Kalidou Koulibaly

[Neville Kneville]

I would have understood it if he knew Napoli were looking for players in Zincs positions. Maybe there is another reason?

I meant Zinchenko.

 

[Gabriel]

Why do you then think he will go in the opposite direction?

I’ve thought all along that he’ll go there. He could have gone when we were in for Jorginho, so we know there is interest, and I think the pace of Serie A and the lifestyle there will agree with him.
Napoli are rebuilding and versatile players make that task easier. He also knows that he cannot stay here forever, no matter how likable and reliable, and with four years left on his contract, he’s at a good value if we seek to trade.

 

[Jazzman]

I’ve thought all along that he’ll go there. He could have gone when we were in for Jorginho, so we know there is interest, and I think the pace of Serie A and the lifestyle there will agree with him.
Napoli are rebuilding and versatile players make that task easier. He also knows that he cannot stay here forever, no matter how likable and reliable, and with four years left on his contract, he’s at a good value if we seek to trade.

Yes that's reasonable

 

[skyblues]

Why do you then think he will go in the opposite direction?

I don’t know, I just got the feeling the club wants rid of Zinchenko and could use him in the deal.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Think @tolmie's hairdoo suggested we've come away from the table on this one.

 

[Jumanji]

Think @tolmie's hairdoo suggested we've come away from the table on this one.

Reports from Italy are heating up and suggest the opposite. Perhaps we walked away as a negotiation ploy and then briefed the press.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Reports from Italy are heating up and suggest the opposite. Perhaps we walked away as a negotiation ploy and then briefed the press.

Hope so :)

 

[Gabriel]

Think @tolmie's hairdoo suggested we've come away from the table on this one.

Perhaps his sources were wrong or wanted that impression given? Time will tell.

 

[southamptonblue]

Reports from Italy are heating up and suggest the opposite. Perhaps we walked away as a negotiation ploy and then briefed the press.

.....guess it depends on who you believe knows or who talks shite!

 

[skyblues]

Think @tolmie's hairdoo suggested we've come away from the table on this one.

Tolmie got inside info?

 

[Jazzman]

I don’t know, I just got the feeling the club wants rid of Zinchenko and could use him in the deal.

I think it's entirely possible you may be right mate. Gut feelings are sometimes very precise :-)

 

[Withnail]

I don’t know, I just got the feeling the club wants rid of Zinchenko and could use him in the deal.

Zinchenko is a squad player, in relation to LB a square peg in a round hole. Bearing in mind he doesn't get a look in the Midfield area, time to sell and hopefully Napoli will be interested.

 

[HaalandEffect]

 

[waspish]

55m bid we might get him for that 65m

 

[sir baconface]

Was it ? Why make the point e all know unless you think Mangala and Koulibaly are the same standard.

WTF? Nobody is saying Mangala and Koulibaly are the same standard. The point - totally lost on you - was that they could be made to look the same standard if you picked unrepresentative videos.

 

[blueparrot]

I’ll spell it out for you as you’re clearly struggling. Nobody is saying Mangala and Koulibaly are the same standard. The poster you originally quoted said they could be made to look the same standard if you picked unrepresentative videos.

So you say.

 

[kaz7]

Watch this and tell me how he is not a beast of a player. sometimes he takes risk that might seem clumsy. and any player is allowed to have a down year especially in a poor deteriorating team like napoli

That would be a salad penalty here

 

[ancoats]

Similarly, we have a raft of young players for whom we need to find clubs this summer, with selling outright perhaps infeasible. Difficult at both ends.

maybe that's the route many of the top clubs will have to go down and use their youth academies to make some money or bring them into the first team quicker

 

[nmc]

I can see Zinchenko going the opposite direction here. I don’t know if Napoli need a leftback or defensive midfielder.

Maybe on the Napoli version of Bluemoon they are having a debate dissecting Zinchenko's first half horror show in the away game at Southampton....

 

[sir baconface]

but they will only get peanuts for a player right now unless manchester city or psg want them
a sellers market is now a fire sale ? and when clubs have to sell it means they have not been running there club right and but them in big debts by over spending

manchester city should not be used to get big money for players and maybe uefa and fifa should look at capping the value of players and wages

Do we really want more interventions/interference by those cnuts?