Otamendi

[jpinblue]

Mangala is certainly settling into things, but our management team obviously see Otamendi as an instant, and fully experienced player who can fit in immediately

Mangala will improve his game in Valencia for a year, and If Marcos Lopes joins him, then great!

It doesn't seem as though will give Valencia the option to buy, so I see it playing out like this...]

Otamendi in
Mangala and Lopes Out

Next Summer

Mangala and Lopes back in
MDM out (or moved into CDM, permanently)

Makes sense to me.

 

[bondsman]

If we let any cb go surely it has to be mdm. He's been great but past his best. People on here keep saying otamendi is one of best cb in world but I don't believe many of us have really seen him play enough to claim that. He hasn't been a regular in a team that people see in the champs league year on year etc. I'm sure he's decent and probably an upgrade on mdm but mangala surely deserves a bit more time and has the advantage of premier league experience. Mangala still has a lot to prove but loaning out a player you paid £32 mil for seems bizarre.

 

[George Hannah]

People are forgetting that this deal was in place before yesterday & probably before the Baggies game. This isn't just something that has popped up out of nowhere. Again, Mangala might not be going anywhere...

So you think rank stupidity is improved by being protracted?

 

[bugsyblue]

I love the fact that people aren't prone to hyperbole on here.

Haha of course it's a ridiculous over the top statement ric - I was pissed and just watched Kompany and Mangala boss the champions - but the point still stands; Why would we want to disrupt a new solid centre partnership and introduce a new player, to a new league, mid season? Seems madness is to me.

 

[razman]

More talks re #MCFC & Otamendi today. Valencia want Mangala loan as part of it, but initial idea now been knocked back - i.e. he stays

This is from Daniel Taylor guardian

 

[Stephenhakin]

Mangala going nowhere.

 

[George Hannah]

Otamendi in
Mangala and Lopes Out
Next Summer
Mandala and Lopes back in
MDM out (or moved into CDM, permanently)

Makes sense to me.

Well that's OK then.

 

[Eds]

Said it last season and nothing I have seen suggests otherwise, Managala is already a good player and will become a top class player.

 

[blueinsa]

Mangala is going nowhere pmsl.

 

[ox-blue]

Mangala going nowhere.

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