Centre back options

[Marvin]

He left us because his ex-fiance was pregnant with twins and he wanted to be near his kids when they were born. Ended up reconciling with her as well so it went well for him.

There wasn't an issue between him and the club AFAIK.

Not to mention there's a completely new coaching staff now, plus some of his Germany teammates and the coach who he credits as the man who "taught him how to defend". How's that for a reason to return?

Not bad. I thought he didn't like being played out of position at right back. I can't see it happening. No way we get one of Bayern's best players from them unless they want to sell.

 

[2001bluesky]

There are not many Center Backs who are out there that are world class. Manolas is on sale, though he is almost Zenit bound Chelsea are trying to hijack the deal.

 

[Neville Kneville]

At least a cb is appearing on the media agenda, after Pep saying that a while ago that we needed backup for Kompany.

Perhaps he wasn't talking in Aguero Reverse Code about that either & actually meant it.

 

[Rolee]

These occasional breakaway happen to every top team. The only major difference was that there keepers made saves at a higher rate than ours. Put another way, as shitty as most thought our CBs and FBs were, they gave up chances at the same rate as Chelsea and United and slightly less than Tothenham. They were far superior to Liverpool and Arsenal. But Chelsea and United's keepers were just significantly better than ours.

For all intent and purpose if you exclude goalkeeper performance, only Tottenham played better defence in the league.

So its either the whole league barring Tothenham is shit, or (more rationally) our CBs are not as shit as advertised. I'm going to go with the latter.

Any position can be strengthened. I don't want to pretend CB can't. But nothing suggests its a particular problem. We have a great on Komps, a top 5 defender in Ota, a developing Stones and a quite capable Kolarov. We are spoilt for options at CH.

That's as may be Dax777 but we have a tradition to uphold, in that we have brought in a centre back every summer since the AUG takeover. It just wouldn't feel right if we didn't bring one in this summer.

 

[The blue phantom]

Boateng is the only one I can think of. There were some murmurs the other week about him leaving Bayern. Would love to have him back.

Lol.

 

[domalino]

Not bad. I thought he didn't like being played out of position at right back. I can't see it happening. No way we get one of Bayern's best players from them unless they want to sell.

As always, Bayern's stance on players is they don't sell unless the player wants to leave. Same as Juventus, if you don't want the honour of playing for Bayern Munich, they'll find someone who does.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Could the 'complex deal' involve a player or players going the other way ?

 

[Marvin]

This is all Goal's doing. Are they just saying this because they know it will create a buzz and we'll follow them, or do you think they know it's true.

It seems blindingly obvious that City need another central defender but the evidence that we are pursuing one seems thin on the ground. The only decent link was with VVD. He'd be a great buy.

if we buy a central defender it can't be one for the future, it has to be a player who can come in straight away and have the authority to lead City's back line. Doesn't matter to me whether he's 30 plus because Stones is going to get better. he just needs to develop alongside Kompany or someone else

 

[Marvin]

Could the 'complex deal' involve a player or players going the other way ?

Seems to imply that or some dependency.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I give you his first stint at City was a disaster. What I am trying to say is that he has come a long way since that. He is truly world class and has the credentials to prove it. There aren't many higher decorated CB's around.

See my last post before yours here—I agree! ;-)