Sly Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9106471/amp/Crystal-Palace-join-Manchester-United-Leicester-tussle-Schalkes-25m-rated-Ozan-Kabak.html Crystal Palace join Manchester United, Leicester City and RB Leipzig in tussle for Schalke's £25m-rated centre back Ozan Kabak - with Roy Hodgson looking to offload defensive duo James Tomkins and Mamadou Sakho Both Premier League and European sides have expressed interest in Ozan Kabak Liverpool were reportedly interested in signing the Turk as cover at centre back Crystal Palace have now joined the race, with several defenders also set to leave The Eagles have only kept one clean sheet this season, the fewest in the league Crystal Palace have joined the clubs to have enquired about Schalke defender Ozan Kabak. Manchester United, Leicester City and RB Leipzig are all monitoring developments with the Turk, who is available for around £25million. Palace are looking to offload centre halves James Tomkins and Mamadou Sakho who are coming towards the end of their contracts and are evaluating targets across Europe. Palace also have Scott Dann, now 33, and Gary Cahill at 35 and want to reduce the average age of their playing squad. The Eagles have only kept one clean sheet this season - the fewest in the Premier League - on the opening day against Southampton. Kabak, 20, has attracted attention from Liverpool also but they are concentrating on other options. The seven-cap international has played eight games this season for the Bundesliga's bottom side Schalke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 2 January 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 2 January 2021 Don't see how our squad has room for another cb at that type of price now our injured players are coming back in. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 2 January 2021 Author Share Posted 2 January 2021 Just now, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said: Don't see how our squad has room for another cb at that type of price now our injured players are coming back in. Fuchs and Morgan finished at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Earle Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 Just now, Sly said: Fuchs and Morgan finished at the end of the season. Precisely. We’ll have Fofana Soyuncu Evans Amartey & JJ (who’s also covering the FB positions). We’ll need one more, if as I suspect neither Knight nor Benkovic is seen as PL standard. If the timing’s right it could well be Tarkowski, but that’s so unlikely this window given Burnley’s situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 2 January 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 2 January 2021 1 minute ago, Sly said: Fuchs and Morgan finished at the end of the season. You can't be expecting a player of Kabak's talent to come in and be 4th choice though, or any of Evans, Soyuncu and Fofana being 4th choice!! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: You can't be expecting a player of Kabak's talent to come in and be 4th choice though, or any of Evans, Soyuncu and Fofana being 4th choice!! Couldn't agree more, we'll need a cheaper option as back up who won't mind being back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 2 January 2021 Author Share Posted 2 January 2021 6 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: You can't be expecting a player of Kabak's talent to come in and be 4th choice though, or any of Evans, Soyuncu and Fofana being 4th choice!! Depends how many Rodgers is thinking of playing. He does like a 3 at the back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ric Flair Posted 2 January 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 2 January 2021 1 minute ago, Sly said: Depends how many Rodgers is thinking of playing. He does like a 3 at the back. He does it as soon as you have 4 CB's of that quality it almost enforces you to play that way as the preferred system and i'm still not sure that's the future for us. Plus, we have deployed this system the best when the outside CB's are good at getting forward like Justin but that's not something Kabak, Soyuncu or Evans are renown for. Fofana and Justin do it well but I'm more comfortable with us having Amartey as 4th choice or picking up a bargain like Tarkowski if he'd be prepared to be a squad player and use the finances elsewhere. We still have weaknesses in attack when you consider the squad. Currently have 3 exceptional full backs and a very promising 4th in Thomas, our 3 centre halves are ridiculous as is our midfield bar maybe one more option instead of Choudhury as a box to box player. Out wide and up front we have nowhere near the same amount of quality alternatives to Vardy and Barnes. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 12 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: You can't be expecting a player of Kabak's talent to come in and be 4th choice though, or any of Evans, Soyuncu and Fofana being 4th choice!! He'd get plenty of game time based on this season's injury pile up, the clogged up fixture list, regular formation changes and rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJB-fox Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 12 minutes ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said: Couldn't agree more, we'll need a cheaper option as back up who won't mind being back up. Knight has been doing well out on loan, no idea if he’d be content with that position in the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Posted 2 January 2021 Author Share Posted 2 January 2021 12 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: He does it as soon as you have 4 CB's of that quality it almost enforces you to play that way as the preferred system and i'm still not sure that's the future for us. Plus, we have deployed this system the best when the outside CB's are good at getting forward like Justin but that's not something Kabak, Soyuncu or Evans are renown for. Fofana and Justin do it well but I'm more comfortable with us having Amartey as 4th choice or picking up a bargain like Tarkowski if he'd be prepared to be a squad player and use the finances elsewhere. We still have weaknesses in attack when you consider the squad. Currently have 3 exceptional full backs and a very promising 4th in Thomas, our 3 centre halves are ridiculous as is our midfield bar maybe one more option instead of Choudhury as a box to box player. Out wide and up front we have nowhere near the same amount of quality alternatives to Vardy and Barnes. I agree with all of this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower78 Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 Lazy journalism 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 1 hour ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said: Couldn't agree more, we'll need a cheaper option as back up who won't mind being back up. ...Kabak will be fighting for a starting spot..he is that good!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said: Edited 2 January 2021 by sacreblueits442 Double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 1 hour ago, urban.spaceman said: He'd get plenty of game time based on this season's injury pile up, the clogged up fixture list, regular formation changes and rotation. While that is true, it's not the norm to have so many injuries in one position, or for the fixture list to be quite so congested. With everyone fit, it could to be a struggle to give each defender enough games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 1 minute ago, pmcla26 said: I think it seems like Amartey and Thomas are the guys being phased in to replace Wes and Fuchs. Maybe there’s room for another centre back, but as @Ric Flairmentioned, no way it will be a player of the quality of Kabak when we can strengthen in other areas with that price tag. Our FB option is really strong with the obvious three and Thomas. We also have three top quality CB's with Amartey and even JJ can play there in a three. We really don't need a CB or a replacement for Morgan and Fuchs. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 Absolute nonsense. Get the Celtic fella in Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 4 hours ago, Steve Earle said: Precisely. We’ll have Fofana Soyuncu Evans Amartey & JJ (who’s also covering the FB positions). We’ll need one more, if as I suspect neither Knight nor Benkovic is seen as PL standard. If the timing’s right it could well be Tarkowski, but that’s so unlikely this window given Burnley’s situation. But 25m for a cover player? Just can't see it happening, there's other priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 (edited) Fofana and Soyuncu are the future centre back pairing in a back 4. Evans has just signed a new 2 year deal so he’s going nowhere and is still gonna play regularly/push Fofana and Soyuncu all the way. Brendan rates Amartey and he will play enough games to keep him happy and JJ is also a very good option as a wide centre back against teams whose attack is based around pace such as Tottenham and Leeds. Add into the mix Ben Nelson who in 2 years time should hopefully be knocking on the first team door by all the reports I’ve heard on him so far and we are pretty set at centre back for the foreseeable future. Fofana Soyuncu Evans Amartey JJ Nelson Can’t see it myself. Edited 2 January 2021 by GingerrrFox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 See - We should have kept Maguire. He'd have been useful as a fourth choice CB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurru991 Posted 2 January 2021 Share Posted 2 January 2021 5 hours ago, Ric Flair said: I'm more comfortable with us having Amartey as 4th choice or picking up a bargain like Tarkowski if he'd be prepared to be a squad player and use the finances elsewhere. We still have weaknesses in attack when you consider the squad. Currently have 3 exceptional full backs and a very promising 4th in Thomas, our 3 centre halves are ridiculous as is our midfield bar maybe one more option instead of Choudhury as a box to box player. Out wide and up front we have nowhere near the same amount of quality alternatives to Vardy and Barnes. I don't see Burnley selling Tarkowski on the cheap somehow, as they were holding out for 50 mill in the Summer whenWest Ham were interested. I also understand that Tarkowski wants to move to a bigger club where he can force his way back into the England squad. I don't see being a squad player at Leicester will fulfill that dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 3 January 2021 Share Posted 3 January 2021 Maybe Evans can't play too many games next season, Soyunchu is injured still, Big Wes is retiring, Fuchs as well mate there is room for another CB. It's be surprised if we used our budget on a CB though rather than a midfielder or attacker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 3 January 2021 Share Posted 3 January 2021 14 hours ago, Ric Flair said: You can't be expecting a player of Kabak's talent to come in and be 4th choice though, or any of Evans, Soyuncu and Fofana being 4th choice!! Evans is 34 next season, he should be expecting to slip down the order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 3 January 2021 Share Posted 3 January 2021 Hes a great talent and I'm sure he's on the list. I can't see it though. More likely we'd get Carmo or Tarkowski in the summer I think when wes leaves and we might decide to move amartey on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 3 January 2021 Share Posted 3 January 2021 8 hours ago, gurru991 said: I don't see Burnley selling Tarkowski on the cheap somehow, as they were holding out for 50 mill in the Summer whenWest Ham were interested. I also understand that Tarkowski wants to move to a bigger club where he can force his way back into the England squad. I don't see being a squad player at Leicester will fulfill that dream. He has 18 months left on his contract, will be sold in the summer for less than £20m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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