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Kalidou Koulibaly
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SWPISHOME
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Seriously lad your all doom and gloom over the whole Messi scenario. The club are in the best hands possible with the best facilities the best staff. Come October 5th you'll be a happy man. Relax :)i have a really bad feeling this will fall through just because of who we are dealing with, then we'll sign Diego Carlos...
i have a really bad feeling this will fall through just because of who we are dealing with, then we'll sign Diego Carlos...
If that was the case I would prefer the Benfica defender
How on earth do you know that? Mahrez is a more experienced player, a Premier League winner and it took him longer to adapt than most. It depends on the person and their character and how quickly they pick up new ideas and concepts, not age and experience.Huge advantage with Koulibaly is also his age and experience. Pep won't need to teach him a lot. He will understand well and slot right in without needing to adapt per se.
Big difference. Mahrez came from a Leicester side where he was the star player and played in an entirely different, counter attacking system. Hence he struggled adapting to playing majority weeks vs low blocks and having so much to do off and on the ball with linkup play.How on earth do you know that? Mahrez is a more experienced player, a Premier League winner and it took him longer to adapt than most. It depends on the person and their character and how quickly they pick up new ideas and concepts, not age and experience.
Koulibaly's best football came under Sarri's system, which is a budget version of Pep's, if he was good under that system with barely half the quality, I can't imagine him being worse under Pep. Adaptability is something you can factor in but that's where I think it's less important because of his age and experience, in terms of playing our football, the more he plays the quicker he gets used to it anyway.
Internal competition for places is what helps drive standards, just look at Sterling's comments about City bringing in new wingers and how it pushed him on even further. The same has happened with Walker, Cancelo comes in and Walker's upped his game again. We're doing the same I think with Zack Steffen to push Ederson. Jesus coming in made Aguero step up and change his game to Pep's demands.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.
I'm the single biggest advocate for giving academy players a chance, however they have to earn the right and force their way into the team (e.g. Foden). You don't create a space for them by buying a stop gap signing, that's just weird logic.
We are seriously dumb if we give that much for him. He is not that great...
That all helps absolutely and the fact he speaks better English than 90% of the posters on here will help too but he's still moving to a new country, a different culture and way of life. Age and experience is irrelevant in those circumstances, players can move at 14 and settle quickly, others can be 30+ and not settle at all, it's all about personality and character.Big difference. Mahrez came from a Leicester side where he was the star player and played in an entirely different, counter attacking system. Hence he struggled adapting to playing majority weeks vs low blocks and having so much to do off and on the ball with linkup play.
Koulibaly's best football came under Sarri's system, which is a budget version of Pep's, if he was good under that system with barely half the quality, I can't imagine him being worse under Pep. Adaptability is something you can factor in but that's where I think it's less important because of his age and experience, in terms of playing our football, the more he plays the quicker he gets used to it anyway.
SWPISHOME
Well-Known Member
Realistically we should of stumped up the money for Van Dijk but that's in the past. Koulibaly will improve us give the lad a chance. We let Savic go too when we should of kept him too.
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BLUEMATT23
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Too old
It's a no from me
It's a no from me
Too old
It's a no from me
So to your solution...?
How is 29 old for a centre back ffs. Just about to enter his prime as well.
He will be a top signing for us no matter the price, but then again people here thought Otamendi was a warrior and reliable. Time will tell.
He will be a top signing for us no matter the price, but then again people here thought Otamendi was a warrior and reliable. Time will tell.
Would you take van Dijk if he was available this summer?Too old
It's a no from me