Transfer Rumour Kalidou Koulibaly

[Paul w]

Young John got MOTM yesterday, comparing him to Rodwell is only relevant if he suddenly picks up 20 injuries.

Watched that match yesterday he played ok I didn't think he was motm myself he got caught a couple of times out of position and against better teams it could have cost them.

 

[tommye]

He's getting a bit of a runaround at times by a team called Pescara who I've never heard of.

Sounds fishy to me...

 

[tommye]

Ive never even heard of this team they are playing.

#SuperScout

 

[Goat]

#SuperScout

Oh dont you worry Tom Mouse, ive scouted them now, they are proper jarg.

 

[tommye]

Oh dont you worry Tom Mouse, ive scouted them now, they are proper jarg.

lollollol

 

[bluestevon]

Young John got MOTM yesterday, comparing him to Rodwell is only relevant if he suddenly picks up 20 injuries.

Watched that game, how they have him mom I dunno, done nowt special and ottamendi did most if the defending, had a few good runs with the ball though which had them gushing

 

[Dutch Toffee]

Locked for now

And most probably forever

Sorry @Zatara

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Recent reports have prompted me to open this.

Given Moshiri was so public about our intent in the summer, it's a fair assumption we'll be looking at this lad again.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/2016/11/07/moshiri-interview/

“I think the manager had seven names, four of those we got,”Moshiri said. “We tried to buy [Kalidou] Koulibaly of Napoli and they wanted £60m. It is monopoly money. We went right to the asking price and they decided not to sell.

He signed a new contract in September - it has a minimum fee release clause, apparently.

 

[hetion]

Looks kind of like the approach is to try and sign a statement-style worldie CB for ~£50m (VVD, Koulibaly) and a cheaper English CB for ~£20m (Keane, Maguire, Gibson).

Would be quite an eyebrow raiser if we pull it off.

 

[Azza]

May as well close it again @GrandOldTeam

Chelsea are back in for him - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ea-news-47m-bid-Kalidou-Koulibaly-failed.html

Unless we offer Jags in the deal so they have a replacement. lol lol

 

[ilikecheese]

Is he ours?

 

[Niapper]

HE'S BACK

 

[GrandOldTeam]

May as well close it again @GrandOldTeam

Chelsea are back in for him - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ea-news-47m-bid-Kalidou-Koulibaly-failed.html

Unless we offer Jags in the deal so they have a replacement. lol lol

I'd already read that. I never read it as them being back in for him.

I read it as they tried, couldn't as there was no time for Napoli to find a replacement and signed Luiz instead.

Knocked back by Napoli, Chelsea instead plumped for David Luiz in a last-gasp summer transfer window deal.

Speaking to a local Naples radio station, Kiss Kiss Napoli, the defender's agent Bruno Satin said: 'Chelsea were interested but then they signed David Luiz and you also have John Terry and Gary Cahill at the club so there is a lot of competition there.

'We will see what happens. A lot of the improvements that Koulibaly has made in his game have been down to the coaching of Maurizio Sarri.

 

[KaiserEFC]

"According to reports in Italy"

 

[Eggs]

...a second transfer thread and the window isn't even open yet. I note a number of regurgitated rumours from recent windows, suggest it's easy to keep them all in one place at this stage.