The left side finally looks balanced with Tzolis!
Sep 3, 2026
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What you've got now is real output on the left-hand side.
Christos Zolis, £35m.
When we see what player... I mean, Savino, £85m.
I mean, this guy's looking like a steal already.
Yeah, look, I think for a couple of seasons now,
we've wanted a bit of output from the left-hand side
that we haven't necessarily got from Martinelli and Trostler,
particularly last season.
And that's made us so reliant on Saka.
But what you've now got is real output on that side.
Every time the ball's over there, he looks dangerous.
He brings Calafiuri into the game.
He brings other players into the game.
He's able to find players in the box in congested areas.
He did it at the Dortmund game.
Found out we found Waneri last week.
Headed to Havertz.
Free ball to Erdegaard.
Today, cross across the box.
So he's got it all in his locker,
even in the Girona game,
there's a corner straight on to N'Kapié's head.
So what you've got is a player that can do all of those things.
And then if you try to shut him down,
we saw a couple of times he was able to cut in
and get dangerous shots off there.
A couple of times where he probably would be looking at it
and going, I should have done better with my own end product.
But what you've got now is real output on the left-hand side,
which is just going to open up that right-hand side.
And we saw it a couple of times today,
where you're kind of able to build on the left-hand side.
You get the ball, you can switch it to Saka.
Get Saka 1v1.
And then you're having fun.
You're having a field day.
And that's what you want to kind of create.
So we've got that balance on the left-hand side now.
And I think it makes us a far more dangerous side going forward.

