Kalidou Koulibaly

robbieh said:
Frankly getting rid of Sane and getting this guy immediately makes us a better team. Leroy's great but we have an abundance of attack minded players. It's at the back we have problems which this guy will help to solve.
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Exactly, Sane may score an extra 10 goals a season an likely gets us an additional 6 - 9 points, Get Koulibay in and we concede 10 less goals and we are likely to be 15-18 points better off.
 
Tom01 said:
Do people think they will sell him for 64mil of just aload of bs?
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Realistically clubs aren't going to buy him for much more this summer and thereafter his value is just going to consistently decrease due to his age.

He's wanted out and Napoli have to eventually honour that. If they want to make signings this summer it's likely they need to sell too. Along with COVID, there's a few things that may work in our favour that means we can secure him for an amount around that figure, but expect them to make life difficult for us.
 
mccity said:
I think the bigger concern is that if they are willing to drop to 64m then a few other clubs might start to develop interest.
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That doesn't matter if he only wants us!
It's kind of frustrating that we didn't just go and do it last year to replace Vinny instead of missing h for a year and then having Laporte out all year. We won't feel the miss of sane as much as we've already been without for a full season.
 
just hope all the optimism comes to fruition.

at the moment its just media talk but lets hope in this case there is no smoke without fire and this lad fancies playing for us

The result of the CAS case will surely have a huge influence on whether he wants to come - a 29 year old going to a team who would have 2 year ban from Champs league wouldnt be a good career move at all.
 
If he wants out and only has 1 year on his contract then we should be paying similar to sane
 
I really hope we sign this guy to provide some much needed leadership,aggression and pace at the back, afcon delayed for a year as well so that's another plus
 
This could be one of our best buys due to timing and needs.

We have a young squad with big personalities and experience leaving every year at the minute. Yaya, kompany, zaba then d.silva then ferna and kun. We need a big personality and an experienced head in our back 4.
Walker - great athlete but not a leader
Stones - he just makes me sad he could of been so much more (still time tho)
Nico - you cant be a "general" and calamitous at the same time.
Laporte - a future great. Needs a partner to share the load and remove some pressure of having to play every game.

Also he will add raw pace & power which apart from kyle we are sorely lacking in. Hes a magnet for the for the ball at times, has that knack of being in the right place at the right time. Obviously, hes also a monster in the air and good with the ball as well.

He ain't gonna block pathways. Hes 29 so hes maybe got 3/4 years at his best, thb will be 21/22 at that point. Dont want to pile pressure on him him but that kid has city captain written all over him. Garcia is classy but thb has the look (an aura) around him. Hes a city fan, likes to mix it up and bleeds blue. Think john Terry without being a c@nt and better on the ball already.

Long post I know but logically this is the perfect buy.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
People still moaning about the price? It's 2020 and United set the bar last season with Harry fucking Maguire.

I can remember plenty of City fans laughing at van Dijk's price tag and swearing blind that he wasn't worth it. Learn from that.
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Maguire is younger & HG
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
And shite...

Along with pogshit they inflated the market, which is why these figures have been banded.. cracking player, totally complimentary to Laporte and will most importantly, add steel... pay what it takes
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The worst thing about Maguire's fee was that he had absolutely no experience of anything, despite being 26. He literally had about 50 PL games under his belt and sod all European experience when they made him the most expensive defender ever.

Koulibaly might be 2 years older than him, but he's got 6 seasons of Serie A and more Champions League appearances than Maguire had Premier League ones. He's got years of experience under world class coaches, he's played everyone at international level. He's an experienced head who's world class, Maguire is a project player they overpaid for and made captain. At the moment he's done OK because he's not been properly examined, but just wait until United try and mount a title challenge or get back into europe and he faces better teams under more pressure.


Anyway back to KK, Napoli have to sell this summer really.

They've almost bought his replacement, he's 29 so his value will plummet after this window, and he had a big row with ADL early in the season and wants to leave.

I think this will get done for <70m
 
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