Kalidou Koulibaly

[bhayes]

What date is the Champions League final?
I’m just assuming we will kick out Madrid and Juve. I want to know when we can start dealing with this guy because it ain’t happeing until UCL is over, or atleast until Napoli is knocked out.

I do think we could get Koulibaly for around 65m, and by sendig a player in their direction. Napoli would never settle for 65m up front and I doubt City will pay 80m.

maybe 65m and zinchenko

 

[Gabriel]

I think we’ll get Koulibaly but pay considerably less than some anticipate.

 

[simon23]

I think we’ll get Koulibaly but pay considerably less than some anticipate.

with their chairman i doubt it!

 

[Gabriel]

with their chairman i doubt it!

Any chairman is only as strong as the position he finds himself. As I explained in the Aouar thread, there’s method in our dealings this summer. Napoli find themselves in a considerably weaker position than when they wanted to squeeze us for Jorginho, so barring a miracle and they win the CL, I think it’s time for us to squeeze.

 

[kenzie115]

What date is the Champions League final?
I’m just assuming we will kick out Madrid and Juve. I want to know when we can start dealing with this guy because it ain’t happeing until UCL is over, or atleast until Napoli is knocked out.

I do think we could get Koulibaly for around 65m, and by sendig a player in their direction. Napoli would never settle for 65m up front and I doubt City will pay 80m.

You're wishing away the latter stages of the Champions League because you're more interested in a potential signing?

 

[skyblues]

You're wishing away the latter stages of the Champions League because you're more interested in a potential signing?

Please point to me where I’m wishing the UCL to be over? How can you even interpret my post that way?

 

[117 M34]

If we bring him in, I hope that we also bring in another decent centre back - someone like Ake.
Sell stones and otamendi.
Then play laporte and koulibaly in nearly every game with garcia and Ake being the back ups.
Ferna back into midfield

Pep and Txiki must have been reading this forum (p85).

 

[Mancity1980]

Any chairman is only as strong as the position he finds himself. As I explained in the Aouar thread, there’s method in our dealings this summer. Napoli find themselves in a considerably weaker position than when they wanted to squeeze us for Jorginho, so barring a miracle and they win the CL, I think it’s time for us to squeeze.

I am all for that, that was a dirty stunt they pulled with Jorginho which blew up in Chelsea’s face.

 

[Great Kompany]

The more i look into it the more I think this deal will happen at our terms and our terms only. There are two possible outcomes from here :
1) Napoli go on a rampage and with Koulibaly on the helm go on and reach the UCL final. In that case, ADL will definitely go ahead and ask for some crazy 150 mils for KK and we would say no
2) Napoli very limply go out of UCL in the coming week. In that case, ADL has a depreciating asset in this book with no ticket money and already having spent a lot on transfers. Then he will accept what City has to offer and we get our player

There is also a third case where ADL keeps on haggling for money and the transfer never happens and we go deep into September without a defender. But the noise coming out of City is that they know how ADL is (having gotten their hands burnt quite a few times) and it won't happen again.
The rumours of other defenders are surfacing too. So we may go for Carlos or Ruben or Pau Torres

 

[mosssideblue]

The more i look into it the more I think this deal will happen at our terms and our terms only. There are two possible outcomes from here :
1) Napoli go on a rampage and with Koulibaly on the helm go on and reach the UCL final. In that case, ADL will definitely go ahead and ask for some crazy 150 mils for KK and we would say no
2) Napoli very limply go out of UCL in the coming week. In that case, ADL has a depreciating asset in this book with no ticket money and already having spent a lot on transfers. Then he will accept what City has to offer and we get our player

There is also a third case where ADL keeps on haggling for money and the transfer never happens and we go deep into September without a defender. But the noise coming out of City is that they know how ADL is (having gotten their hands burnt quite a few times) and it won't happen again.
The rumours of other defenders are surfacing too. So we may go for Carlos or Ruben or Pau Torres

So using 10,000 words, you think they will get knocked out of CL