He has a buy out clause, so doubt De Laurentis can sell for more..More likely so De Laurentis can sell him for more £££.
Yeah, but no one will pay the clause until he gets back to full fitness and plays. If he wanted the cash now, he there's no way it would be for the full release clause.He has a buy out clause, so doubt De Laurentis can sell for more..
Ghoulam is very close to full fitness and it would be to silly to sell him now when they're in the mix to win the Scudetto.Yeah, but no one will pay the clause until he gets back to full fitness and plays. If he wanted the cash now, he there's no way it would be for the full release clause.
Thought it wasnt back till March/April.Ghoulam is very close to full fitness and it would be to silly to sell him now when they're in the mix to win the Scudetto.
Thought it wasnt back till March/April.
Obviously we won't buy him in January, he will have until August to prove he is fit and back to his best. If he's nearly ready to play again he should be fully fit by the summer no problem.Here we go again regarding return to play after ACL reconstruction... The evidence points quite clearly that returning within 9 months after surgery is correlated with an increased risk of a new ACL injury, both in the previous injured leg and the non injured leg. Returning within 6 months is just plain stupid and the risk of getting a new injury is sky high. The Napoli Medical Staff have shown their incompetence multiple times, just ask Milik who returned within 3,5 months and just injured his other knee. They are really risking their players careers..
Think we'll sign Tierney too if the RMC report is true...If we are to sign Ghoulam, is is imperative that we undertake due diligence in assessing what shape his knee is in. Pre-injury, it would have made a lot of sense to sign him, especially considering he was at that stage on a Bosman at the end of this season (Although he has since signed a new contract). Now, considering both an injured ACL and a fractured kneecap, we would have to be exceptionally confident in his knee in order to sign him. Knee injuries stand out IMO vis-a-vis other injuries in that they are more likely to have a longer-term impact, possibly career-ending. Given that concern, the only way you would spend €30m on Ghoulam is if you were fully confident in the condition of his knee.
Why do you doubt that? Not saying we are but I believe we've been linked before.Would assume his club/agent is flogging him around Europe. I doubt we're interested.
What do we need 2 LBs for? 3 if you still include Shaw.Think we'll sign Tierney too if the RMC report is true...
Why do you doubt that? Not saying we are but I believe we've been linked before.
Napoli will not accept that. They'll wait for him to gain fitness and his valuation to increase.
Hypothetically-speaking, signing both Tierney and Ghoulam would make more sense. IMO, both Shaw and Young need to be replaced in the short-to-medium-term future, so signing a LB in their relative prime and another promising young LB as an understudy would be a good strategy. However, while Tierney may fit the second criteria, I'm not entirely confident that post-injury Ghoulam fits the first criteria. Who knows though, his knee mightn't be in that bad a condition; only time will tell.Think we'll sign Tierney too if the RMC report is true...
That probably makes sense then.Given his recent injuries and our lack of a viable alternative option at leftback, it is unthinkable that we would sign this player. We'll be shopping for someone to come immediately into the starting XI.
If I'm not wrong, he recovered from his ACL tear in January and had started training.My main worry with him would be he's recovering from an ACL surgery. Really want to get Tierney and groom him for that. Ghoulam is 27, and players never recover instantly from ACL surgeries. Might take a while for him to get back to his best. Especially if he'd move to an intense league right away... Would not be the best move IMO.
Apparently he has a €35 million release clause for clubs outside Italy.Napoli will not accept that. They'll wait for him to gain fitness and his valuation to increase.
He has a patella fracture now accroding to transfermarkt. Anybody know if it is the same knee? I dont know if the first injury has something to do with his injury now, but knee injuries always are tricky.
Yes it's the same knee (his right).
What do we need 2 LBs for? 3 if you still include Shaw.
Ghoulam is on a different level to Tierney anyway but we’d have to make sure he could withstand the rigours of the PL first
The 20-year-old's ability to operate in both full back positions and as a central defender is of value to Mourinho, who prefers footballers capable of working in a range of systems.What do we need 2 LBs for? 3 if you still include Shaw.
Ghoulam is on a different level to Tierney anyway but we’d have to make sure he could withstand the rigours of the PL first
Bouhafshi meant to be the real deal right?
Bouhafshi meant to be the real deal right?
He's the real deal, looks like we are genuinely in for him then.
Really happy with what I've seen from him but little scared about his injury.
