Ian Nacho Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 I think this deserves its own thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lineker's Left Foot Posted 1 August 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2019 I think this can **** off 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 Depends on the fee but if the idea here is to have a stop gap / option player in case the youngsters don’t work out it could be a decent signing. Robert Huth seemed like a pretty underwhelming signing at the time too! If the options are Dunk / Tarkowski for 50m for a worse but ok player for 15m, maybe this option is not the worst. Even though I rate Dunk / Tarkowski of it were me I’d invest in attacking players over defensive ones as it stands and 50m is a lot of money! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 1 August 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2019 Don't need a stop gap signings we have Evans who is the fcukin boyo and then Big Wes can step in if Soyuncu or Benkovic play up. Any replacement needs to be absolutely mustard or no point. Roads closed pizza boy, find another way home etc. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehrez Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 No 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
when_you're_smiling Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 Watford fans seem to think he’s solid for most of the game but has a catastrophic mistake in him every game - so basically Benny make two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 Probably nothing in this. Seen him have some decent games but last season he was Watford's third choice CB for the majority of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Fox Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 I think he’d b a good signing myself, am sure we were interested before he went to Watford too. Not sure what he’d cost tho, maybe £18/20m?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 Hmmmmm. Watford's Kabasele was a decent player right, what happened to him? Oh, fallen out of favour with the new manager? Perfect, time for a transfer! Which middling club can we link him to for cheap... West Ham? No, too on the nose... Wait, I've got it, Everton need a new centreback! Oh, and Leicester! Ok, coin flip... "Here we go!" Leicester! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 When I first saw the title I thought it said Christian Karembeu and I was really excited and though I love this guy please bring him here! Then I realised 1999 was 20 years ago and he’s probably not that great anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzell Posted 1 August 2019 Share Posted 1 August 2019 Piss right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inckley fox Posted 2 August 2019 Share Posted 2 August 2019 I don't know, he might be a good signing. Personally I think we'd be better off with a guy in his late 20s with proven EPL pedigree. A lot of fans seem to want the marquee signing at CB, but some of these tried, tested (but unspectacular) sorts might be much better for us, if the price is right. Kabasele is low-risk. He's proven he can do a job for a mid-table side, and we're a mid-table side with only two CBs who have shown the same sort of pedigree, one of which is 35, the other of which has a history of niggling injuries. He would offer competition for Soyuncu and Benkovic, and a relatively dependable alternative, without having the ego to believe he should be the first name on the team sheet. That gives the two younger players a serious chance of making the starting eleven. And if the price is right, he might allow us to expand our options in other areas where we're more in need of investment (e.g. the wide attacking roles). It's also worth remembering that Maguire really wasn't among our top performers last season. We didn't come close to falling apart when he wasn't in the side. To break the bank for his replacement seems a bit unnecessary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted 2 August 2019 Share Posted 2 August 2019 11 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Don't need a stop gap signings we have Evans who is the fcukin boyo and then Big Wes can step in if Soyuncu or Benkovic play up. Any replacement needs to be absolutely mustard or no point. Roads closed pizza boy, find another way home etc. Tend to agree with this. Rashid Ghezzal looks to me like a stop-gap signing just for an extra body in the Mahrez position but it was really £12m plus wages wasted. Money that I would have rather the club put toward the real deal. It doesn't sound like a huge fee but it is nearly half again of what we paid for Perez and now we have the problem, I would have thought, of having to find a new club for him. I like @Babylon's idea of bringing in Gary Cahill in as proper experienced, PL ready cover for the 2 young CBs and for free! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxford blue Posted 2 August 2019 Share Posted 2 August 2019 20 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said: Watford fans seem to think he’s solid for most of the game but has a catastrophic mistake in him every game - so basically Benny make two. Exactly. I've seen Watford play on a fair number of occasions over the past few 3 seasons (he signed 2016). Good at times but too inconsistent; not guaranteed a place. This seems like press speculation; it makes no sense at all. As someone said - if Maguire is worth £80m, Kabasele must be worth at least £10m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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