If Koulibaly has his heart set on joining us, I don't see why we shouldn't play the game with De Laurentiis. He's enjoyed himself at the poker table with us on enough occasions, only this time we hold all the cards. If we don't get Koulibaly for the fee we're happy to pay, we walk away and leave him with an unhappy player.35 mill? Are you completely n*ts mate? So we should let go of De Bruyne for 35m to any interested club because after all, he’s 29 years old? It’s pretty much what you’re saying. You don’t expect half of Europe to line-up for Koulibaly if his pricetag was 35m?
Age aside, he’s one of the very best in his position. Desperate or not, Napoli is nowhere near that stupid.
Getting a bit tired of these ignorant posts.
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Confirmed now that Gabriel will join Arsenal instead of succeeding Koulibaly at Napoli. Let’s see if this screws up our deal in anyway. As we all know that president is quite the lose cannon.
Bit ironic though that our own Arteta could ruin this deal, indirectly.
We've behaved respectfully in transfers with Napoli in the past, while De Laurentiis has constantly tried to fuck us over. Now it's our turn, there's no other buyers for Koulibaly as far as we know, so let's call his bluff and see if his bollocks are as big as his mouth.
Just to add I'm usually dead set against shit like this but De Laurentiis has previous and it's be a laugh even if we didn't get Koulibaly.