Virgil van Dijk

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

I was impressed by him last night, I think he would be great for us

 

[SWP's back]

I've always hated him against us because he's been excellent every game as I've said before.

Just buy him. If Kompany recovers then great stuff. But buy him anyway.

 

[IWasHere]

Yep,he is a fantastic athlete and defender - he has the mobility and speed to deal with the likes of Sturridge and the size and physicality to deal with the big bastards,he seems to be improving too.

Without tempting fate on the lad,does he ever get injured?

Maybe niggles but nothing too serious

Personally I think we'll get either him or Laporte this summer, if vinnie keeps on getting injured

 

[mosssideblue]

Maybe we are waiting to see whether we can get Kompany playing before we go ahead and buy another defender.

It,s keeping him playing that has been the problem.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I've always hated him against us because he's been excellent every game as I've said before.
Just buy him. If Kompany recovers then great stuff. But buy him anyway.

On this we agree. Awesome player. Just buy him.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Maybe we are waiting to see whether we can get Kompany playing before we go ahead and buy another defender.

We need a centre back anyway. Kompany will be fourth choice centre back next season I think, can't rely on him.

 

[aguero93:20]

We need a centre back anyway. Kompany will be fourth choice centre back next season I think, can't rely on him.

This.

 

[CityForever45]

Get him

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Does anybody find it irritating that one of our scouts would've been watching him every week while at Celtic - due to keeping track of Denayer?

We should've been in there to snap him up for a decent fee.

 

[supercity88]

Does anybody find it irritating that one of our scouts would've been watching him every week while at Celtic - due to keeping track of Denayer?

We should've been in there to snap him up for a decent fee.

That's a good point. They probably felt the SPL was a piss poor league like most on here!
So we went for a hugely hyped player from the Portuguese league that loads were keen on, and a highly rated defender in La Liga and then the most highly rated English centre back.

The scouts/club seem to forget where we got Zabba and Kompany from and what they became. I still think the club could be much more effective in the transfer market. We seem to buy talent very young when it's years off appearing for the first team, and then spend big on players that should be instantly able to transform the first team. This hasn't turned out particularly well in recent seasons. We're still reliant largely on Silva, Aguero and Yaya whilst Kompany is our best defender despite never playing. De Bruyne is the only player that has truly and consistently improved us from what we had before.