Manchester City looking to raid France for defensive reinforcements?
For the next summer, Manchester City apparently is planning to sign two young French defenders Boubacar Kamara and Issa Diop.
Viva la France! That seems to be the tune Manchester City, Pep Guardiola and company are apparently singing.
The Manchester Evening News reports that the front office is keen to add two French youngsters of the defensive persuasion this coming summer.
The first is Boubacar Kamara, a 17-year-old starlet of Marseille. MEN notes that L’Equipe published that Kamara is already in touch with City officials about a summer.
Here is a little of what the center back can do:
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The second is Issa Diop of Toulouse. MEN cites Le10 Sport as purporting that Guardiola wants him especially for his large role in preventing Toulouse’s drop to Ligue B. According to Transfermarkt, the 20-year-old center back is worth £3.5 million.
Here’s a look now at what he can do if put in a City kit:
Will City actually does buy these two young French up-incomers? Who knows. But what it does suggest is that Guardiola is unhappy with his current defensive personnel. And he should be. It’s full of old, expensive and ineffective parts. With the exception of John Stones, who due to his youth and the amount of cash doled out for him, City will likely move on from the rest: Aleksandar Kolarov, Bacary Sagna, Gael Clichy and yes, Vincent Kompany.
City must get younger in the back. With only Tosin Adarabioyo waiting in the wings for central defense, and rumors like these, the powers that be at the club seemingly think so too.
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