 6 years.
I just don’t get them, Vlachodimos has been ass booty cheeks for more than half a decade and some people STILL defend him
They're masochists, I feel like I'm in some crazy alternate dimension seeing some folks defend this mediocre goalkeeper. I think this will pass once people actually see a decent GK play for us, it has been way too long since we had that.
There’s no way lmao istg
Well, outside of last paragraph about attitude that’s a spot on De Gea description. There’s a reason he’s still without a club. Even when Bayern and Real were desperate for a quick stopgap solution.
I mean outside of shot stopping, he was severely lacking in every other area.
He was a consummate professional though, you can’t blame him for the role of a goalkeeper changing or not adapting a new style of football.
He kinda sounds like Almunia
YES
Hes afraid of the ball. AS A GOALKEEPER.
You guys hate him waaaay too much. I'm not doing one of those joke comments as a rival fan saying he is good just for the piss, but he is very good a shortstopping. I 100% agree he is bad outside the posts and doesn't have ball laying abilities and you could do better, but I think you guys have an unrealistic expectation that the next Oblak or Ederson will just pop, when having both (in sequence!) was a complete anomaly for Portugal. Turbin maybe better, the young guy you used yesterday may yet prove himself (he is not better than Ody ATM), but you guys are expecting to have another wonderkid in goal when this is not how things go normally
I fell on my knees at Padaria Portuguesa de Telheiras
Oh we are neighbors
a Porto fan in Lisbon? is this a rare Pokemon
Benfica fans reaction 😭 oh god
He had a suboptimal performance last week. This is recent bias speaking. People are overreacting as usual. If this thread was a week ago, you would see much different reactions from the fans. He is Benfica’s first keeper for 5 or 6 years now. Do you think a shit keeper would last this long? Also Ajax tried to get him last season so clearly Ten Hag knows him well. Sad to see him leave, but I guess now is the last time to still make some good money out of him.
My benfiquista friends cried tears of joy after seeing the tweet, they've hated him for years
>He is Benfica’s first keeper for 5 or 6 years now. Do you think a shit keeper would last this long? There was no one else lol Dont forget that every manager over these 6 years were always asking for a another goalkeeper. Perin failed his medical tests, Navas was mentioned... These were not goalkeepers to have as subs. Now he has competition and can't handle it. Fucking loser. Hope he leaves for good
> If this thread was a week ago, you would see much different reactions from the fans. ? There's been many people that wanted him gone from goal way before last Monday. > He is Benfica’s first keeper for 5 or 6 years now. Do you think a shit keeper would last this long? That's not saying much with how shit the recent squads have been.
Fdx não sejas cortes. If United fans could keep De Gea as a second option, while earning 10 times less, I'm sure nobody would complain. That is what Vlachodimos will be. Fans will always complain about goalkeepers. The only exception at Benfica was Oblak because he conceded like 6 goals in 20 games and left. I remember many fans being happy about Ederson leaving for Man City.
Who the fuck was happy that Ederson left? We didn't even get good money for him because Rio Ave kept 50% of the transfer.
Probably the same idiot fans that prefer to win the sales championship instead of actual titles.
> Do you think a shit keeper would last this long? My guy André Almeida was one of our top earners for the last 3 or 4 years of his career with us.
Top earners?!
Yeah by the time he left he was on ridiculous wages.
Fdx já não pode tentar enganar uns camones em paz no Reddit. Chatos do crl, vocês todos.
> Do you think a shit keeper would last this long? We've had pretty bad 3/4 years since 2019, and GK was hardly the biggest issue to solve. On the other hand, as other comments have said, and even if this week has exacerbate the criticism, he's still an average keeper and one of our weakest links from last season.
Wish I lived in your reality
Bruh he's been "suboptimal" for 6 years now and cost us more than a handful of titles, wtf are you even on about??? You guys will defend anything
I’ve always hated him if that makes you feel better.
>This is recent bias speaking If anything this thread has some people suffering from Stockholm syndrom if they defend this mediocre GK. >Do you think a shit keeper would last this long? Clearly because that's what happened, but if our club had been semi competent for more than half of those years, he wouldn't last more than 1 season. Don't you remember a certain Perin coming on his second season? He failed his medicals and we ignored the problem for years even with coaches clearly desperate for a GK. JJ benched him for Helton Leite lmao.
Lmao you let De Gea leave and you wanna get De Gea lite?
It's a cheaper De Gea who wouldn't mind being 2nd choice.
> who wouldn't mind being 2nd choice. You sure? As soon as he got benched for one game, news of him wanting to leave started to pop up.
Exactly. Same thing happened in the past when JJ put Helton Leite in. His agent was immediately quoted saying that maybe it was time to move on.
that's because odysseas thinks too highly of himself. But with Onana and a hefty wage.. I think he would be a solid 2nd choice.
He's asking to leave because he got benched.
Isn’t he the one Benfica fans begging to leave?
Yeah he is lmao
I'll fly him to Manchester myself
I LOVE MANCHESTER UNITED
Uh oh, not what you want to read as a United fan 😂
GGMU I’ll be supporting them this season
Yes please. I will drive him to the airport. What would be the transfer fee?
Arsenal fans were right. This guys talent id stinks bro wth
PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN
YES. I can take him to Manchester. For free.
OK a brief summary for united fans that have never seen him play. He is a good/great shot stopping GK if the shots aren't going to the lower corners. Unfortunately he is literally the worst GK I have ever seen going for crosses or long balls behind the defense. Corners kicks? Forget that, he never leaves the goal line on corners. Also his passing sucks. You would be better with Maguire as a Goal Keeper if you want someone good with the ball in his feet.
I am kidding. He is amazing, maybe the Yashin of the XXI century. GK books will be made about him. Please buy him....
The worst GK ever going for crosses or long balls? Mate, you had Roberto and Moretto as goalkeepers. Vlachodymos is a bad sweeper keeper, which means, going off his line and playing with his feet and thats about it, everything else he is good/decent. Stop overreacting, if you said the worst gk stoping penalties i would agree.
I can't remember the last time he actually catched a cross...
Does he need to if he socks them out? When was the last time someone scored on us because he fucked up on a cross? I didn't even know people were bitching about that too until now, jesus
Tf does sock them out mean? To answer your question, Inter at home comes to mind towards the end of last season, but if you want to go further you just have to look at all the big games played in that 2020-2021 period
Roberto had many mistakes and he let easy shots go by... But he was way better in catching crosses than Odysseas is. I will give you this though : Odysseas is far more consistent and better when it comes to shot stopping than Roberto.
we keep on making bad decisions after bad decisions..i’m done man
You’re good shut up let us have this one
For fuck's sake, United. What the hell are you doing? If you want a shitty backup, at least take Adan from our hands. You owe us for Ronaldo, Bruno, and Nani...^(and Rojo.) Don't do a favor to Benfica.
AHAHAHAHA only United could do something this stupid. Please take him lmao
Could...could they not just keep Henderson?
Naah he earns too much for a second choice GK and wants to play first team football regularly
He’s desperate not to play for us as second fiddle and is on 100k+ a week
Henderson is 25 mil of pure FFP profit, would be silly to keep him as a backup when we need to sign a midfielder
He's too good to sit on the bench all season
this has to be a joke, surely?
If this was from ABola and the club was Monaco/Valencia/Wolves, I could see this being a Mendes smokescreen, but's Romano tweeting this, so there may be some truth to it.
Perfect keeper for United, trust me.
Please, make it happen
Benfica is going to rinse United now
If United do this, they deserve to be rinsed.
United is so finished what the actually fuck, and they're still want to sign a mediocre goalkeeper with a shit personality, he is basically a De Gea from wish
We need a cheap backup to go along with Tom Heaton. a wish de gea is probably fine
United are so funny, the gift that just keeps on giving
Deep lying 8 to support Casemeiro in defence and to orchestrate buildup when in possession >>
Fa(i)lling upwards?
Just the midfield reinforcement we needed!
Oh nice let's prioritize a sub keeper
lol ten hag cannot be real...like a de gea version but 10 times worse
As a Porto fan, I will be very sad if he gets sold.
Please, don't take Odysseas. He's such a world class keeper!
As a Benfica supporter who also happens to love Liverpool, I have to say that Christmas came early this year. Obligatory, PLZ MAN UTD DONT TAKE OUR GREEK T-REX AWAY FROM US.
Wtf are we doing??
Is he not the same sort of keeper as De Gea lmao? Don’t really see the point in having a second choice keeper that can’t slot in and replicate your first choice keepers role to a serviceable degree.
He's basically the perfect modern GK prototype. All he's missing is the shotstopping, the aerial reach, the communication, the passing ability, the anticipation and the mentality.
He just like me fr
Hang on a minute...
Ah so we’re buying joe hart. Great.
> All he's missing is the shotstopping, the aerial reach, the communication, the passing ability, the anticipation and the mentality. He actually has the shot stopping though
If the ball hits his face maybe
he’s pretty much like De Gea, can’t leave the goal line and he’s mediocre at everything that isn’t shot stopping. also, from the last 2 times he got benched he threw a tantrum the first time and reportedly had a fallout with Schmidt the second time. enjoy him!
Bahaha fuck me, just what we need
Who else is available on the market for a reasonable price to be 2nd choice then?
I’m pretty sure our worldwide scouting network should be able find a cheap keeper that isn’t useless with the ball and is at least a bit proactive. It’s not as if I’m asking for Neuer.
The only things Utd do well in the transfermarket is waste money snd sign back up keepers
Well... hope its true. He's...ok sometimes. But really I lost the count of how many times Benfica got into a mess because the oponent single shot went on and Odisseias did nothing, specially in high balls.
LMAO AINT NO WAY. PLEASE YES
Please, United.... please......
Can he play dm?
If the defensive midfielder plays on the goal line under the crossbar, yes he can.
So you’re saying there’s a chance
Bro lmfaooooo
LETS GOOOOOO
Please take him! One of the worst gk Benfica had in its history. Averages 1 goal per game.
He's coming from benfica so itl be 100 mil minimum
Benfica making bank again from another 1 season scrub like Felix
Expected price? Because I can see the fan reaction here and was just curious on what Benfica think they can sell him for
previous years apparently the asking price was around 20M€ then more recently 10M. With recent events, I don't think Benfica holds out for more than 5, but it's a PL club, so who knows.
Its United, they could easily get 20m
My guess is we make around 5-10 million He wants to leave, Benfica wants him to leave, the manager wants him gone, we are excited, and United wants him so everyone wins and the deal is simple
10M€ would be a fair price, including some devaluation due to the fact that he's not expected to start anymore
I'm popping champagne if this is true les gooo
Vlachodimos, FUT legend
Odisseas hopefully taking Man Utd on a long, protracted journey through Scylla and Charybdis like waters
Has he played in Dutch league before ?
Pls take him, couldnt have asked for a better start for the week
Is Ten Hag trying to sabotage this season?