Nicolas Otamendi

[richards30]

No chance we'll get that much with his wages.

I think we'll be lucky to get anything for him and wouldn't be surprised to see him leave on a free or even out on loan - Porto will need to supplement his wages somehow.

If we do manage a fee, I can't see it being over £5m.

havent they just rinsed wolves for 3 players?

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

With the wages he is on we wont be getting any fee. A loan or a transfer where we pay him off is more likely but then whats the point of that. He might as well stay as back up which is where this is heading.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Isn’t worth less than what Liverpool received for Lovren but we likely won’t even get a fee.

 

[decmancity]

We have had more than our value from Nico and I don't think we are going to be going back and forth for weeks to get a fee.

Mendes might be able to work his magic and get some sort of fee but realistically I think Txiki will be happy to get his wages off the books.

We paid circa 28m for him I think and we have definitely had our value from that transfer.

 

[domalino]

Had some great games and some absolute stinkers. Benefitted from having Kompany next to him as have many others. Time for him to move on and he probably knows that. Will be remembered well and I'm sure will get a good reception if he comes back and we can all laugh as he dives in to another tackle.

Don't think he benefited from being next to Kompany much at all, his best period was always alongside Stones where he really lead the defence.

He's a good defender with one glaring weakness - pace - but he's always given 100%, always played through all sort of small injuries when we needed him. He's one of the few players in recent times who I think leaves the club without any mixed feeling over if he could have been better or if he gave everything he could to the club.

I assume Porto play a deeper line of defence as they have 37 year old Pepe, and I think he'll do really well there.

 

[Sheikh rattle and roll]

Don't think he benefited from being next to Kompany much at all, his best period was always alongside Stones where he really lead the defence.

He's a good defender with one glaring weakness - pace - but he's always given 100%, always played through all sort of small injuries when we needed him. He's one of the few players in recent times who I think leaves the club without any mixed feeling over if he could have been better or if he gave everything he could to the club.

I assume Porto play a deeper line of defence as they have 37 year old Pepe, and I think he'll do really well there.

He got in the league team of the year and was in everyone’s fantasy team that year scored about 6 Goals as well
Sometimes a little rash but fearless will put his head in anywhere
I will be sorry to see the warrior go

 

[bluecityste]

We probably won't get a fee and will end up paying part of his wages somehow - our record, Iheanacho aside, is woeful when it comes to selling players unfortunately.

 

[jayfx]

A lot of mention of his wages her. Can someone tell me what he's on a week, please?

 

[Out on blue 6]

Don't think he benefited from being next to Kompany much at all, his best period was always alongside Stones where he really lead the defence.

He's a good defender with one glaring weakness - pace - but he's always given 100%, always played through all sort of small injuries when we needed him. He's one of the few players in recent times who I think leaves the club without any mixed feeling over if he could have been better or if he gave everything he could to the club.

I assume Porto play a deeper line of defence as they have 37 year old Pepe, and I think he'll do really well there.

Don't doubt his commitment at all. He's an ok defender who aligned with a bit of a lack of pace dived in too much and was square on a lot of the time. Be interesting if we have a poor season defensively this season how many will be pining for Otamendi back. He goes with my best wishes but Ake is a better option in this team

 

[yaya jamie]

Do we need to be smarter about this sale? If we sort his departure before getting another centre back sorted, does it make our negotiation position even worse? Anyone we buy from could dig their heals in knowing we need to fill the hole. I mean, they are anyway but could make things worse