10 hours ago, axman2526 said:

What twoddle is this?

Koulibaly a top CB?

Kimpembe and Ake top CBS?

I actually think Ake is decent and can become top class with playing time under a manager like Tuchel. Kimpembe I don't know much about him to judge.

Contact made for Kimpembe, PSG want £42m + £8m add ons to make £50m, Sources close to negotiations state Chelsea and PSG are about £16m apart in valuation. ( @MiguelDelaney )

I guess worst case, he'll be good for Fifa when I play against my brother... 🎮

 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/presnel-kimpembe/profil/spieler/282041

They have him on 40m Euros. This is probably something we are willing to offer for him. So around 32-34m in Pounds. 

I know nothing about him. I like his name though 😃

I'd absolutely love for us to sign Kimpembe. I think he's a brilliant defender. Aggressive, very quick, right mentality, excellent on the ball and much more.

Known to have a mistake in him but so did Rudiger before Tuchel got to work with him. Kimpembe would almost be a like for like replacement for Rudi if we can land him so i'm all for it. 

59 minutes ago, Sindre said:

I'd absolutely love for us to sign Kimpembe. I think he's a brilliant defender. Aggressive, very quick, right mentality, excellent on the ball and much more.

Known to have a mistake in him but so did Rudiger before Tuchel got to work with him. Kimpembe would almost be a like for like replacement for Rudi if we can land him so i'm all for it. 

I know nothing about this guy but I’m hoping that because Tuchel has worked with him, he will be able to turn him into a beast. 

I wonder if TT is considering him as potential cover at LWB as well to fill in for Chilwell sometimes.

10 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Sure, sure he is. That is great - great speeches.  Football is all about speeches. So mature, then he should just stay with Juventus then.  I suspect that he will stay with Juventus and he just created all this drama to get an improved deal?

Doctors - not just anybody - BUT Doctors  declared him mature.  Well, I apologise. I am wrong. Clearly.

You would certainly need to be mature to lead a dressing room like he’s been able to do at such an early age, yes.

I’m still unsure what drama he is actually causing tbh, his contract expires in 2 years, Juve hasn’t really worked out and they are looking to offload him now they’ve got Pogba’s wages to deal with. The ‘drama’ is more just ‘the media’ rather than De Ligt rubbing his hands together and scheming away. Character-wise you’re acting as if he’s bloody Jesse Lingard ffs, get a grip.

9 hours ago, ozboy said:

Kounde and koulibaly would seem a natural fit, right and left , young and old, etc. Kounde speaks French if that matters. But I am learning that transfer rumors are not often correct. 

I’d say it’s fairly clear now that Kounde was a Marina/board signing and since the new ownership came in, that link has been dead in the water.

De Ligt is a natural RCB, him & Koulibaly would literally be JT/Carvalho levels all over again. One can dream.. since Bayern have suddenly decided to burn their entire club spending philosophy just to get him 😅, probably no chance. 

Prefer Kimpembe to Ake tbh. Doubt we sign both despite reports. I think we are just making sure we get one. 

Tuchel knows him well, he is very good on the ball too, although has errire in his game, similar to Rudiger pre Tuchel in that regard. 

Sterling

Koulibaly 

Kimpembe 

Gnabry/Leao

Wing back/ full back cover

Possibly another midfielder. 

Fantastic window imo. 

Sterling-Havertz-Mount

Chilwell-Kovacic-Kanté-James

Kimpembe-Silva-Koulibaly

Looks an uncomfortable team to play against

8 minutes ago, Luiz4Chelsea said:

Sterling-Havertz-Mount

Chilwell-Kovacic-Kanté-James

Kimpembe-Silva-Koulibaly

Looks an uncomfortable team to play against

I wonder how comfortable Koulibaly would be on the right side of defense given he has played on the left for many years in Napoli and for Senegal.

7 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

I wonder how comfortable Koulibaly would be on the right side of defense given he has played on the left for many years in Napoli and for Senegal.

He appears less bound to the left side to me than Kimpembe. I he was, we should reconsider our transfer targets I believe. It would be 

Koulibaly(Kimpembe/Ake)-Silva-Chalobah((James))

To me, Kimpembe(Ake)-Silva-Koulibaly(Chalobah) looks great, particularly as I believe Ake could provide better cover for LWB than Alonso and Emerson

Didn't Ake help out as a LB at city at times? Even if that'd be rahter highly defensive I like this prospect because that's been something Alonso never really could do: shut down his side completely which made us incredibly vulnerable. I also read that Ake could in theory play a DM - so if he could help us out there in case we need a back-up I'd much rather have him there than Challobah who IMO should focus only on his CB play.

 

7 hours ago, Sindre said:

I'd absolutely love for us to sign Kimpembe. I think he's a brilliant defender. Aggressive, very quick, right mentality, excellent on the ball and much more.

Known to have a mistake in him but so did Rudiger before Tuchel got to work with him. Kimpembe would almost be a like for like replacement for Rudi if we can land him so i'm all for it. 

When TT was still in Paris I always defended Kimpembe because I saw this kind of untamed beast that had all the raw qualities you'd need to become an elite CB. And I thought he improve much his consistency, his main deficit, in the second season of TT. But eversince I saw him it seemed he stagnated or even regressed. Red cards galore, no consistent composure etc.pp. - how much this is down to a toxic or at least very strange PSG locker room / team chemistry, I dunno.

 

Anecdote: After TT failed against United in the CL (also partly due a stupid mistake by Kimpembe playing handball) it seemed he had lost the locker room afterwards in the fallout and there were serious rumors about Kimpembe openly discouraging younger players to follow TTs instructions - think he has a weird brother too who's not afraid to step in with some stupid social media stuff - so once PSG decided to keep TT and bring in a new director (Leonardo, lol) everybody was thinking Kimpembe has to go. Can't keep such a player. But both of them sat down and found a solution somehow. Kimpembe then plays the IMO best season of his life, very consistent and focussed, even Captain at times. When it was clear that Leonardo wanted TT out asap and they played against Lille, their hardest rival, in the following season he even did this tackle to prevent a loss which ineveitably would have equalled TTs sacking (except Leonardo's masterplan was always to sack him during Christmas eve.. 24.12.) Kimpembe injured himself during this sitution, missed the next games IIRC, and if you look at the slo-mo you see that this happens during his sprint which he still follows through making the decisive tackle. Loved him back then and hope he can step up becoming the player that he can be within a more reliable and stable club.

 

 

17 hours ago, axman2526 said:

@BordeauxBlue we need your wisdom on this!

I don't rate him. 

He's a very physical defender, his positioning is often off and he always has a mistake in him. 

Marquinhos is the beast of the Psg back line, Kimpenbe is a very uninspiring recruitment, especially if it means sacrificing our talented youth's chances of breaking into the first team. 

He would probably fit the prem, but for the price quoted we're having our pants pulled down. 

57 minutes ago, BordeauxBlue said:

I don't rate him. 

He's a very physical defender, his positioning is often off and he always has a mistake in him. 

Marquinhos is the beast of the Psg back line, Kimpenbe is a very uninspiring recruitment, especially if it means sacrificing our talented youth's chances of breaking into the first team. 

He would probably fit the prem, but for the price quoted we're having our pants pulled down. 

Well said..

1 hour ago, BordeauxBlue said:

I don't rate him. 

He's a very physical defender, his positioning is often off and he always has a mistake in him. 

Marquinhos is the beast of the Psg back line, Kimpenbe is a very uninspiring recruitment, especially if it means sacrificing our talented youth's chances of breaking into the first team. 

He would probably fit the prem, but for the price quoted we're having our pants pulled down. 

Would you rate Ake more then?

Marquinhos cerainly is an established world-class defender which is also the reason why PSG will never sell him. 
 

But it wasn‘t Marquinhos who stabalized the Paris defense: it was Thiago. 

Kimbembe is a cert starter for France for a reason and if he makes the next step - nobody can guarantee that he does ofc - there aren‘t that many defenders above him. How old is he anyway? 24? We need defenders that are competent at passing and well versed with defending in the oppo‘s half - Kimpembe is used to that.

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Would you rate Ake more then?

At least with Kimpenbe you know what you're getting, warts and all. 

Ake seems like an idea, a hypothetical great player hidden under all the injuries and sub/bench appearances. 

1 hour ago, weetee said:

Kimbembe is a cert starter for France for a reason and if he makes the next step - nobody can guarantee that he does ofc - there aren‘t that many defenders above him. How old is he anyway? 24?

Kimpembe is 26, 27 in August.

24 minutes ago, BordeauxBlue said:

At least with Kimpenbe you know what you're getting, warts and all. 

Ake seems like an idea, a hypothetical great player hidden under all the injuries and sub/bench appearances. 

I would actually prefer neither and we go all guns blazing to get Marquinhos instead

15 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I would actually prefer neither and we go all guns blazing to get Marquinhos instead

PSG won’t sell him, he’s one of their best players. It’s like City trying to buy Reece James, of course we won’t sell him.

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

I would actually prefer neither and we go all guns blazing to get Marquinhos instead

He's one of the top five CBs in the world. 

Psg are mad, but they're not stupid. 

Zero chance!

Only reason Kimpenbe could be on the chopping block is that the fee is more than he's worth and that I'm not sure Galtier fancies him. 

3 minutes ago, BordeauxBlue said:

He's one of the top five CBs in the world. 

Psg are mad, but they're not stupid. 

Zero chance!

Only reason Kimpenbe could be on the chopping block is that the fee is more than he's worth and that I'm not sure Galtier fancies him. 

I don't know, they are kind of stupid. They paid £200m for Neymar and let Silva go who then went on to win the Champions League the very next season 😁

6 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I don't know, they are kind of stupid. They paid £200m for Neymar and let Silva go who then went on to win the Champions League the very next season 😁

Silva wanted to leave. As we all know if they dont want to stay....