Issa Diop

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Maguire far better on the ball - granted I’ve only seen limited amounts of Diop.

Maguire is amongst the best in the league.

 

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Maguire
Diop
Smalling
Lindelof


Sell the fecking rest, Eduardo!

 

[Mibabalou]

Rather him that Maguire.

 

[RedDevilRoshi]

Maguire
Diop
Smalling
Lindelof


Sell the fecking rest, Eduardo!

Swap Smalling for Tuanzebe and I’ll be satisfied with that.

 

[2 man midfield]

Swap Smalling for Tuanzebe and I’ll be satisfied with that.

I wouldn’t mind him going back to Villa next year and starting every week. It’s got to be better for him than warming our bench.

 

[-Supreme-]

Swap Smalling for Tuanzebe and I’ll be satisfied with that.

Ideally we need 5 capable CBs especially we play 3 at the back at times

 

[Mickytrickster]

Quality player... ticks all the boxes...

Any haters?

 

[crossy1686]

We should just buy Nathan Ake

Agree with this. He’s a very good player and in the right environment could be brilliant in a couple of years. Bournemouth would want a mountain of cash though

 

[crossy1686]

Annoyingly they used to be very good.

Ten years ago, when Skysports broke a news story, you knew it was true.

Now you can genuinely ignore it because it’s always nothing

They went shit around the same time they launched Sky Bet.

 

[Pierluigi Casiraghi]

Agree with this. He’s a very good player and in the right environment could be brilliant in a couple of years. Bournemouth would want a mountain of cash though

They'd want roughly the same as the £45m we are apparently willing to pay for Diop I'd have thought? maybe an extra £5m or so

 

[Snafu17]

Historically bad overall. However most recently, they broke the Alexis Sanchez interest, Dan James link plus the Sean Longstaff interest (Which I believe is most likely genuine too.) I suspect there's truth to this.

Sanchez was a bloke from Chile I think, Dan James was the Daily Mail (Adrian Kajumba if we're more specific) and there's no way to tell if the Longstaff links are genuine (Newcastle have been briefing that they have yet to receive a bid).

 

[Offside]

Was Maguire two days ago now it’s him. Was Maddison a few days back now it’s Tielemands. Media throwing names around.

 

[Roboc7]

Seems like should be more of a partner instead of an alternative to Maguire, very different players.

Not sure why we don’t just go for a younger player like Konate or Upamecano.

 

[Compton22]

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[El-Manos]

From De ligt to Maguire to Diop to....?

 

[Cassidy]

From De ligt to Maguire to Diopp to....?

Phil Jones...

 

[Bruno8]

He is more comfortable playing on the left side at CB something all our current CBs struggle with. OGS might just be looking for a Left footed CB

 

[Xaviboy]

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Jesus even West ham don't want our players cuz their shite.

If true going to be a bad summer. Diop must be on the 3rd choice target list of centre backs the club might have so summer must not be going to plan. 2 weeks Monday the players are back for pre season can we wrap up 3 or 4 players before then??

 

[Class of 63]

Papa Bouba Diop for DOF it is then.

 

[El-Manos]

Phil Jones...

Yup, the circle of life is complete.

 

[Hitman Harry]

I always say his name with Jar Jar Binks’ voice

 

[Reiver]

Jesus even West ham don't want our players cuz their shite.

If true going to be a bad summer. Diop must be on the 3rd choice target list of centre backs the club might have so summer must not be going to plan. 2 weeks Monday the players are back for pre season can we wrap up 3 or 4 players before then??

With the way we're ran? Of course we can't. Bigger question is whether we can manage this before the transfer window closes.

 

[Varun]

We should just buy Nathan Ake

Yes but we'll wait till Spurs sign him and then wonder.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

I like this link

 

[Adcuth]

They went shit around the same time they launched Sky Bet.

Convenient

 

[crossy1686]

Convenient

Yep, wouldn't it be a conflict of interests to report true transfer stories and offer odds on those transfers to be successful?

Now they just print money instead of having any integrity.

 

[Adnan]

This tweeter is more reliable than Sky on West Ham.

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[Keeps It tidy]

He is more comfortable playing on the left side at CB something all our current CBs struggle with. OGS might just be looking for a Left footed CB

Diop is right footed.

 

[Houdini]

We need one ball playing CB and one rock. Diop can be the rock.

 

[SATA]

How much did West Ham got him for? The offered 45m is too low?

 

[JJ12]

Kaveh hasn't got a clue

 

[Red Devil Rising]

They went shit around the same time they launched Sky Bet.

It's always puzzled me as to why that's not seen as a massive conflict of interest.

 

[Adnan]

How much did West Ham got him for? The offered 45m is too low?

£22m according to the BBC.

 

[UNITED ACADEMY]

So 45m is too low for West Ham, sums up why Leicester set an 80m for Maguire. The market is crazy for centre back.

 

[littlepeasoup]

It's always puzzled me as to why that's not seen as a massive conflict of interest.

They're not owned by the same company. Sky Bet is 'Sky' in name only.

 

[Smores]

Only mentioned 10 times in the "who do we go for thread". Sure that'll change now we're linked.

I don't see the point in this we need a proven defender, Axel already fills the spot of an up and coming CB.

 

[Varun]

So 45m is too low for West Ham, sums up why Leicester set an 80m for Maguire. The market is crazy for centre back.

The PL market is crazy regardless of position, its what happens when you shop in a market where everyone is loaded. I wonder why we don't look abroad for a CB.

 

[SATA]

£22m according to the BBC.

That's just ridiculous. It will be double the profit if they sell, but of course he's their player so they can decide how they want to sell. Frankly if we are still in the market for centrebacks, it probably means we aren't confident of landing De Ligt or we have already been made aware of his destination

 

[Adnan]

Milenkovic, Konate, Tah, Andersen, Romagnoli. There's quite a few that we can bring in that probably wouldn't cost as much as what West Ham or Leicester are asking for.

 

[AltiUn]

Milenkovic, Konate, Tah, Andersen, Romagnoli. There's quite a few that we can bring in that probably wouldn't cost as much as what West Ham or Leicester are asking for.

Apparently Milenkovic has a £100m price tag on his head. I think the reality is that clubs know how rich we are and how desperate we are, they can charge us whatever they like.