Sam Allardyce: Why this signing is better than any Arsenal, Chelsea or Man Utd player

<h3 style="text-align: justify;"> SAM ALLARDYCE believes Jan Kirchhoff produced the midfield display of the season against Manchester City.</h3> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NBqj0SIxMaQ_wtlW8spY8w7Od-0OqZzdCJCUIsphyphenhyphen6yER1hYq57UwXq_AjgqMKvQSvR1UzRLAwGrBv1e09TQB1nxyC50iDOBDoJFEeyTq-6aPwwYXG73fwTmw0zJ-HAC7GdAO_SP1iJ_/s1600/Sam+Allardyce-+Why+this+signing+is+better+than+any+Arsenal%252C+Chelsea+or+Man+Utd+player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sam Allardyce: Why this signing is better than any Arsenal, Chelsea or Man Utd player" border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NBqj0SIxMaQ_wtlW8spY8w7Od-0OqZzdCJCUIsphyphenhyphen6yER1hYq57UwXq_AjgqMKvQSvR1UzRLAwGrBv1e09TQB1nxyC50iDOBDoJFEeyTq-6aPwwYXG73fwTmw0zJ-HAC7GdAO_SP1iJ_/s640/Sam+Allardyce-+Why+this+signing+is+better+than+any+Arsenal%252C+Chelsea+or+Man+Utd+player.jpg" title="Sam Allardyce: Why this signing is better than any Arsenal, Chelsea or Man Utd player" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Allardyce reckons Kirchhoff produced the midfield display of the season</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 25-year-old joined the club in January on an 18-month deal from Bayern Munich for £750,000.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But the German endured a nightmare start to his Sunderland career when he came on as a substitute at White Hart Lane.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kirchhoff first deflected Christian Eriksen's shot into the net before bringing down Danny Rose to give away a penalty.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <section class="text-description">But Allardyce deployed the former Germany under-21 international in midfield against Manchester City, and was effusive in his praise despite a 1-0 defeat.</section><section class="text-description">“I don’t know anybody who has played better than that in central midfield for anybody,” Allardyce said.</section><section class="text-description">“Whether it be Everton, Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and certainly Manchester City.</section><section class="text-description">“He played that well, they changed to a three and tried to block it up at half time.</section><section class="text-description">“We were dominating them because of the quality of passing and finding space.</section><section class="text-description">“I have to say it was up there with one of the top performances for a midfield player from any team this season, I’d say.</section><section class="text-description">“He did well to last too as he hasn’t played that many games for Bayern Munich this season."</section><section class="text-description">And Allardyce revealed he had spoken to Kirchhoff about his nightmare debut at Spurs.</section><section class="text-description"> </section><section class="text-description">When I talked to him about it, he felt over anxious [at Spurs] and I wish he’d said,” Allardyce added.</section><section class="text-description">“On that game, people pointed him out but he wasn’t really responsible.</section><section class="text-description">“The team ran out of legs and it was a bad substitution by me.”</section><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div>

Sam Allardyce: Why this signing is better than any Arsenal, Chelsea or Man Utd player

SAM ALLARDYCE believes Jan Kirchhoff produced the midfield display of the season against Manchester City.   Allardyce reckons Kirchho...

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