Kalidou Koulibaly

[M12Blue]

What’s situation with this de ligt fella at Juventus. Dud?

 

[domalino]

What’s situation with this de ligt fella at Juventus. Dud?

Apparently he was dodgy until he got dropped in November, but since then he's been absolutely phenomenal.

He got shown up the other day 1v1 which cost Juventus a win in the 95th minute, but he's currently playing through a shoulder injury that needs surgery until the end of the season so I think in general people are just cutting him some slack.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Exactly, how do we shit the bed?.

What is frustrating is every window we get posters moaning about a process they know so little about.

If our recruitment policy is that bad, how have we been so successful this last decade?

In fairness, the overwhelming majority of our best recruitment has cost us top dollar. I'm almost certainly forgetting someone but I'd have to go back 12 years to think of the last time we got a real bargain. But the standout players of the last decade (David, Yaya, Aguero, De Bruyne, Laporte, Sterling, Fernandinho etc) all raised eyebrows at the time because of their fees. You can argue that players like Gundogan were great value for money but, with all due respect, they're not the players who make us what we are.

And obviously there are times when spending big doesn't go according to plan (Stones being the biggest example I can think of) but, more often than not, you pay for what you get and we've both missed out on quality and signed absolute dross by sometimes being tight fisted and going for a cheaper alternative.

All that being said, you're right, nobody on here knows what really goes into these deals behind the scenes and how values and budgets are decided. People complaining about haggling over €10m seem to forget that €10m is still €10m; it's a huge amount of real world money which needs accounting for.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Yeah this transfer seems unlikely to be honest . Koulibaly has also stated his desire to stay at Napoli

Because he’ll lose:

a) his balls
b) his number one batman comic
c) his Thursday night job at the local ice cream parlour

or

d) a bonus for asking to leave

 

[mancityscot]

i just dont see this one happening

 

[M12Blue]

Apparently he was dodgy until he got dropped in November, but since then he's been absolutely phenomenal.

He got shown up the other day 1v1 which cost Juventus a win in the 95th minute, but he's currently playing through a shoulder injury that needs surgery until the end of the season so I think in general people are just cutting him some slack.

Cheers mate, pre-Juventus I would have loved him with us. Unlikely now if form has returned

 

[Dobsy]

A lot of people giving up on this but I don't see any reason?

I wouldn't expect to hear more until after the concludes given that City and Napoli are both involved.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Lukaku treated him like a rag doll last night , absolute bullied this donkey all over the park.
The same lukaku that otemendi and stones kept in their pockets when he was at the swamp. Go figure

 

[mosssideblue]

Lukaku treated him like a rag doll last night , absolute bullied this donkey all over the park.
The same lukaku that otemendi and stones kept in their pockets when he was at the swamp. Go figure

I didn't see the game so cannot comment, but if we walked away from any player who had a recent bad game, I would imagine we wouldn't have as many great players as we do. There's a reason we are so dominant domestically, go figure!

 

[Cotton Weave Blue]

In fairness, the overwhelming majority of our best recruitment has cost us top dollar. I'm almost certainly forgetting someone but I'd have to go back 12 years to think of the last time we got a real bargain. But the standout players of the last decade (David, Yaya, Aguero, De Bruyne, Laporte, Sterling, Fernandinho etc) all raised eyebrows at the time because of their fees. You can argue that players like Gundogan were great value for money but, with all due respect, they're not the players who make us what we are.

And obviously there are times when spending big doesn't go according to plan (Stones being the biggest example I can think of) but, more often than not, you pay for what you get and we've both missed out on quality and signed absolute dross by sometimes being tight fisted and going for a cheaper alternative.

All that being said, you're right, nobody on here knows what really goes into these deals behind the scenes and how values and budgets are decided. People complaining about haggling over €10m seem to forget that €10m is still €10m; it's a huge amount of real world money which needs accounting for.

Ederson & Bernardo were absolute steals for what we paid.