Don't want this guy at all, £90M is way too much for a player who needs to adapt to a new country and a new language and a new manager with unique requirements, and will be over 30 by the time he understands what is being asked of him.
I don't care how good he is at doing what is asked of him at his current club, I'd rather keep Stones.
City have backed out apparantly because the price is too high. Ruban Dias from Benfica is the target if you want value for money.
How many do you want?It’s never been about 90 million pounds. Of course the club wouldn’t pay that.
One or two years ago that fee would’ve been realistic.
Source? If it’s The Sun, I could’ve might as well made it up myself.
I honestly wouldn’t know any CB besides Koulibaly and De Ligt who could show leadership and have immediate impact on our backline. None of Carlos, Skriniar or Dias are convincing me. I just hope the club get it right this time. We can’t afford another Stones.
How many do you want?
Express, Mail, Various sports gossip sites.
Google is your friend.
Our relationship with Napoli is non existent which further complicates the issue.
Agree. Things are moving along slowly for weeks, Napoli get knocked out of the CL, and suddenly in the week where negotiations can start in earnest, we’re no longer interested.Part of the game.I'm betting this happens still. It makes sense for Napoli to sell and we might be the only game in town.
As I predicted, #3675, we can expect more of this in the coming days. I still reckon we’ll get him for about 45-50 + Zinchenko.
In the current climate,that would be a good deal for both parties and could be spun many ways.I'd take this offer tbf.
Yep, big time coincidence that the Monday after Napoli get knocked out and negotiations can step up we’re no longer interested. Sure thing.Agree. Things are moving along slowly for weeks, Napoli get knocked out of the CL, and suddenly in the week where negotiations can start in earnest, we’re no longer interested.Part of the game.
We need him, they need money/players more, and there won’t be many with cash to spend. I await ‘that lot‘ being quoted as offering an amazing deal for him but one that involves players and very little cash. However, Napoli have signed a number of players already so need the cash more.