2024/2025 Defenders Rumours Thread

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Media today is hilarious, as I don't know Italian...
"Good Morning to Naples"
"Inter in the background, waiting for Good Morning"
"Good Morning Inter interest, but they must sell first..."

I did double check if having bookmarked the weather forecasting channel or what :lol:
Poor translation.

Should be good day :)
 

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This is what he said:

Piero Ausilio on plans to replace Tajon Buchanan:“We have names, the player will be a left-sided defender because we have Carlos Augusto, who can be used as a wingback and also played in defence . We are moving on a left-sided player, we will see the opportunities of the market but we are very calm. We will not communicate news overnight as you expect, we have two months to find the right solution.”
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Just get somebody for 15-20 minutes play. It's not like Buchanan was a starter.
 

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Interesting, what that might mean. Do they give us the funds for Buongiorno then? :D

Or they sanction only some lesser profile younger players whose immediate impact will be lesser than these more experienced players? Hermoso is of course looking for a big contract and I'm not sure if want to go there as we have Bastoni in his spot already.
 

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Di Marzio says we have 3 options:

Buy a young prospective player

Low cost loan a reliable player

Get a free player, like Hermoso

Oaktree wants the young option, but all of these scenarios are possible.
 

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Selling De Vrij for Hermoso makes sense. Left footed.
 

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Another good shout would be Todibo. @thatdude i need your support on this.

But again only if we're talking Buongiorno money. For 15m i don't think you can get someone better than Bijol. There's a chance you can find another Bisseck from a lower league but these are hard to find.
Would see Todibo as more of a RCB option than in middle of a back 3.
 

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Pretty awesome if we could get both Hermoso and buongiorno and offload de vrij. Tbh I’d prefer we go for someone like bijol for half the cost and save that money to go for ndoye.
 

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I want Buongiorno and Scalvini

I want Bellanova back, hes improved greatly this yr and made the national team where he should have started
 

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I think Oaktree should just let Marotta and co. cook. Let. Them. Cook.

Atm I agree with Ronnyle, just go for Bijol and spend more for a RWB/LWB
 

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Torino director said today Buongiorno to Napoli isn't done and we're still linked.
Don't believe it at all, they probably just want to create pressure for de laurentis to spike up the price.
 

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Given the words of Ausilio, I wouldn’t be surprised to see us linked (again) to Boscagli from PSV. Really comfortable on the ball, not so good defensively tho.

And his contract is expiring in the summer of 25’. Possible for 15 mln or something like that.
 

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I want Buongiorno and Scalvini

I want Bellanova back, hes improved greatly this yr and made the national team where he should have started
And I want peace on earth, and that is about as realistic as us getting those two. There talk Napoli is triggering the release clause and there just no way a defender is worth that much.
 

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As you likely know as well as I do, it seems like Tah wants Bayern only and that seems like the most likely outcome, but I suggested Tah as a possible summer 2025 free transfer some time back (if he made it that far) for the same reasons you speak of. I guess it's just a matter of how committed he is to a Bayern future...if he'd see out his contract and move to Bayern in 2025 should it come to that (a risky game because Bayern's interest might be gone by then).

I'd back the move, it doesn't sound like it would be pricey, whether there's any legitimate possibility is another matter. I'd like to think last summer was a decent indication that we won't ignore the Bundesliga as a potential place to shore up our squad.

I agree of course. That's the most likely outcome. But Bayern have tried to lowball Bayer but so far they don't budge. Bayern's offer is still very far from Leverkusen demands. So it doesn't hurt offering an alternative to the player in case this drags on a lot. Leverkusen would rather sell him abroad, even at a lower price. If Tah insists on joining only Bayern no harm done. And obviously if he ends up staying at Leverkusen we need to try to sign him on a free.

Generally i agree about looking in Bundesliga but i don't think it's a good market for a cb this summer. It's a clear indication that Ito and Anton, good cbs but nothing special, are going to Bayern and Dortmund. You can find some good prospects to play on the wide (Kossounou, Tapsoba, Hincapie, Lukeba, Pacho) but for the middle there aren't really any good options. Kim would be great but Bayern aren't selling for now. Then who? Lacroix? Simakan? Koch? van den Berg? I'd rather go for Bijol.
 
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