Tugay One Cup
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Price, I guess. I seem to remember Bournemouth quoting double the alleged £35m fee but I might be wrong.
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Nathan Ake
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Price, I guess. I seem to remember Bournemouth quoting double the alleged £35m fee but I might be wrong.
Yeah idk Napoli just spent like 80 mil on a player I think. Pretty sure they can scrounge up some euros for Otamendi.Both broke. As a part exchange though, possibly to sweeten a deal for their players we are after.
I beg to differ. Laporte being the exception, all our other defenders; Walker, Stones and Mendy are equally if not more guilty than Garcia of that. Arsenal was the perfect example; Walker at fault for the first and Mendy for the second.He is a young player with great potential however already in his brief cameo’s the way he gets caught out of the line and lack of awareness of his link to the other centre half tells me he has quite a way to go.
You don't if the defence holds its line properly or you take up a good starting position. Prevention is better than cure.You need to be able to out run the attacker to be in our defence.
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Good signing imo . Look forward to it if true
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always thought whenever i saw him play he was a half decent player
Tugay One Cup
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The more I think about it, the more I can see him playing left back for us.
He gave an interview three years ago saying his favourite position is midfield. With the way we often play we expect our fullbacks to drift in and sit at the base of midfield. It's also cost us a few times this season (most recently against Chelsea and Southampton) when our current left backs have been caught out on the ball.
He's also way quicker than Zinchenko and Mendy. Mendy's sprint speed is decent but it takes him about 40 yards to accelerate. Recovery speed on the defensive end has cost us goals the same way it did in Pep's first season and then with Delph.
Although Ake will never been as dominant in the air as bigger defenders, he's an immediate improvement on any fullback we have. Walker's okay on the defensive end but has never been a threat from set pieces whereas Ake attacks the ball well and has a good anticipation of rebounds. Lightyears ahead of Zin and Mendy in that regard.
The only concern I'd really have is in terms of crossing. It's something we've lacked with the likes of Delph and Zinchenko because neither are naturally inclined to overlap down the wing. On the other hand, even when Mendy's crossing is on point we've struggled to get anyone on the end of it and the likes of De Bruyne, Mahrez, Foden and hopefully Ferran Torres all have the ability to whip in a dangerous ball anyway.
I might be talking out of my arse and I'm not sure that it's a good idea to go into yet another season without a reliable, natural left back but I'm sure we'll see him there at some point.
He gave an interview three years ago saying his favourite position is midfield. With the way we often play we expect our fullbacks to drift in and sit at the base of midfield. It's also cost us a few times this season (most recently against Chelsea and Southampton) when our current left backs have been caught out on the ball.
He's also way quicker than Zinchenko and Mendy. Mendy's sprint speed is decent but it takes him about 40 yards to accelerate. Recovery speed on the defensive end has cost us goals the same way it did in Pep's first season and then with Delph.
Although Ake will never been as dominant in the air as bigger defenders, he's an immediate improvement on any fullback we have. Walker's okay on the defensive end but has never been a threat from set pieces whereas Ake attacks the ball well and has a good anticipation of rebounds. Lightyears ahead of Zin and Mendy in that regard.
The only concern I'd really have is in terms of crossing. It's something we've lacked with the likes of Delph and Zinchenko because neither are naturally inclined to overlap down the wing. On the other hand, even when Mendy's crossing is on point we've struggled to get anyone on the end of it and the likes of De Bruyne, Mahrez, Foden and hopefully Ferran Torres all have the ability to whip in a dangerous ball anyway.
I might be talking out of my arse and I'm not sure that it's a good idea to go into yet another season without a reliable, natural left back but I'm sure we'll see him there at some point.
Gabriel
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Both broke. As a part exchange though, possibly to sweeten a deal for their players we are after.
Yes. I think many players will be going out as part of deals rather than for straight cash; either that or we are looking at deferred payments. It’s one of the reasons I mentioned in the Stones thread about the possibility of him going to Arsenal and us possibly having to take a player from there. Strange times may call for strange trades.
mosssideblue
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Say it as often as you like, it still doesn't necessarily mean you're correctNot good enough for City but would walk into a rag team, said it before, too much of a poser.
Otamendi may yet have sale value, if included as part of a Torres team. I'd also think an italian team would go for him too.
The problem is his wages. £120k a week apparently.
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