Nathan Ake

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Phil Jones might be available.

Might?

 

[Coatigan]

What do u mean?

That it was twitter bollocks.

 

[bluesince76]

So you would fancy dias chasing back from a high line ?

Ake
Stones
Laporte
Dias

That is how I personally rank the cbs based on pace

As I said, over 1/3 of a pitch, suspect he'd be quicker than Ake, but his acceleration is poor, probably due to his size. I'd say Stones is quickest of the four of them however you look at it, but Walker aside, there's not a lot of pace in whoever makes up the rest of the back four.

If Ake goes, I'd like to see someone a bit quicker come in, as I don't think we need size with the other choices. That said, I'm not sure how quick Cucurella is, so maybe we'd end up with two fairly quick fullbacks to provide cover

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

We would have to be certifiably insane to sell him.

 

[vin]

Mbete will come good, but we need two lefts backs not one. First choice world class player and a sprog with pace. Z deserves the chance to play more in midfield.

Zinchenko ain’t getting in our midfield. Pep doesn’t see him as a midfielder in this team I think that is plain to see.
Let’s be honest, if Pep doesn’t trust/use Phil fuckin Foden as an 8 then how on earth is Zinchenko gunna get a gig there?

 

[waspish]

Ok fair enough, but let me asknyou thus Tolmie, How much did we pay for him, wasn't it 40m to 50m anyway. So what's the point if selling him for roughly the same money, unless we have someone better lined up as 4th choice for less. Which would seem pretty unlikely as very good defenders cost £40m plus and they don't want to be 4th choice.

41m

 

[RayCTID]

We would have to be certifiably insane to sell him.

I get where you are coming from but Ake won't be getting much game time this season. And that is the bigger issue.

 

[Woody135]

Can’t understand why we are letting him leave. Stones is unable to stay fit for any length of time and he will get plenty of game time

To be fair, Ake has as bad an injury record as stones. If we’re shaking 50+ out of chelsea for ake then we’ve got a great deal, but they must (and looks like they’ll try to) replace him

 

[razman]

That it was twitter bollocks.

twitter bollocks - is mainly from the Josh Wilson / Samuel Pains etc whom I don't bother posting about on here - coz its not worth it posting on here ! coz it is bollocks

At least in my case whenever I post are from Aggregators who have decent following who quote from established outlets - otherwise I won't bother posting that.

 

[Father Paul]

If ake goes we are seriously weak at the back , by that I mean in numbers would only be an injury or two away from another defensive crisis like last season .

3 cbs in Dias stones laporte for 2 positions
3 fullbacks in Walker cancelo zinchenko for 2 positions

Cucurella is a must , and with past injury records of of our 3 cbs I would also think another cb would be a priority.

Yes we need to be well stocked up to avoid what happened in the last two games of the season just gone