His playing out tonight has been superb as well. He has pinged a few across field passes with good accuracy. Vvd is a good all round defender but so is KK
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His playing out tonight has been superb as well. He has pinged a few across field passes with good accuracy. Vvd is a good all round defender but so is KK
Don't rate him to be honest, and I saw him back in the Torino days. Not a very high footballing IQ. Plus he is too old, would take time to adapt etc.
He's looked rock solid in the couple of games against Neymar/Mbappe. The problem is transfer prices are ridiculous these days, but for 80m I would go for him, test their resolve.
The market these day is just plain inflated. Thus any CB who could take you from keeping 1 clean sheet in 11 league games to 10 clean sheets in 11, for example would be a "100m improvement' in such a market. To be frank......
He will be 28 by the start of next season and he’ll cost a fortune, so let’s stay away. I always have something against heavy guys, and their knees mixed with age... it usually doesn’t end well.
Watching the game and the brother is good.
What his injury record like?
Dude has been consistently awesome for 3 years now. Can't believe he's still there.
Kalidou Koulibaly's tackle on Kylian Mbappé
I saw from 60 mins+, when he was involved he did well but there werent many questions asked of him specifically. Napoli defended very well as a team with good organization and Alan was a madman in midfield with 8 tackles and 1 interception. Even Callejon made 4 tackles and 3 interceptions.
So certainly nothing wrong with what I saw but for sure Napoli helped him out more than we would with our current tactics and team play.
So certainly nothing wrong with what I saw but for sure Napoli helped him out more than we would with our current tactics and team play.
He was still their standout defender, certainly Napoli is a more solid team to defend with, but he's someone I would have no fear looking out of place on defense with any team.
I reckon he would cost us around £100m.
Since 15/16 i saw him have exactly 3 bad big games: home against roma 16/17, at the bernabeu 16/17 and away at juventus this season
That's what, €110M? More than that
Buy him, if he needs to offload defenders get rid of Jones and Bailly
If we can pry him away from Napoli, we should pay whatever is necessary.
Break the bank. Age is not a problem when you're that good. he's only 27 so it's not exactly old.
He would be 28 by the start of next season, that’s old when you’re at 100m for a central defenders. Stay away, get someone at 25.
I think the squad could do with another potential leader. 28 is a good age. 100 million is crazy but he’s world class. If we got him I’d also go for a top youth prospect like De Ligt if we can actually afford both. Saying that We also still really need a RW, a great young midfielder to replace Matic and a striker to compete with Rom and push him.
I would prefer the Inter defender simply because he is a few years younger.
Why not spend on both? Ship Jones and Rojo and if Bailly not needed
How is 28 old now? Feck me I thought it was 29 a year ago
Here we go about the age thing again. I thought its discussed to death already. 
Hi guys new to the furom but I have been following and reading post on here for the last 5 years..
I have watched napoli regularly in the last 4 seasons ever since sarri took over them and I have to say this guy has developed to one of the best center backs out there...ed has to do all he can to bring him to old Trafford. His powerful, great defender and great ability to play a perfect pass..
For me he is simply quality
I have watched napoli regularly in the last 4 seasons ever since sarri took over them and I have to say this guy has developed to one of the best center backs out there...ed has to do all he can to bring him to old Trafford. His powerful, great defender and great ability to play a perfect pass..
For me he is simply quality
I can't see Woody/Glazers sanctioning £200m on 2 CB'S especially as we need to invest in other areas.
Also, Rojos, Jones wouldn't bring us much in fact he will be hard getting them off our wage bill.
What a brilliant tackle. I think that Koulibaly would be a perfect signing for us, but I can't imagine how much he would cost. If VVD cost £75 million than Koulibaly would easily go over £100 million! Still, I think the he would be worth it.
It has to said that the figure of £100m that the Napoli president mentioned is wrong. His exact quote was “Yes, all true,” the president confirmed to Sky, “He comes outright for a total of €13 million.”
He then declared: “Koulibali, he has renewed with us for another five seasons.
“He is the best defender in the world probably. For him I have refused €90 million from three clubs because I do not sell.”
€90m in £ is £78.49m by the current exchange rate.
If Napoli turned that down it will obviously take more but i can't see it being £100m.
He then declared: “Koulibali, he has renewed with us for another five seasons.
“He is the best defender in the world probably. For him I have refused €90 million from three clubs because I do not sell.”
€90m in £ is £78.49m by the current exchange rate.
If Napoli turned that down it will obviously take more but i can't see it being £100m.
There isn't one defender that can improve a defense from keeping just 1 clean sheet to keeping 10 by himself. It's a team effort.
Brilliant defender, and one of the very few who could come in to our team and have a huge positive effect.
In my opinion, we shouldn't be spending crazy money on a defender. What we need is better scouting, to identify relatively cheap but capable players to slot in, and then focus on spending big in midfield and attack. Since Liverpool spent 75m on a defender and somewhat improved their defense, it seems a lot of people here think we need to do the same. Most of, if not all of the biggest football clubs in the world currently do not spend crazy on defenders and there's a reason for that.
Look at what VVD did for Liverpool.
Sometimes 1 player can make a difference, confidence breeds.
Anyway we need a right back, a cb and more important a CDM that breaks up play and tracks runners.
It's not old if it's a player on your books or someone who's contract is up, but someone's age becomes more relevant when you are looking at upwards of 100mill to sign them.
Not sure he'd leave Napoli for us, but if it's possible throw all the money we have at him and Napoli.
Because with our current manager even having the 2 most expensive CBs in the world wouldnt lead us to playing football thats good to watch
I never get why such myth persists. 1 player can easily be the difference between you be terrible to you being great just by the differences they bring to plug what you lack.
For example we lack organisational leadership, composure and aerial dominance amongst our most experienced cbs. Give us just one CB with those in abundance and suddenly our defence will morph into a formidable unit. The same way just adding VDV did to Pool's back line. Even before Alisson was added.
It was the same thing when we added Cantona way back when. We suddenly morphed from an ok team trying to win things in to an all cconquering one. All because of the intangibles he himself added.
Koulibaly himself won't change anything until our approach and tactics change. Someone mentioned the high work rate of alan and other napoli players. He'll be exposed and won't be able to do what he's good at which is sticking with runners and making recovery challenges even driving the team up the pitch on some occasions.
Liverpool was an attacking team and played high pressing before VVD arrival.
He’s better than Skriniar
Haven't you read the memo? You are pretty much done at 25 these days, and only a young player till 19.
Death? You're not dead by 28, only one butt cheek in a wheel chair. At 35 you are more or less facing death.Here we go about the age thing again. I thought its discussed to death already.
No defender is worth 100m, the time to get him would've been before he left for Napoli. De Ligt is better value for 60m with 10 years of potential service on offer.
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