Kompany (do we need to find a replacement? )

[Southern]

Pep interested in Van Dijk according to Daily Star

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/565427/Virgil-van-Dijk-Man-City-Southampton-Pep-Guardiola
EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City eye £30m-rated Premier League defender

MANCHESTER CITY boss Pep Guardiola is eyeing Virgil van Dijk as a replacement for Vincent Kompany.

The Southampton defender has become one of the most-wanted defenders in the country, with his valuation soaring to £30million.

City’s Guardiola wants to sign a central defender in the January transfer window, with skipper Kompany, 30, ruled out for six weeks with his latest problem, a knee ligament injury.
Van Dijk, a centre-back who is comfortable on the ball, is on Guardiola’s radar.

But the 6ft 4in Holland international, 25, has also been strongly linked with Liverpool and Manchester United.

Liverpool have signed so many players from Southampton – Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Adam Lallana and Sadio Mane – that the joke on Merseyside is that the Saints are now their nursery club.

Van Dijk signed a five-year contract when he moved to Southampton from Celtic last year for £13million.

But it is now clear that, despite that deal, the Saints face a fight to keep him.

 

[bucks]

He was shite in 'Mary Poppins.'

 

[BlueMojito]

He was shite in 'Mary Poppins.'

;-)

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Just stumbled on this,dunno if there is anything in it,maybe they just guessing?

According to SuperDeporte, French international centre-back Eliaquim Mangala (25), not living an enthusing loanee experience at Valencia, might end up joining back Manchester City, due to the injury recently occurred to Vincent Kompany. Former Porto player is still on a deal with English club until June 2019, though Valencia might buy him back after the end of the ongoing season.

 

[Man City Gr]

Jolean Lescott just had his contact terminated in Greece.

He has some injury problems with his knee and thats why AEK terminated his contract

 

[kaz7]

Francois (Kompany's brother): "Mentally, Vincent is good. He’s just tired of these problems. Each injury is annoying, but that’s how it is."
Francois (Kompany's brother): "This injury has nothing to do with his normal muscular problem. It's just simple bad luck."

 

[kaz7]

Pep: "Vincent is training alone still. Hopefully he will be back soon, and stay fit longer than for the last 2 or 3 years. Hopefully."

 

[Chippy_boy]

Pep: "Vincent is training alone still. Hopefully he will be back soon, and stay fit longer than for the last 2 or 3 years. Hopefully."

That's a lot of "hopefully"s. Hopefully I will win Euromillions on Friday.

 

[BlueAnorak]

There's a few rumours about United going in for Atletco's Jose Gimenez - wonder if we'd be interested too?

What about the other fella - He looks very good too. What's his name? I just looked it up, it's Stefan Savic
Oh...

 

[abu13]

A defender is only as good as the system being played, at the moment a young Bobby Moore and Baresi would look shite for us.