The stories about us wanting Mina were bullshit, so I'll assume the Boateng stories are too. No way will we waste money on a crock that Bayern are desperate to get rid of
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I know he didn't have a great World Cup (which German player did), but it's odd that so many people are so opposed to signing Boateng, while at the same time being in favour of us signing Alderweireld - their profiles really aren't that different.
Both are experienced ball-playing CBs. Both are 29 years old. In the last two seasons combined, Alderweireld has missed 38 games in all comps through injury, Boateng has missed 33. Boateng is better on the ball and quite a lot better in the air (Alderweireld would be the weakest of all our CBs in that regard). Boateng has also won the World Cup, the Champions League and 6 league titles and has more top level experience.
For the record, I'd be very happy with Alderweireld, but the double standards here are a little odd.
Both are experienced ball-playing CBs. Both are 29 years old. In the last two seasons combined, Alderweireld has missed 38 games in all comps through injury, Boateng has missed 33. Boateng is better on the ball and quite a lot better in the air (Alderweireld would be the weakest of all our CBs in that regard). Boateng has also won the World Cup, the Champions League and 6 league titles and has more top level experience.
For the record, I'd be very happy with Alderweireld, but the double standards here are a little odd.
FFS
Bayern have sold us injury prone, past-it crocks twice before in Hargreaves and Schweinsteiger. If we get this guy as well, we'll be a laughing stock.
Bayern have sold us injury prone, past-it crocks twice before in Hargreaves and Schweinsteiger. If we get this guy as well, we'll be a laughing stock.
Have you watched Boateng play in the last year? There's your difference
Alderweirld (not learning to spell it unless he signs) is probably the best CB in the PL when he plays. Boateng is clearly very much past it already
I think it's because Aldeweireld had one big injury, which he's now over, whereas Boateng has picked up multiple injuries over the past couple of seasons a la Jones.
Neither of which cost us that much remember.
Talking about Alderweireld vs Boateng, @Infra-red posted this above which is interesting.
I'm not saying that you are 'Team Alderweireld'. But assuming that we do need a new CB, Boateng is not a bad shout by any means and would certainly improve our back line.
His biggest issue right now is, that he seems to have lost quite a bit of pace. Considering that you guys like to park the bus so much, that wouldn’t be much of a problem. He’d be defending deep in his own half anyway, so pace doesn’t really matter.
Otherwise he’s still a fine player, but he’s struggling to regain form and consistency. If I were you, I wouldn’t do it. But it looks very much like something Mourinho would do.
Otherwise he’s still a fine player, but he’s struggling to regain form and consistency. If I were you, I wouldn’t do it. But it looks very much like something Mourinho would do.
In the last 3 seasons Boating has played 31, 21 and 31 times. His body is shot, stay well away.
It looks like something that Jose would avoid at all costs. I don't remember Jose signing a player with so many injury issues.
Hargreaves was 26 when we bought him and hardly a crock. He only went down the pan injury wise when he came here.
Slightly above average? He's the best center back in Germany. He's injured all the time, yes. But he's certainly not average.
I'm happy of giving every player a chance but I'm weary of buying from Bayern.
Alderweirld, Mina, Maguire and now Boateng. Is Lovern next?
Desperate for an experienced CB.
Wallace is a pretty poor source. The fact that he is still peddling us having failed with Mina undermines his credibility further.
We were linked with him months ago. It is either us or PSG that will buy him. Lets wait and see what this is all about, but i wouldnt be surprised if Toby and Maguire are getting priced out by their clubs and we go for Boateng. Bayern only want 50m Euros, while the other two will cost around 70m pounds if they dont budge
Hope this is nonsense. This guy is certainly no better than Bailly and one hell of a lot poorer than Toby A
If Bayern try to get rid, they know he's done. That's all we need to know about the player.
Watch him moan about injuries when he inevitably gets injured.
If he can stay fit then he is still a top class defender. His reading of the game and ability in the air would not have diminished but his pace certainly has over the years, he used to be a very quick defender at his peak but over the last few seasons he has lost that ability.
Between him and Toby, I haven't seen Toby too much but Boateng would certainly be a risk given his fitness issues. Toby may not have played a lot last season but the previous two seasons he missed just 8 games. When you look at Boateng you can see that he has missed numerous games throughout the previous 3 seasons, that's a more worrying sign than having just one season of injury troubles.
If both cost the same, I would rather go for Toby because of his experience in the EPL and he seems to be fitter than Boateng though Boateng is still a quality defender.
Between him and Toby, I haven't seen Toby too much but Boateng would certainly be a risk given his fitness issues. Toby may not have played a lot last season but the previous two seasons he missed just 8 games. When you look at Boateng you can see that he has missed numerous games throughout the previous 3 seasons, that's a more worrying sign than having just one season of injury troubles.
If both cost the same, I would rather go for Toby because of his experience in the EPL and he seems to be fitter than Boateng though Boateng is still a quality defender.
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Why? Why add another crock to the injury laden CB rank?
Why do we have this constant fetish for looking at 29yo plus players?
50m for Boateng.
Why not just throw 70m at Levy then and get Tobby ? We're not getting any CB for less than 50m this summer.
I'm a big fan on Boateng but he's past it. I don't trust Bayern selling a German international.
Haven't seen much of him in the last years, I think he was injured most of the times. He was a fantastic defender, maybe even the best in the world at some point, but I doubt that he'll ever regain such level. His injury record is atrocious as well
don't think that story has any legs to it and praying it don't, but if this is the kind of player who is on Jose's list of 5 players then no wonder Ed aint signing them, if we buy him they will just go buy Pavard so really we would be as well skipping the Boateng and go straight for Pavard.
Are you sure that you didn't add the times when he was left on the bench because of the contract situation?
Never been the same after Messi made him fall over his ankles.
Well, maybe - I simply added up the number of games absent through injury as recorded by the website 'transfermarkt'. They tend to be fairly reliable with their statistics, but I suppose we can never be sure whether a player was injured or dumped from the side for some other reason that is later attributed to "injury" by less-than-truthful managers.
I suppose the point I was making was that both Boateng and Alderweireld have had injury issues in the last year or two and they are both at an age where their fitness probably can't be absolutely relied upon going forward.
We still serenade him with "City Reject, City Reject" regardless, right?
Sounds like Ed is busy working his way down Jose's CB list as deadline day approaches
We're actually going to do it aren't we, we're going to make another big expensive mistake. Will we ever learn?
Injury prone. Lost all pace. Bayern want rid, but still asking for a ridiculous amount of money.
Yep, sounds like a transfer we'd make.
Yep, sounds like a transfer we'd make.
How good was he last season? Terrible in the World Cup but that can happen. At one point people were calling him the best CB in the world? Has he declined for club level? There must be some reason they are selling him. I fear it may the same reason they sold us BFS.
Yerry Mina dont look so bad now Mina haters? 
Are we really doing this? What are the chances it won't end in tears?
Indeed. Boateng must be way down the list. It's a complete and utter shambles really.
It's clear that we don't want to pay anything close to 50m for a defender and are going down the list every time we're asked for a high fee thinking we'll get someone cheaper. From Tobby to Maguire and now Boateng. We're just wasting time.
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