January defenders

liluzivertisthegoat said:
50m for Upamecano in january according to reports. Get this man on the plane
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I'd rather see us give Garcia a go. Trust the lad, he has been excellent, if he played for another team abroad, many would be saying 'pay what it takes to get him here'. He just needs the games, the quality is there, the experience will come.

I'd say the same over other expensive defenders we've been linked with.
 
richards30 said:
wheres that being reported please mate? absolute star in the making and would love him here at city.
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Quite bad sources to be fair like dailystar, express and so on. They also say that we're in for him. But 50m sounds reasonable as his contract expires next summer and they're also quite stacked at CB with Konate, Orban, Mukiele. Konate and Orban have been injured but are back now. If they've already identified a replacement I think we can get him without breaking the bank.

I think the thought of playing with his fellow frenchmen Laporte and Mendy in defence could be enough to persuade him. Also playing for the best coach in the world and one of the best clubs of course.
 
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Coatigan said:
I'd rather see us give Garcia a go. Trust the lad, he has been excellent, if he played for another team abroad, many would be saying 'pay what it takes to get him here'. He just needs the games, the quality is there, the experience will come.

I'd say the same over other expensive defenders we've been linked with.
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That's all true but I can't help wonder if Garcia is tall enough to be truly great in our league. I know Cannavaro and Puyol were world class on the continent but English football still seems to be land of the giants in terms of opposition strikers. Can he be physically imposing enough at set pieces, etc?
 
liluzivertisthegoat said:
Quite bad sources to be fair like dailystar, express and so on. They also say that we're in for him. But 50m sounds reasonable as his contract expires next summer and they're also quite stacked at CB with Konate, Orban, Mukiele. Konate and Orban have been injured but are back now. If they've already identified a replacement I think we can get him without breaking the bank.

I think the thought of playing with his fellow frenchmen Laporte and Mendy in defence could be enough to persuade him. Also playing for the best coach in the world and one of the best clubs of course.
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50m, reasonable you say?

For a 20 year old that hasnt played for country or a top club, with just over a year left on contract. That seems the state of the market unfortunatly.
 
Coatigan said:
50m, reasonable you say?

For a 20 year old that hasnt played for country or a top club, with just over a year left on contract. That seems the state of the market unfortunatly.
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Not even Laporte get's a sniff under Dechamps and he's a top 2 CB in the world. Dechamps is a stubborn donkey who refuses to let go of mediocre players like Giroud, just to keep the "morale". He doesn't care about player qualities so not playing for France is not something to be mad about.
 
liluzivertisthegoat said:
Not even Laporte get's a sniff under Dechamps and he's a top 2 CB in the world. Dechamps is a stubborn donkey who refuses to let go of mediocre players like Giroud, just to keep the "morale". He doesn't care about player qualities so not playing for France is not something to be mad about.
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Sure. That's fair.

My point still stands though, we now accept that 50m is 'reasonable', in today's market. It was a comment on the state of football rather than a specific arguement over a particular player.
 
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