Vesper 30,270 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 my favourite CB targets (this assumes Raphaël Varane is off the board) just putting this out there for the historical record as it look like we are buying Kounde Alessandro Bastoni Left footer Matthijs de Ligt Marquinhos José María Giménez Aymeric Laporte Left footer (IF Pep is actually selling him) Maxence Lacroix Sven Botman Left footer Alessio Romagnoli Left footer Milan Skriniar Lucas Hernández Left footer Edmond Tapsoba Wesley Fofana Presnel Kimpembe Left footer Gianluca Mancini Evan N'Dicka Left footer Ronald Araújo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,985 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Obviously most people would prefer a monstrous Koulibaly or VVD sized monster at the back but I don’t think it’ll be a huge issue. In fact, I’d miss Zouma’s height more in attack than in defense if we sell him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: I have been lifting weights for 10 years so i am most probalby stronger than Kounde. but that was not the point. I said in kreisklasse, which is the lowest division in German football i would surely best any defender this small given he has a similar skill level. This is why you could expect a big striker with a similar, top level skill set as Kounde to have a huge advantage over him. I suppose one argument would be that a number of these big, strapping centre forwards we're talking about probably don't have as high a skill level as him. I've watched a few videos of him today and one thing is he does look powerful across the ground so I don't see him being consistently bullied in that way. The height is obviously a concern but everything else about him looks very, very good. He's never going to win everything in the air, and there will no doubt be cases where it is a problem. However no player is completely perfect and if Tuchel is looking at defenders who are comfortable on the ball to dominate possession and quick across the ground to play a higher line then he does seem to tick boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,270 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Obviouly Kounde is a skilled defender but if i were still playing striker(i am 1,92 and well over 90kg) and got a 1,78, 70kg CB lined up against me in Kreisklasse i would eat him alive. That guy would either leave the pitch with 5 goals conceded or a broken ribcage lol. Surely, the refs down there are half blind half lenient but so are the refs in PL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,369 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 TT is playing a game tonight with only Alonso over 182 cm. Maybe he is trying to revolutionise football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,270 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: TT is playing a game tonight with only Alonso over 182 cm. Maybe he is trying to revolutionise football. Blue Armour, We Hate Scouse, bigbluewillie and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,270 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2021 Club Friendly Paris Saint-Germain Sevilla FC http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2021/friendly-sevilla-vs-psg-s3/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,327 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 the good thing about Kounde is his age. we can sell him in the future. on the other hand, varane is 28 years old... Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mário César 1,327 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Hermione said: His wage demands are also probably very low as well, if we signed Varane, Christensen and Rudiger would've wanted better wages to match Varane. And kounde have a lot of potential Varane was very good but his last 2 seasons was very inconsistent. organize and comand United defense without Ramos will be a good test for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,119 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mário César said: And kounde have a lot of potential Varane was very good but his last 2 seasons was very inconsistent. organize and comand United defense without Ramos will be a good test for him No worries, var and the refs will have his back in case he fucks up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beigl 1,387 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 I swear some people would have Zouma or Dunk over Cannavaro as well. 😂 DDA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,385 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, Beigl said: I swear some people would have Zouma or Dunk over Cannavaro as well. 😂 Tbf Bobby Zamora did mug off Cannavaro quite bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) Edited July 27, 2021 by milka Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,369 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Well if we get Kounde for something like Zouma + 20-25m I can still see Haaland deal happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: Well if we get Kounde for something like Zouma + 20-25m I can still see Haaland deal happening. Don't think Zouma is valued at 40 million and Tuchel supposedly still want a new midfielder... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,187 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 50m and Zouma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,369 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Jas said: Don't think Zouma is valued at 40 million and Tuchel supposedly still want a new midfielder... I dont think Sevilla will ask for more than 60m euros in Covid time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said: I dont think Sevilla will ask for more than 60m euros in Covid time. But Kounde has a release clause of €80m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,985 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 If we had been hearing rumblings for weeks that we were in contact via back channels or something I’d still think there is a chance for Haaland. Like with Havertz last summer we heard simmering for weeks and weeks. Haaland has said himself that he hadn’t even been in contact much with his agent. That combined with multiple people like Romano and Fjortoft saying there’s been zero contact between us and BVB makes me think this is just a no-go. Too late in the window and surely too big of a transaction to just rush through. If we had attacked the situation shortly after the window opened and given BVB the entire summer to identify and sign replacements we perhaps could’ve done a deal. Doesn’t seem realistic to complete a 150m+ deal in a couple of days. DH1988 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,369 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Jas said: But Kounde has a release clause of €80m. Just like Ruben Dias had 100m release clause. Plus when you add player RC is irrelevant. And we are negotiating with Sevilla which we would not do if we just plan to pay RC. And we have this report... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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