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Kalidou Koulibaly

DidierDrogbalala said:
Apparently he's not very happy at Napoli right now
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Tricky one; ADL apparently wants £120m which is a lot for a 28yr old defender who has played in a slow paced Italian league for most of his career.  He looks very good but no idea how that translates into the PL when you consider Smalling who was discarded by Man Utd is outperforming Koulibaly this season.

 
I'd rather we look somewhere else. He's turning 29 soon and no telling how long he'll last at the top level. For 50m, I'm ok but 80m+ is absurd

 
He is under contract at Napoli until 2023 so he will be very expensive, especially in a mid-season window. I would say Ake offers much better value in the coming window.

 
forbzy said:
He is under contract at Napoli until 2023 so he will be very expensive, especially in a mid-season window. I would say Ake offers much better value in the coming window.
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Koulibaly is a world class CB while Ake is a versatile defender who may or may not make a step up to become a top tier player in the years to come. At this point in time, the only advantage Ake has over Koulibaly is age, but world class players are never many, rarely available for transfer and are always difficult and costly to acquire while the young players with potential are never in short supply.

That's not to say I'm against buying back Ake, it's just buying Koulibaly upgrades our lineup immediately. Ake at the moment looks like a decent squad player who's best asset is his versatility, but who isn't a level above the players we've already got in those positions.

 
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Deino said:
I'd rather we look somewhere else. He's turning 29 soon and no telling how long he'll last at the top level. For 50m, I'm ok but 80m+ is absurd
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Yeah, this is the problem. We need to start scouting better. Look at Liverpool, they've just scouted a very good young player from Austria, the cost? £7m. Bargain. They also scouted Andy Robertson too, another bargain gem. There are good defenders out there, but we need to scout better.

I think Tomori is a fantastic young CB and is being overlooked immensely here. I would keep him and partner him with Rudiger. However, if we scout better, we will find bargains and hidden gems. We have done it before, we can do it again. 

 
enigma said:
I think Tomori is a fantastic young CB and is being overlooked immensely here. I would keep him and partner him with Rudiger. However, if we scout better, we will find bargains and hidden gems. We have done it before, we can do it again. 
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Tomori is fine. Most people rate him and see him in the long-term project we're building.

The bigger issue is Christiensen and Zouma. These two players are replaceable if we can sign better defenders.

 
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