Dr_Pangloss Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 20 minutes ago, Zatman said: Xhaka signed for Arsenal for 30million, good player but isnt the position they need big signing players Monumental overspend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007√ Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 18 hours ago, villa4europe said: Nordtveit signed for West Ham Mainz keeper karius signed for Liverpool, headline I saw was "one of his country's foremost talents..." He's not even in their top 5 keeeprs He definitely is in the top 5 best keepers in the Bundesliga. Without a doubt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Rumors that Everton are going to bid 40mil for Joe Hart. Not sure why they think they could tempt him to leave City and Champions League football for them, as well as City would be hard-pressed to find a better keeper that would be willing to join them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Rumors that Everton are going to bid 40mil for Joe Hart. Not sure why they think they could tempt him to leave City and Champions League football for them, as well as City would be hard-pressed to find a better keeper that would be willing to join them. Hahaha. Everton spending 40 million on a keeper. Hilarious. I think we can file that one under bull ****. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 11 minutes ago, Villaphan04 said: Rumors that Everton are going to bid 40mil for Joe Hart. Not sure why they think they could tempt him to leave City and Champions League football for them, as well as City would be hard-pressed to find a better keeper that would be willing to join them. I'd find a better source of rumour, so much wrong with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 punched it in to google, its been picked up by the guardian... something to keep the everton fans from believing they arent in trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: punched it in to google, its been picked up by the guardian... something to keep the everton fans from believing they arent in trouble Season ticket seller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 an overrated English keeper to play with the overrated English David Luiz and the new Gazza MON must be their new manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Kalidou Koulibaly rumours to arsenal and Kostas manolas to united for 40m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007√ Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 3 hours ago, gharperr said: Kalidou Koulibaly rumours to arsenal andKostas manolas to united for 40m Koulibaly is a quality centerback! A LCB, so that surely means they want rid of Koscielny? If Wenger keeps spending, he can have a really good squad! They need to address their striking position though. Giroud doesn't cut it. Xhaka is a quality signing for them and something they needed for awhile (overspent), but regardless a good signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Koscielny isnt going anywhere.Koulibaly is right footed played LCB. So he will be able to slot next to kos easily. Tbh i neveer heard of him before, dont watch italian football but post from a guy who knows his shit if people are same as me. Quote He's been very good for a couple of years now. I dunno top 5 or 6 in Serie A with 4 of these being Juventus players. He was also good in Belgium before that I've heard. Last year he chose to represent Senegal or I'm almost certain, with injuries granted, that he would not only be in the France squad now but likely start as well;He is very strong in duels and I guess most importantly he is both faster and better on the ball than he maybe looks initially. More fast than quick I'd say if that makes sense and more close-control proficient in his technique than being some very good passer;He definitely has some composure about him though both on ball and in winning his duels, in Italy at least, CLEANLY which always look very impressive;I wouldn't say that he is error-free in his positions or markings (who is) but Napoli was probably the most attacking team in the league and he's handled himself very well mostly and intelligently even if most strikers in England will be a different challenge;.. but one that plays to his strengths in athleticism I'd be inclined to believe, even if there will be less times where he will look as overwhelmingly dominant in duels like he has done in Italy. But we'll see if Arsene actually pulls the trigger. Wenger would do very well to break the bank for the Napoli number 9 I think. Few strikers are better and more dangerous in the exact small spaces (front and back) that Arsenal are always up against than Higuain, but of course that's been clear for many years;Koulibaly is right-footed but has functioned very well playing the left-sided centreback, and Napoli certainly this year has build from the back on the ground a lot, which I think also speak volumes since his partner Albiol is a solid technical player himself but it's still Koulibaly who gets the challenge if you will of playing the left side; Edited May 26, 2016 by gharperr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007√ Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 10 minutes ago, gharperr said: Koscielny isnt going anywhere.Koulibaly is right footed played LCB. So he will be able to slot next to kos easily. Tbh i neveer heard of him before, dont watch italian football but post from a guy who knows his shit if people are same as me. I've watched him multiple times, and he is very similar to Mamadou Sakho, except he doesn't look clumsy and doesn't look like he is about to fall over after completing a pass. Very athletic CB. Koscielny is crap, I wouldn't slot Koulibaly next to him. Koulibaly walks straight into the defense for Arsenal from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 3 hours ago, gharperr said: Kalidou Koulibaly rumours to arsenal and Kostas manolas to united for 40m Koulibaly would do very well in the premier league, I saw his name linked to a few big teams (Norwich actually bid for him in January but he had no interest going there clearly) so watched a few Napoli games to see what the fuss was about. Very strong and quick and pretty composed on the ball. Manolas is good aswell but not 40m good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I dont really know what the market prices is for cb's nowadays. Its all so blurred with tv money in the prem. Ill stop posting these after this one. But found them enjoyable to read so thought would share. Manolas: Quote EDIT: Haha I read this as Manchester City influenced by me hearing about Pep being interested in him quite a few times before. Post will have to stand:Well, it's not surprising since he is one (if we're talking established) of the select few centrebacks that Pep almost MUST have to have a good chance of enforcing his ideas on his new team;Personally I also think he will likely need a new goalkeeper but we'll see how that plays out;What crucially sets Manolas apart is the quickness or agility of his defensive turns. When looking at him, body-composition-wise or what you want to call it, you don't immediately think that this is a defender who can operate and react at a quickness where most of the others fall well short, but his accelerations and turns were the things that couldn't have been more noteworthy (edit: since it turns out that this is Mourinho that we're talking about, the exact opposite of old-Terry basically) when first seeing him a few years back. This and his 1v1 strengths in general definitely allow him to operate higher up the pitch and he can recover space there and elsewhere better than most;I also remember "x" being quick to notice him and Manolas was extremely impressive for Olympiakos in the CL and of course also for Greece;I think he has continued to be impressive for Roma although obviously to some extent his fortunes rise and fall with the different periods of the team;He is also competent on the ball though for Guardiola that would be put more to the test than ever;I really do think some of his gift is agility that he isn't suppose to have and my one worry would be if mid 20s or late 20s if he would lose a tiny bit fraction of that, even though his intelligent and strong, that it immediately take him back a level; ------------------------------------yes manolas is really similar to koscielny from what I have seen. a fantastic 1vs1 defender who rarely ever gets beaten there due to his anticipation, acceleration and quick turns; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 "More fast than quick" That is a wonderful analysis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 rumours that due to lack of games last season bartra at barcelona has a 8m euro buyout clause thats a bargain if true, arsenal could do worse thats for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 On 5/25/2016 at 23:50, 007√ said: He definitely is in the top 5 best keepers in the Bundesliga. Without a doubt! whats wrong with the spammers current keeper? Adrian? He looked good when i saw him play (admittedly not many times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 £40m for Manolas is **** hilarious. He's not even worth half of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 8 hours ago, KSV said: whats wrong with the spammers current keeper? Adrian? He looked good when i saw him play (admittedly not many times) I don't know, what is wrong with him? (Karius has been signed by Liverpool, not West Ham) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Leicester signing Ron Robert Zieler for £4m Expect plenty of schmeichal rumours to follow, that'd probably make him the best back up keeper in the league, I'd be pissed if I was an Everton fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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