Kalidou Koulibaly

[ctid1894]

The way I see it, if we signed Koulibaly for £70m, we'd be paying £50m for three world class seasons at his peak, maybe even four, and then another £20m for a couple more years for an excellent senior squad player to ease out and pass the baton over to a younger player. When you break it down like that, it makes a lot of sense.

Not when the young player (Garcia) is coming into the last year of his contract and deserves a chance to show what he can do right now. It makes no sense at all, it's just a repeat Sancho situation. We don't need Koulibaly now, we've still got time while we have Fernandinho to see if Garcia, Stones or Adaradiayo can cement a place over the next 12 months.

 

[Ezzy]

Wait a second... This isn’t remotely the same thing. We always agree with the player first but an agreement with the player means absolutely nothing if we haven’t agreed a fee with the club as well. We’ve seen this story a million times...Alves, Jorginho, on and on down the line. How can you possibly say those are 100% when we still have to deal with Aulas and the rest of the clubs?

I'm confident.
we want them & they need to sell.

@117 M34

Manchester City Summer Transfer Window Goals: Transitioning the first team squad to an Academy Players-Based one and using signings to supplement it.

[19]New Players. All Under 23 Years Old.

7 First Team Done Deals:

Phillipe Sandler (23) : Centre-Back | {Loan Recall}

Houssem Aouar (22) : Attacking Midfielder

Thiago Almada (19) : Centre-Foward

Rayan Ait-Nouri (19) : Left-Back

Yan Couto (18) : Right-Back | {Winter Signing}

Amad Traoré (18) : Right Winger

Tanguy Kouassi (18) : Centre-Back


3 First Team Targets Remain:

Mohamed Ihattaren (18) : Right Winger

• No competition
• PSV need to sell
• Easy right?.. Mino Raiola is his agent...

Eduardo Camavinga (18) : Defensive Midfielder

• Real Madrid are our main competitor for him
• The club is willing to challenge anyone to secure Camavinga's signature
• City are ready and willing to pay a substantial fee
• We are confident of beating Real Madrid to his signature

Alessandro Bastoni (21) : Centre-Back

• No competition for his signature
• Although Inter Milan don't need to sell
• So we have to pay a pretty penny

5 Youth Team Done Deals:

Ömer Beyaz (17) : Attacking Midfielder

Josh Adam (16) : Attacking Midfielder

Mikki Van Sas (16) : Goalkeeper

Diogo Pinto (16) : Goalkeeper

Juan Larios (16): Left-Back | {Winter Signing}


4 Youth Team Targets Remain:

Édouard Michut (17) : Central Midfielder

Roméo Lavia (16) : Defensive Midfielder

{Left Winger} (2003/2004) : Left Winger

{Left Centre-Back} (2003/2004) : Centre-Back



[9]Centre-Back Options For Next Season.

[3 First Choice]
Aymeric Laporte (26)
Eric Garcia (19) <-> Fernandinho (35)

[2 Second Choice]
Alessandro Bastoni (21)
Philippe Sandler (23)

[2 Third Choice]
Tanguy Kouassi (18)
Taylor Hardwood-bellis (18)

[2 Additional Options]
Kyle Walker (30)
Rodri (24)


Tanguy Kouassi (18) : Replacement For Nicolas Otamendi

Alessandro Bastoni (21) : Back-up For Aymeric Laporte

Philippe Sandler (23) : Replacement For John Stones

• Philippe Sandler's success on loan at Anderlecht was cut short by injury.
  
• Sandler's 91.5 total pass % was third among all Centre-Backs of the Belgian league.
• Those with a higher rate had half the attempts.
• Furthermore, his 84.2 forward pass %, and his # of final third passes, were both first overall among CBs.
• "Sandler is the best passer among all central defenders of the Belgian league."

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

This time last year it was basically the worst kept secret in Football Rodri was on his way here

I meant relative to the end of the season.

we had publicly courted Rodri around early March & by early May, Pep was giving him phone calls in the parking lot.

meanwhile We have zero concrete public info this time
(Besides Houssem Aouar)

 

[Semper aggressus]

I really hope you're wrong about those targets, especially our first team centre back options. We already fucked up the league title this season not replacing Vinny, if we fail to sign an international class, tall, quick, strong centre back again before next season it's bordering on negligence and certainly arrogant and complacent.

Garcia is too small, weak and young. Fernandinho is too old and a world class midfielder.

We need Koulibaly.

And Sancho to replace Sané.

Those two are all we need. Almost guarantee the scouse pricks would not win the league next season if we sign them. I don't see how anyone could disagree with this.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I really hope you're wrong about those targets, especially our first team centre back options. We already fucked up the league title this season not replacing Vinny, if we fail to sign an international class, tall, quick, strong centre back again before next season it's bordering on negligence and certainly arrogant and complacent.

Garcia is too small, weak and young. Fernandinho is too old and a world class midfielder.

We need Koulibaly.

And Sancho to replace Sané.

Those two are all we need. Almost guarantee the scouse pricks would not win the league next season if we sign them. I don't see how anyone could disagree with this.

Then you don't know the Transfer thread.

 

[WRicko]

I'm confident.
we want them & they need to sell.

@117 M34




I meant relative to the end of the season.

we had publicly courted Rodri around early March & by early May, Pep was giving him phone calls in the parking lot.

meanwhile We have zero concrete public info this time
(Besides Houssem Aouar)

confused what’s this 2003 2004 lw and lb ?

 

[Ezzy]

confused what’s this 2003 2004 lw and lb ?

we are after a Left(Footed ideally)Centre-Back for the U18 Academy team & a Left Winger for the U23 team.

the CB: born between 2004 & 2003(Ideally closer to 2004, so that he doesn't outgrow the U18 too fast. <-- no concrete names for the primary target

Same for the left Winger, looking for someone born in 2003 ideally. <-- Joelson Fernandes is one of the names in consideration, but lots of options.

 

[blueparrot]

I really hope you're wrong about those targets, especially our first team centre back options. We already fucked up the league title this season not replacing Vinny, if we fail to sign an international class, tall, quick, strong centre back again before next season it's bordering on negligence and certainly arrogant and complacent.

Garcia is too small, weak and young. Fernandinho is too old and a world class midfielder.

We need Koulibaly.

And Sancho to replace Sané.

Those two are all we need. Almost guarantee the scouse pricks would not win the league next season if we sign them. I don't see how anyone could disagree with this.

Chances are Liverpool will get over 100 points so even if we’d got high 90s again we wouldn’t have won it. Main reason was lack of cover for Laporte and Mendy, not Vinny, and Garcia is intelligent enough to learn quickly will do great in a Pep team Fernandinho did okay. Cover for Laporte and Mendy as well as a fitter Mendy will get us back to 95 -100 points next season. Think liverpool will drop back if not and 95- 100 isn’t enough so be it.

 

[domalino]

Not when the young player (Garcia) is coming into the last year of his contract and deserves a chance to show what he can do right now. It makes no sense at all, it's just a repeat Sancho situation. We don't need Koulibaly now, we've still got time while we have Fernandinho to see if Garcia, Stones or Adaradiayo can cement a place over the next 12 months.

Garcia would sign immediately if he knew he was going to play the role Otamendi or Stones did this season as 4th CB.

It's a complete non-issue.

 

[ctid1894]

Garcia would sign immediately if he knew he was going to play the role Otamendi or Stones did this season as 4th CB.

It's a complete non-issue.

I disagree, I'm fine if Bastoni comes as Laporte's backup at left sided centre back but anyone additional limiting Garcia's place on the right side I think will see him walk away.

 

[domalino]

I disagree, I'm fine if Bastoni comes as Laporte's backup at left sided centre back but anyone additional limiting Garcia's place on the right side I think will see him walk away.

Our 4 CB's last season played

55 games (Laporte)

39 games (Stones)

33 games (Otamendi)

26 games (Kompany)

If you seriously think a 19 year old with no experience is going to turn his nose up at starting a minimum of 26 games, you're living on another planet. Not taking into account Fernandinho's 35 and covers other positions so if Garcia is a prodigy he could easily end up as 3rd choice.

And where else is a teenage CB with no experience going play that much? In the Champions League and going after trophies? No where.