Well let's see how Zouma's ACL injury holds up first?

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Edited August 17, 20169 yr by enigma

What world class CB is available? The board cant just invent one

 

Seriously, you are telling me there isnt another CB we could buy that is on par with KK for £50-60m.

 

Come on.

Hasn't giminez also only had one good season?

2 solid seasons.

2 solid seasons.

Hes played fewer league games than koulibaly.

Hummels went for like 35 m to a rival ffs.  

heard arsenal are sniffing around gimenez. he is thought to have potential to be one of the best at cb and his release clause is 60 million euros. don't see atletico letting him go, and don't see him wanting to leave either. 

Hummels went for like 35 m to a rival ffs.  

 

i guess conte likes koulibaly power, speed and size over hummels' attributes. 

Edited August 17, 20169 yr by enigma

Chelsea have made their move for Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly – for what could be a club-record fee of £60million . Conte could move to a back-three if he signs Koulibaly, a formation he has favoured in previous posts with Juventus and Italy.

 

And neither is Koulibaly expected to be Chelsea’s final big signing, with the club still in the market for another striker.There’s a growing sense that Chelsea will, finally, test Everton’s resolve to hold onto Romelu Lukaku before the window closes. Koulibaly, who has also previously played as a DM and at full-back, has the pace and power that Conte believes he need.

Edited August 17, 20169 yr by havelschayes

What about Van Dijk from Southampton? had a good season last year and is a ball playing CB too.

Really not sure what it means when a fee of 60m is thrown about. These headline transfer fees sound crazy but my guess is that the fee would be 40m plus bonus payments bringing it up to 50-60m. Even that 40m won't likely be paid upfront but in instalments. Still a lot of money — but missing out on your transfer targets can be equally expensive as we found out last year.

F it , go out and get him for 60 please Roman, then spunk another 60 on Lukaku, F the mancs- CFC needs to make a statement !!!!

Hummels went for like 35 m to a rival ffs.  

 

But if we wanted Hummels, they would demand £60m, the same with every team in the Premier League now. The extra money going into the Premier League isn't as much of a good thing as people thought it would be. 

I rate Hummels as a CB but there isn't an abundance of pacey forwards in the Bundesliga to expose his lack of pace (he's similar to JT in that respect). Koulibaly on the other hand is ready made for the Premier League.... seems to have everything. 

 

£60m although inflated still represents value for money if taking into consideration the fact JT cost the club nothing in transfer fees.

Edited August 17, 20169 yr by the special one

Can't Agent Zola help with the Napoli Negotiations?

Wasn't Hummels in the last year of his contract?

 

£60mil is bonkers, but so is £50mil for stones. 

 

Hope we get him though. Looks like a f**king tank.

In a market where a 32 year old Ashley Williams costs £12m I don't care what we pay, just want to see a half decent defender sign finally.

Hope we get him big strong defender,

 

I know its a lot of money, but we need to pay up and strengthen at the back. I would love a Zouma-Koulibaly pairing.

But if we wanted Hummels, they would demand £60m, the same with every team in the Premier League now. The extra money going into the Premier League isn't as much of a good thing as people thought it would be. 

Unlikely as they didn't want to sell him to Bayern in the first place. If there was an increase in price it would be more down to Hummels reluctant to join any other club apart from Bayern. 

napoli bought him for £7m, tried to sell him last season, had a great one season that rocketed his price to about £25-30mil and now there's a ridiculous £60m offer on the table

 

if de laurentis rejected this he must be the thickest c**t in the whole universe

Napoli won't be getting that much for him again. It's highly unlikely anyway. It could turn out utd made the better choice if bailly turns out to be a quality cb.

Napoli won't be getting that much for him again. It's highly unlikely anyway. It could turn out utd made the better choice if bailly turns out to be a quality cb.

Funny how Bailly had apparently been on Jose's radar for a few seasons according to his comments during utds pre season but we weren't rumoured with him at all and José went for Papy.

As for KK I hope we get him and he adjusts quickly. Looks ready made for the epl though

it's obvious that papy wasn't jose's signing

suppose baily was his second choice after stones last season, hillarious that we ended up with papy lol

Edited August 18, 20169 yr by havelschayes

it's obvious that papy wasn't jose's signing

suppose baily was his second choice after stones last season, hillarious that we ended up with papy lol

José took someone's advice about Papy but he still went with it. Why not push for Bailly?