Otamendi

[LHarper]

Just spoke to my mate he is adamant nothing changed done and Monday

To United

 

[Superace]

Otimendi is an excellent defender I'd be happy to have him but not if Mangala goes the other way.

 

[Daz_Blue]

If Mangala was to go the other way I hope there is no cash adjustment from us to Valencia ......would rather just sign Otemendi and let MDM go home in January if not sooner ....MDM was great last year but he is 34

 

[aguero93:20]

Twelve months ago and it was all about Mangala vs Benatia for our VK partnership. If this guy is all the rage, why was he never mentioned back then? In fact, how many of us here on this thread had actually heard of him at that time? I for one hadn't and although my knowledge of the game outside the UK and the major European clubs is limited, the fact that I'd never heard of him yet with him being touted now at stupid money just gives me the creeps.

I'd heard of him. He'd been shite at Porto.

 

[Kompany is King]

When info to share I guess they will share.

Chill.

 

[mosssideblue]

I disagree. How many other teams successfully rotate 4 centre backs?

Your prerogative and I'm not going to argue against that. We are likely to play upwards of 60 games this season, likelyhood is that Viniie will be injured for some of those (going on recent seasons).

 

[ScottSinclair]

No matter what you think of him or this signing, the fact he was on loan at Miniero is irrelevant. Valencia bought him and then got fucked over by not being able to offload a non-EU player. He just went back to Miniero because they weren't allowed to register him and he needed to stay match fit for the World Cup.

It's got nothing to do with how good a player he is, just administration bullshit. Not bei able to play him was quite a big blow to them.

Okay should have understood it had to do with something like that. How good was he in Porto compared to his season in Valencia?

 

[machine9]

Good move,I just don't think we can trust mango yet,he still looks clumsy on the ball,he has defo got everything but its wether he can sort his consistency out.

 

[PragueBlue]

Excellent defender and would love to have him here but if he does come, I doubt it would be at the expense of Mangala. I would suspect he would be more likely to come in for MD.

 

[domalino]

Okay should have understood it had to do with something like that. How good was he in Porto compared to his season in Valencia?

Well Mangala was seen as the better of the two and he was very young 21/22 then compared to 24/25 Otamendi.

But then he was bought for £10m or so which outside of England is not a small amount, so he was definitely seen as a solid player for a Valencia side hoping to get back into the CL. And then he just had a breakout year.

I assume the club have done their homework on him and trust their judgement that he's not a one season wonder. I like that he's got regular experience playing next to both Mangala and Zabaleta so I think he could settle in very quickly, and I don't think Valencia's defensive midfield is up to much, so he operated without a brick wall in front of him.

As long as we don't send Mangala the other way I think this is a great transfer, especially if we can pay less than the €50m buyout.