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Kalidou Koulibaly

JM7 said:
He sounds too much Kalou for me to take him seriously. Let's hope he's better than Kalou.
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Chelsea TV started on pay TV here over the weekend and the first thing I saw on it was 'The Best of Kalou' not Best of Zola or Drogba or Lampard or Hasselbaink but best of Kalou.

Truth be told I still watched it haha.

 
Spiller86 said:
Chelsea TV started on pay TV here over the weekend and the first thing I saw on it was 'The Best of Kalou' not Best of Zola or Drogba or Lampard or Hasselbaink but best of Kalou.

Truth be told I still watched it haha.
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Best of Mineiro would be cool [emoji1]
 
Apparently Everton have outbid us by offering €45m.

Great work getting outbid by Everton. If we continue to be tight, we're going to fall behind other clubs very quickly.

 
JM7 said:
Apparently Everton have outbid us by offering €45m.

Great work getting outbid by Everton. If we continue to be tight, we're going to fall behind other clubs very quickly.
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We were tightarses last summer and look where it got us
 
Pretty unlikely that someone would go to Everton instead of us. We'll just have to meet the price

 
the inflation of the market is crazy now, especially in italy at the moment because the players' values there have gone up so much. it wouldn't surprise me if napoli are holding out for near on €50 million. hard bargainers the italians, especially when it comes to their best players. we all saw that with a 29 year old nainggolan being valued at near on £40 million! 

 
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Shouldn't be shocked though, Everton have a cash rich owner now so offering that kind of money isn't unthinkable.

If he's a number 1 target then we should not mess about, we looked like mugs last season and we saw what happened.

 
Yeah if we try to do this on the cheap we will undermine conte and he will end up getting sacked when the players he did not want are still here not playing for him and guus will be back again.

 
According to Di Marzio Napoli are going to meet with Everton this week to get the deal done. Laughable if they pip us to his signature.

 
startedwithglenn said:
Why would it be laughable?
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Because people want an excuse to be angry with the club.

One minute I'm reading posts about fans not wanting us to sign certain players based on their price tags (Pogba, Morata) but then you read posts about people getting angry if targets go elsewhere for more money.

So where's the middle ground?

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Because people want an excuse to be angry with the club.

One minute I'm reading posts about fans not wanting us to sign certain players based on their price tags (Pogba, Morata) but then you read posts about people getting angry if targets go elsewhere for more money.

So where's the middle ground?
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You've put it a lot more politely than I was going to.

If you deem a player worth X, you shouldn't pay more than X just because a "lesser" side are willing to.

 
ForeverCarefree said:
Because people want an excuse to be angry with the club.

One minute I'm reading posts about fans not wanting us to sign certain players based on their price tags (Pogba, Morata) but then you read posts about people getting angry if targets go elsewhere for more money.

So where's the middle ground?
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It's not that at all. Koulibaly is proven and was one of the best CBs in the Serie A last season. He has potential to be world class. He fills a need. In today's market he's worth a lot more than what we're bidding. Look at the prices of Bailley, Otamendi, Mangala and potentially John Stones. CBs aren't cheap, so I don't understand why we're taking the low ball approach to sign one of the best available CBs on the market.In contrast, Morata was a backup striker for Mandzukic and has done nothing to justify his quoted fee. When has a club ever paid 65m quid for such an unproven striker? It's unprecedented territory, so of course people are going to be skeptical when we flirt with making such a move.

They're two completely different circumstances so you're going to get two completely different views. I think you could've figured that out for yourself if you wanted to but it seems you're just looking for an excuse to attack other posters.

 
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