Virgil van Dijk

[Cityisland]

25mil. get it done.

 

[Yates]

He's 6 months into a new 6 year contract he signed in may, after only signing a five year deal when he signed in september just last year.

Therefore we can assume he is very well regarded and southampton knew that very soon clubs would come sniffing and probably built have some clauses built in his contract.
I think they bought him for about £13m.

He looks the part on the little I have seen of him but didn't he partner Denayer at Celtic? Maybe if Denayer had been bought by a club giving him regular starts and not chucked into the midfield of a defensive side managed by a complete fucking nupty, we'd be seeing him have a blinding few games and thinking why did we do letting him go?

As it is, from the BBC, "Denayer played just seven passes despite playing the full match in midfield, while Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson played 128".

Personally, i'd rather we get 2 new full backs.

Van Dijk took the utter piss out of the Scottish league, he would even dribble his way to the opponents box at times. He's a better defender than Denayer.

 

[Yates]

Being from Scotland, I seen a lot of Van Dijk and I genuinely did say that Southampton would be the perfect move for him, top 10 side, possibility of Europa league, that's his next step, I didn't think he was City level then but with what we bought during that time, he deserved a shot and now that he's done well with Southampton, I'm all for it, probably a ridiculous fee though.

Edit: To anyone objecting to potentially signing Van Dijk, I ask, Van Dijk or Kolarov?

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

25 mil release clause being reported tonight.

 

[Paul_Powers_Tash]

Massive no brainer. A real centre half unlike Kollorov and Otamendi.

 

[Yates]

25 mil release clause being reported tonight.

Wrap it up in January if that's the case. Or we could let him sign a new contract with a £50M release clause and pay that in the summer, sounds like a City thing to do.

 

[Sunnysideupp]

why not just bring back Denayer? Didn't denayer win the SPL player of the year when he and Virgil played together for Celtic. For me that's an indication that Denayer is a better player.. at least potentially.. all Denayer needs is a consistent run in the team

 

[Yates]

why not just bring back Denayer? Didn't denayer win the SPL player of the year when he and Virgil played together for Celtic. For me that's an indication that Denayer is a better player.. at least potentially.. all Denayer needs is a consistent run in the team

Denayer won Young player of the year. Van Dijk was the main man though and offers what we are lacking, sheer dominant defender, who also can fit into what Pep wants. He's also very athletic and is probably quicker than all of our defenders.

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Denayer won Young player of the year. Van Dijk was the main man though and offers what we are lacking, sheer dominant defender, who also can fit into what Pep wants. He's also very athletic and is probably quicker than all of our defenders.

Scores goals like Messi, too.



No brainer.

 

[Jimbob]

Would love him at our place.

 

[Credo]

He was poor today.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I'll drive to his house and bring him to Manchester myself

 

[Edwin Edwin]

Reliable sources in Holland actually confirm the 30 M € release clause..Nowhere in the current market will you find a proper CB at a steal.I'd be very concerned with our judgement if we pass him on and think we'd find better value out there.

 

[Yates]

Scores goals like Messi, too.



No brainer.

We'll all be asking why when he signs for Liverpool and smashes it there. There's no way, he isn't on City's radar though so I hope he's approached to come here

 

[Helmet Cole]

Him and Bonucci in Jan please. Can't see it happening though :-(
Its a sellers market in Jan as buys are usually driven by some sort of crisis, so if we do do business we can expect to have our pants pulled down for double what we should be paying.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Must have in January.

 

[FantasyIreland]

He was poor today.

How exactly?

 

[domalino]

If the £25m clause is true it's a no brainer. IMO Denayer was the better of the two at Celtic, but then again, there was a time when Rooney was better than Ronaldo for the rags, one went on to fulfil potential and the other went bald.

We only have 1 CB for the future under Pep as far as I'm concerned, and it's Stones. Going forward we need to find at least 2 more who are front line and a 4th who would be a youth prospect.

I'm not sure that VVD will be one of the best defenders in the world like some think, but I do think he's good enough to be one of the 3 main defenders.

 

[razman]

for the reported price , need him in asap !

 

[SWP's back]

Him and Bonucci in Jan please. Can't see it happening though :-(
Its a sellers market in Jan as buys are usually driven by some sort of crisis, so if we do do business we can expect to have our pants pulled down for double what we should be paying.

Can't have you pants pulled down with a release clause.