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Transfer Rumour Kalidou Koulibaly
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Remember Valencia on deadline day
If we are including loans, it will between two and eighteen players.
TheFinnFan
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Wouldnt be suprised if Juventus will buy him, long term successor of either B or C
IF WE DON'T SIGN ALL OF THE PLAYERS I AM GOING TO FUUUUME!
All depends if he wants to be a long term successor or to play football now
We might see some movement in the Neg League tables in the coming months.
Dave's over 400 points clear on that table. I think it will be a battle for second to be honest.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
That's why he was supposedly leaving last summer + ended up signing a new deal as he wasn't allowed to leave but of course wasn't being paid adequately.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
Sounds to me like they got him to stay another season and sign a new contract by agreeing to a buy out value similar to bids they turned down last summer in the contract, sounds odd until you realise it's exactly what a lot are suggesting we do with Lukaku
Only reason they kept him last year was not wanting to sell their two fan favourites in the same summer.
Jags..class
Player Valuation: £70m
I can safely say we won't be signing this player
I'd agree mate. If we're trying to get him I'd say thats fair play. But in reality, don't think we'd get him and we don't need any drawn out saga either. And thats what it would be. Rumbling on for weeks and weeks whilst Napoli keep putting the price up and stringing everyone along.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
Suppose the difference is, IF we are after him and already making contact etc (big IFS i know), then we are doing it long, long before we tried last summer, so all the excuses about them not having the time to get a replacement in etc etc won't apply.
Last season it always looked utterly pointless after they sold Higuain as honestly they had zero financial need to sell and it would have gone down terribly with their fans as well.
Him signing a new contract - with a reported release clause less than what they had been asking and we supposedly where willing to pay makes it interesting (yet again if thats reported accurately)
Don't mind these links and us trying for these calibre of player, as long as we are doing so with a huge amount of time to spare to change targets without a panic of time running out etc.
Another caveat to all that though, is that we aren't sitting around just waiting by the phone for weeks or months for one players decision and are actually trying for multiple players as it's not like we need just one player this summer - otherwise we face the prospect of scrambling to get a stop gap in like last summer.
Always a worry when we decide to try for a player from a club like Napoli though with a huge reputation for being an absolute ball-ache to do any deal with
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Seems that's the case. If its 49mil that's hefty but look at the US American football draft...
They realise the need for superstar players and trade their picks so they can get the first round highest draft pick..
Its a simplistic example but shows that we need to aim for the best possible 'picks' in terms of players and if that means paying buyout fees to land superstars who will take us into the top 4 we need to do that.
Massive difference between say Gibson and Keane or VVD and Koulibaly.
The English lads could form a strong partnership and take us around the top 4 level and improve us a bit whilst the foreign players would be a dramatic improvement.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Buyout fee supposedly 49mil. VVD would be around the same price and no buyout...
If Moshiri wasn't fibbing last year then we should just pay the buyout and make him an offer.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
In effect it would be using the stones money to replace him. If anyone said last year we could replace stones with either koulibaly or VVD with no negative net spend then it would have been a no brainer. Although our defence has improved under koeman, he's still not satisfied (said so himself). A purchase of either VVD or Koulibaly would improve us so much as would a top keeper but I guess we already know that.
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