How do you scout an injured player?

£15m Depay being scouted by Juventus - impact for United and Spurs shout HITC. There is no impact.

How do you scout an injured player?


How exactly are Juventus scouting an injured player in recent games? He has been out since 13th September when he only played 18 minutes having to go off injured. The groin injury will not see him back before the middle of November at the earliest. Kyle Walker might be able to give a bit of advice about groin injuries and timescales.

Prior to the 15th was an international break in which he played one game on 9th September, prior to that his previous game was in August, it's now October. Clubs from around Europe have been watching him all last season so Juventus interest is not new so quite why a story appears about scouting a guy who can't play is a bit bizarre.

A player who never plays for a club has zero 'impact' on a club he never transferred to, it's pretty desperate stuff to think he does. What impact has Messi or Ronaldo had on Tottenham by not signing for us? Yep, zero.