Eliaquim Mangala - now official

[BigOscar]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

30-40mil for a defender from Portugal is madness

Pepe and Ricardo Carvalho both cost about £30m each and I don't think anyone had any regrets over them.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

30-40mil for a defender from Portugal is madness

Pepe and Ricardo Carvalho both cost about £30m each and I don't think anyone had any regrets over them.

Its easy to pull out the odd cases where it has came off

 

[BigOscar]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

30-40mil for a defender from Portugal is madness

Pepe and Ricardo Carvalho both cost about £30m each and I don't think anyone had any regrets over them.

Its easy to pull out the odd cases where it has came off

How many centerbacks do you think have been sold for £30m from Portugal? i can't think of any others

 

[LoveCity]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Carvalho, Thuram, Pepe, Nesta, Ferdinand, Thiago Silva, and Marquinhos are the only £20m+ centre backs in history I can think of and all of them were big successes, except Marquinhos (too soon to tell) who is still only 19 and a long-term investment.

 

[pudge]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

To be fair, he said defenders so Coentrao would be included. Although, outside of him I couldn't think of any others.

 

[BigOscar]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Carvalho, Thuram, Pepe, Nesta, Ferdinand, Thiago Silva, and Marquinhos are the only £20m+ centre backs in history I can think of and all of them were big successes, except Marquinhos (too soon to tell) who is still only 19 and a long-term investment.

David Luiz has arguable not succeeded, but hardly flopped either and is expected to be sold for what he cost or even a profit. He's probably the closest I can think of to a £20m+ CB flop

 

[Blue Hefner]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

30-40mil for a defender from Portugal is madness

Pepe and Ricardo Carvalho both cost about £30m each and I don't think anyone had any regrets over them.

They were European champions, not just potential

 

[kaz7]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Carvalho, Thuram, Pepe, Nesta, Ferdinand, Thiago Silva, and Marquinhos are the only £20m+ centre backs in history I can think of and all of them were big successes, except Marquinhos (too soon to tell) who is still only 19 and a long-term investment.

Do you know if this deal is on or off LC?

 

[BigOscar]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

30-40mil for a defender from Portugal is madness

Pepe and Ricardo Carvalho both cost about £30m each and I don't think anyone had any regrets over them.

They were European champions, not just potential

I don't believe Pepe was a european champion, I think he was in an incredibly similar position to Mangala.

I've also remember the actual best flop of a £20m+ CB, Diname Chygrinsky (or something like that). Barca bought him for £25m off Shakhtar and I don't think he ever played for them. None the less, expensive CB's are usually pretty reliable

 

[LoveCity]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Carvalho, Thuram, Pepe, Nesta, Ferdinand, Thiago Silva, and Marquinhos are the only £20m+ centre backs in history I can think of and all of them were big successes, except Marquinhos (too soon to tell) who is still only 19 and a long-term investment.

Do you know if this deal is on or off LC?

I don't know anything much except someone who told me the price could be under £30m, but a few credible journalists (including maybe the most well connected at City, Simon Mullock) and others think it's very likely.

Even though I'll be glad if we sign Mangala, I'm even more excited by the prospect of Fernando joining. That guy is a brilliant player.