Damn... Thats a hell of lot money for a player who has one year left on his contract
Btw Bertus, Whats your opinion on N'Koulou, Kurt Zouma and Samuel Umiti? Do you believe they have what it takes to succeed at a big club like Barcelona?
Just saw the same question in the french league thread. Sorry for the late reply. I'm very busy during the week.
Anyway.
N'Koulou -
He's doing quite bad since the start of the season despite Marseille winning its three first matches. Journalists think that his bad mentality is the reason. He's doing the same mistakes as many players playing in the french league. Thinking he's super good and doesn't train enough as a result.
That said, he has a good margin to get better. He proved during the last part of the previous season that he could become an excellent CB if he trains enough and if he stops being big headed.
Kurt Zouma -
My favorite of the three. He developed other qualities than those of a CB. When his team is losing, he can go in the box to outnumber the opposing defence and actually be very useful. I could be wrong, but IMHO it's the most promising of the three. He's not slow. He's good in the air. He can read what's happening around him. And he's not bad when he decides to join the attack. Think of it as a Luiz alike but not crazy and only join the attack when his team is losing and when they need somebody in the penalty box to try to score. IMO he has better vision than Luiz already. Yet Luiz has better skills. But Zouma is consistent, while Luiz still has those WTF moments during some games. I won't say he's better than Luiz yet because he's so Young. But among the three you listed, he has the biggest potential.
Samuel Umiti -
The least skilled of the three players you listed. Lyon lost three matches in a row mainly because the team is too Young. Umiti, just like Grenier, needs to play with experienced players to do good and improve. Umiti is better on the field when Bisevac is there too for example.
The three of them could improve greatly if they were Under the wing of a great player like Puyol.
If i had to pick only one tho, I'd pick Zouma.
