Virgil van Dijk

[J_MCFC21]

If he joins us then i'm expecting a very good reception when we play them in Jan from the Liverpool fans.. :D

 

[Ruzzles]

Van dijks plays mostly on the left for Southampton, it isn’t a problem.

He actually played on the left all his carreer. At Groningen and Celtic as well

 

[Matt.D]

At his best VVD is up there with Alderweireld as the best centre back in the premier league. As an individual he can bully and dominate players the way Vinnie did a few years ago. Signing him massively strengthens our squad and would have us set at centre half for the next 5 years. He will have plenty of games even if he is '3rd choice' and I don't think it would take too long before he becomes an automatic starter in the big games regardless of the improvement of Stones / Otamendi.

 

[blueparrot]

Think once Mendy is back we will see 3 at the back more often with 2 up front, gives us a chance to rest Sane and Sterling. Bit as well. May be next season we see that though.

 

[BigOscar]

Think once Mendy is back we will see 3 at the back more often with 2 up front, gives us a chance to rest Sane and Sterling. Bit as well. May be next season we see that though.

Fucking hope not. We're the best team in Premier League history playing the way we are, no idea why we'd want to fuck that up and play 3 at the back

 

[City_Sean]

If you look at the improvement that Otamendi and Stones have made under Pep then the thought of VVD being there too is tantalising. He's already a top, top defender but Pep could make him one of the best in the world.

 

[blueparrot]

Fucking hope not. We're the best team in Premier League history playing the way we are, no idea why we'd want to fuck that up and play 3 at the back

Because Pep likes the options to play different ways and when we had Mendy and Walker 3 at the back was one he used so he could play Jesus and Aguero together, he's said he needs Mendy to play them together more.

 

[hihosilva]

Nah, it isn’t necessary to have one right footed and one left footed centre back to work well.

Believe me it does

 

[malg]

It's not my money, so I don't care if we pay £60m for him. According to the meedja we overpaid for:

Sterling
KdB
Stones
Lescott
Walker

....and probably more. Funnily enough, no one mentions it any more.

 

[RandomJ]

Because Pep likes the options to play different ways and when we had Mendy and Walker 3 at the back was one he used so he could play Jesus and Aguero together, he's said he needs Mendy to play them together more.

We play our best football with Sterling and Sane as wingers. Going back to 3 at the back means one of them would have to warm the bench. I just don't see the point in this transfer to go back to a less effective formation. Make far more sense to just sign a cheaper 3rd choice CB who would be happy to play a back up role.