• The forums will be unavailable for a few hours on Saturday 6th June, when they do return they will initially be in a degraded state with some features missing, but normal posting/reading will be possible. The main website will not be affected by these updates.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.

Prime Xhaka vs Tonali?

S

superkevv

Goalkeeper
Debate at mates wedding on Sunday.

Obviously Newcastle fans haha. Granted I’ve barely watched the latter play, but I was certain they’re being deluded?
 

Tonali is very good but Xhaka has been and continues to be better than Tonali.

When Xhaka was the same age as Tonali he had won domestic leagues abroad, twice won the FA Cup at Arsenal, played in 3 major tournaments with his country and was captain of one of the biggest clubs in England.

The fact Xhaka has gone to a side who were firm favourites to be relegated and dragged us by the scruff of the neck to where we are now at 32 (now 33 years of age) says it all.

Tonali wouldn't have had that impact, and that's before you even start comparing them at Xhaka's prime!
 
Last edited:
The Situation said:
Tonali is very good but Xhaka has been and continues to be better than Tonali.

When Xhaka was the same age as Tonali he had won domestic leagues abroad, twice won the FA Cup at Arsenal, played in 3 major tournaments with his country and was captain of one of the biggest clubs in England.

The fact Xhaka has gone to a side who were firm favourites to be relegated and dragged us by the scruff of the neck to where we are now at 32 (now 33 years of age) says it all.

Tonali wouldn't have had that impact, and that's before you even start comparing them at Xhaka's prime!
Click to expand...
Tonali's won Serie A mind. A tad more prestigious than the Swiss league. Tonali played for one of the biggest clubs in the world. He's also got 29 caps for Italy - though they've been a bit hopeless since 2021.

Xhaka was 25 before he won an FA Cup with Arsenal. He'd be 28 by the time he won the next one.



I'm really not sure who is or has been the better player - I refuse to watch them bastards unless they get beat - but I really wish we'd leave this kind of debate well alone until we've played them.
 
Last edited:
Sneech said:
Saw a stat yesterday of Granit v Tonali based on this season, covering about 15 different areas and Xhaka came out on top in every single one but pass accuracy.

And it didn't include distance covered either
Click to expand...
Sky brought up about half a dozen stat criterias last night. Granit was top for the whole league in every one.

On here he's had 3 MOTM out of 10 games, played every minute.
 
Tonali is over rated. Excellent defensively but his passing a creativity are not there for a so called playmaker. He's a ball winner xhaka is both and the more complete footballer
 
I don't give a shit. We need to stop giving a shit. This kind of pap ends up all over that deluded rtg shite.

Couldn't care less what happens to Tonali and at the same time I'm really enjoying watching having Xhaka in our team. He's perfect for us, regardless of if people think he's better or not.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top