John Stones

[Salford_Blue]

Get Van Dijk for far less. Gonna be a good player this kid. 24 yo and looks very good on the ball

Better than Stones for me

 

[number8]

And Van Dijk an Denayer have already a good understanding of how each other plays.

 

[Silva_Spell]

A somewhat uninformed pros/cons of Stones vs Laporte

Laporte
Pros:
-Better in the air
-Stronger

Cons:
-Slower
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Stones:
Pros:
-Probably more versatile (could play DM)
-HG Status

Cons:
-More expensive

 

[SalfordGrimble]

Denayer & Van Dijk are quite similar, bar the fact Denayer will become twice the player. Stones > Laporte for me, bias for the fact he's English and I see him being a 10year + player for us. Kompany, Otamendi, Stones & Denayer for me.

 

[Dax777]

A somewhat uninformed pros/cons of Stones vs Laporte

Laporte
Pros:
-Better in the air
-Stronger

Cons:
-Slower
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Stones:
Pros:
-Probably more versatile (could play DM)
-HG Status

Cons:
-More expensive

Slower than whom? Aguero, Stones, Hussein Bolt?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Slower than whom? Aguero, Stones, Hussein Bolt?

 

[obliquerays]

^^^ Fucking quality Tugay mate !

Am I the only one who thinks Pep might quite fancy moulding the Mangler into the potentially top class left sided CB he might still become ? I know he's not a kid anymore but he's still got the potential to be a better player than Nico imo ... he's bigger, faster, naturally left footed, much better long range passer etc.
Buying Laporte and selling Otamendi would still see us gaining a home grown squad member with Denayer returning and give us fantastic options across the line.

 

[Silva_Spell]

Slower than whom? Aguero, Stones, Hussein Bolt?

Stones

Just my impression from what I've seen of him.

 

[Dax777]

^^^ Fucking quality Tugay mate !

Am I the only one who thinks Pep might quite fancy moulding the Mangler into the potentially top class left sided CB he might still become ? I know he's not a kid anymore but he's still got the potential to be a better player than Nico imo ... he's bigger, faster, naturally left footed, much better long range passer etc.
Buying Laporte and selling Otamendi would still see us gaining a home grown squad member with Denayer returning and give us fantastic options across the line.

I'm sorry but Otamendi is light years better than Mangala. He is multiple classes above him. No way Ota is being sold. The taught is laughable really. If a new CB comes in its either Denayer is not coming back or Mangala is leaving.

Neither Kompany not Ota ate going anywhere. These 2 are going to be constant.

If I were to compare our defenders to Bayern's, Komps would be Badstuber, Ota is Boateng, and Mangala is Dante.

 

[Dax777]

Stones

Just my impression from what I've seen of him.

Haven't clocked either, but Laporte looks much faster going by my eye test. I've seen Laporte chase down fast players, I generally tend to see Stones avoiding getting into races with fast guys.