Kalidou Koulibaly

Mancity1980 said:
Anyone seen this?:


or this?:


This guy looks like our answer to the both the Liverpool and Champions league problems.
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Yep, really good. But can we see him play like this in 4 years time? That’s my only concern, that he will lose pace and ability.
 
What could be classed as an oldskool type in terms of his defending

No fucking nonsense...just go and win the tackle

And then has all the ability to play out from the back
 
If the stats about his defending on Sly are true I'm not that impressed. Short video clips of a few tackles doesn't prove that he's the answer to our problems. Looks a bit clumsy and has a penalty in him by the looks of him.
 
Only ever noticed him at last ACON ,as chelsea? were linked with paying alot for him at the time.....was an awful, clumsy lump....same type of 'beast' that Mangala was described as, by the PlayStation/YouTube brigade on here
 
skyblues said:
Yep, really good. But can we see him play like this in 4 years time? That’s my only concern, that he will lose pace and ability.
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You can’t be constantly questioning their value in half a decades time, football changes quickly, Pep’s unlikely to be here in 4 years time, at some point you have to vote the bullet and pay for instant short terms success. Even if we paid top asking price of 80 million and got 4 years out of him, 20 million a season is good value if he’s the difference between us having seasons like last season and use winning every domestic trophy like 2 seasons ago.
 
Mancity1980 said:
Clearly city are still a bit annoyed with Napoli and this relatively protracted transfer reflects that.
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Are we? Does it? Is there even a transfer there to speak of, let alone be protracted?

It is all complete speculation, the interest never mind any approach, which to date hasn't happened.

We played as much of a part in that summer's 'mess' and how it turned out, however the player played the biggest part. That isn't me criticising Tixi, it is just a comment on what happened.

I personally would have no issue with the club decided not to do business with Napoli, i just don't think it is true nor can anyone claim it with such certainty, based on very third hand interpretation of fourth hand rumours.

All part of a waiting game of bluff and bluster, it won't happen till the last minute, if it does at all.
 
citymad said:
If the stats about his defending on Sly are true I'm not that impressed. Short video clips of a few tackles doesn't prove that he's the answer to our problems. Looks a bit clumsy and has a penalty in him by the looks of him.
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He's given away two penalties in 183 Serie A appearances. Van Dijk has given away three penalties in 157 Premier League appearances. Doesn't sound like it's an issue.
 
skyblues said:
Aké is a better defender than Mendy, but most likely he wouldn’t offer what Mendy offers going forward, crossing ability etc.
But playing our strongest and most reliable defenders, that line-up would stop most teams.
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No disrespect to Mendy but in games vs. stout competition I'll trade what Mendy gives up defensively for whatever deficits Ake has moving forward.
 
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