I just wish that we'd move on from this now. The figures being talked about feel too high given his age and I really would prefer that the club didn't give Napoli a single penny. Let's not forget that we have other areas that need serious attention. Even if we solve completely the issues at CB, we will still leak goals down that left side. Not to mention the lack of energy and pace at CDM. I'd prefer to see us focus more on finding a Fernandinho replacement.
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Kalidou Koulibaly
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Stones was brilliant 17/18. Stop trying to re-write history.
He was brilliant in the first half of 17/18, and the first half of 18/19, and for a while at the start of 16/17. If injuries didn't keep putting an abrupt end to these good spells we'd probably not need Koulibaly at all.
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BLUEMATT23
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Would you take van Dijk if he was available this summer?
No I'd get Pep to sort Stones out and make him in a good player
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BLUEMATT23
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So to your solution...?
Sort Stones out and use our academy.
Sort Stones out and use our academy.
That’s fine as well. It means people would have to accept the possibility of losing more games (as the team did last season) than expected. Patience will have to be exercised then.
Pedro was hardly a failure. He was a quality player.Experience doesn't always mean better, compare Sterling (20) and Pedro (28) as both players signed for the respective clubs in 15/16 season. Pedro was older and more experienced coming from Barcelona, however over the last 5 years it's Sterling who has been not only the better player, more consistent and by such a margin that it's unquestionable in terms of statistics and to the every day football fan. He's been first choice for us, Pedro however has been in and out of the Chelsea team over that same period.
Son (23) at Spurs signed for near enough the same fee as Pedro, again has been the better player over the last 5 years.
Bazzmand Show
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Age isn't a big concern to me.
After 5 years, it means some of the youth CBs have a chance to break through, earliest of them all is Tosin.
The academy has 4 great CBs from what I've read: THB, CJ, Luke, and Finley.
We won't get 5 years out of this lad in the first team, 2-3 max in my opinion. It's just not a good purchase beyond the short term.
PragueBlue
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Best available CB out there at the moment. Just what we need. Hope we can conclude the deal shortly.
supercity88
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Experience doesn't always mean better, compare Sterling (20) and Pedro (28) as both players signed for the respective clubs in 15/16 season. Pedro was older and more experienced coming from Barcelona, however over the last 5 years it's Sterling who has been not only the better player, more consistent and by such a margin that it's unquestionable in terms of statistics and to the every day football fan. He's been first choice for us, Pedro however has been in and out of the Chelsea team over that same period.
Son (23) at Spurs signed for near enough the same fee as Pedro, again has been the better player over the last 5 years.
It doesn't always no, but it eliminates a bit more risk. Potential is such a hard thing to buy players on. We all said Sane had more potential than Sterling at first but it hasn't turned out that way yet.
I thought Stones had all the raw attributes but needed to learn to read the game a bit better, improve his decision making and get physically stronger. All things with experience I thought he would achieve.
My main issue with him is whilst he isn't quick, he hasn't made himself strong enough either. You can be a top class CB without pace if you read the game and are physically strong. When Stones does read things and gets into position to defend he is often overpowered physically.
Fordyboy46
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Or Diego Carlos?Best available CB out there at the moment. Just what we need. Hope we can conclude the deal shortly.