Sol Bamba to Marseille?

[Profondo Rosso]

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/tra...ter-joining-from-Hibernian-article759918.html

In the Mirror but worth posting.

Marseille eye £2m swoop for Leicester star

Leicester are battling to prevent defender Sol Bamba joining Marseille in a shock £2million deal.

The Ivory Coast international, 26, only arrived at the club from Scottish side Hibernian in January but is already prepared to stun the Foxes by demanding to quit

 

[dpjfox]

let him go, if Mills is coming, maybe buy Ben Mee

 

[Hazzman]

£2 million? I'd let go at that.

 

[Feriol]

I Wouldn't want to see him go, and we don't need the money so £2million doesn't appeal to me as it would cost at least as much to replace him with a player of a similar standard. I think Sol will be awesome with the right defensive partner.

 

[indierich06]

If it frees up the extra funds to sign Matt Mills then I'd go ahead with this one. Plus if we can get Ben Mee, Tsepo Masilela and maybe the lad Shane Duffy from Everton we'll be looking pretty covered as a defensive unit. Could possibly do with another right-back as cover for Peltier. Or maybe Sven is working on bringing Naughton back and Peltier's the cover? I'm very excited to see what our final squad'll be come the close of the transfer window.

 

[Kingy_85]

If we can get Mills (the best CB in the division) then sell anything and anyone. Sell the stadium name again. Get rid of the Birch. Sell the Jamaica vs Brazil plaque.

Just gettimin!

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

I think he's a decent player but at the same time he was part of a defense that was pretty awful last year. Don't think I'd be bothered either way. £2m could go towards securing a better player as has been mentioned so we'll see how it pans out!

 

[Mike - True Blue Tinter]

I do not think you would get a better player for £2m. Sol is getting better all the time. It would be madness to let him go. It has been a long time (not counting Tunch) since we had an attacking CB who did not just 'hoof' it, but was able to calmly distribute the ball to set up attacks.

 

[Redditch Fox]

I do not think you would get a better player for £2m. Sol is getting better all the time. It would be madness to let him go. It has been a long time (not counting Tunch) since we had an attacking CB who did not just 'hoof' it, but was able to calmly distribute the ball to set up attacks.

Strange how people see things diffferently.

My impression is that he made a tremendous initial impact but his performances went down a bit towards the end of the season.

Of course, it may be that this was because he was playing alongside inexperienced defenders and in front of seriously dodgy keepers.

He certainly offers something different to most central defenders but I just think that he may not be for the long term and given the option of a move to the south of France then he isn't likely to choose to remain with us. But this may all be press speculation.

 

[Micky]

I think most centre backs would look shaky with the keepers that we have had.

 

[drummindefender]

I do not think you would get a better player for £2m. Sol is getting better all the time. It would be madness to let him go. It has been a long time (not counting Tunch) since we had an attacking CB who did not just 'hoof' it, but was able to calmly distribute the ball to set up attacks.

Whilst I agree in principle, I think there are still occassions where it is better to hoof it now and again.

Also my fear with Sol is that now people know what he is about etc, they will put more pressure on him closing him down etc, and he may get caught out a bit more

 

[drummindefender]

Also the fact that these rumours keep persisting shows there could be something in them.

 

[Redditch Fox]

I think most centre backs would look shaky with the keepers that we have had.

Exactly. When you have one keeper who can only make saves that he doesn't have to think about but is likely to fumble anything from longer range and another who thinks that the rules say that keepers are not allowed to catch the ball - than as a defender you are likely to struggle a bit.

 

[indierich06]

I think most centre backs would look shaky with the keepers that we have had.

I think most keepers would look shaky with the defenders that we have had.

 

[Feriol]

He didn't have a consistent partner, which i think is important in defence.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

I think most keepers would look shaky with the defenders that we have had.

That's what I was going to say. I don't see how who the keeper is has any affect on just how many times our defenders practically passed the ball to the opposition to allow the opposition an easy goal (Bruma was particularly guilty at doing this).

 

[The Major]

Also the fact that these rumours keep persisting shows there could be something in them.

Or that the papers are rehashing old rumours to fill pages.

 

[drummindefender]

ture

 

[The Major]

srue is.

 

[drummindefender]

I do hope you realise that was a newts reference and not a sign that I am retarded