{"id":19492,"date":"2014-08-22T12:51:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T12:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging28.planetswans.co.uk\/?p=19492"},"modified":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T11:26:01","slug":"swans-sign-the-new-modric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp\/2014\/08\/22\/swans-sign-the-new-modric\/","title":{"rendered":"Swans Sign &#8216;The New Modric&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I confess I knew nothing about the guy so off to everyone&#8217;s friend Wikipedia and the first thing that I read I liked which said<I>&#8220;He plays as a deep-lying creative central midfielder, and is particularly valued for his high passing percentage accuracy and creativity. His style of play has drawn comparisons with former teammate Luka Modri\u00c4\u2021&#8221;<\/I><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwansOfficial\/status\/502779665908793344\/photo\/1https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwansOfficial\/status\/502779665908793344<\/p>\n<p>In itself this sounds a brilliant signing of the player who has previously been on loan at Derby County and Leyton Orient and last season at Queens Park Rangers as well as a couple of appearances for Spurs last year in the early stages of the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>We have said that we needed a midfielder to fit the description given on Wikipedia and without a doubt this appears on the face of it to fit the bill that we wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Second off what else do you do when you sign a new player you look around You Tube and this is what we found there<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tom Carroll 2012-13 | HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/la0WgGJcdjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All again looking very promising and a good signing by the club to bolster the midfield options which is one area that we have said over the last week that we were keen to strengthen on.<\/p>\n<p>Time will &#8211; as ever &#8211; tell on a new signing but another good move on the face of it by the Swans and one for a change that was completely out of the blue with no real links of note made prior to the signing.<\/p>\n<p>As of course it should be!<\/p>\n<p><#spurs><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I confess I knew nothing about the guy so off to everyone&#8217;s friend Wikipedia and the first thing that I read I liked which said&#8220;He plays as a deep-lying creative central midfielder, and is particularly valued for his high passing percentage accuracy and creativity. 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