[REPORTED] Marvellous Nakamba

According to Mike McGrath of the Telegraph, us and Everton are ‘monitoring’ Nakamba at Aston Villa. Supposedly they’ll only sell at a profit - so more than the £11m they paid for him two years ago.

He’s decent but if we’re willing to pay that much for a midfielder, surely we could find someone better and/or younger (he’s 27). Given the fee and the woolly language used in the article I don’t think there’s much in this one. Maybe we made an initial inquiry about him or something like that.

Here’s the link (behind a paywall). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/08/11/transfer-notebook-aston-villa-tottenham-james-ward-prowse/

 

Swap him for one of our 2 reluctant non-signers.

 

“I like Nakamba. Will you sell him for £1m?”

“Of course. 11 of those instalments please.”

*Swears angrily in Italian and hangs up*

 

Surely we're at capacity now for AFCON players.

AFCON situation aside he's a decent enough player

 

Our scouting is such a shambles. Their new strategy is clearly to use player's first names as indicators of quality.

I suppose it's more entertaining than picking over-the-hill players completely randomly, but I'm not sure it'll be any more effective.

 

We wanted him before he went to Villa, but I imagine the price will mean we'll be moving on swiftly.

 

Played at Bruges with Dennis. About the only positive thing I can take from this rumour.

No thanks.

 

was he the guy who nicked Mr Dennis’ favoured seat?

 

Brentford can keep their data driven recruitment - give me funny first names and famous dads any day.

 

Imagine a midfield trio of Okay-Marvellous-Success.

Outstanding.

 

You forgot Louza

 

Villa fans say he has improved a lot recently and they don't want to lose him, but he doesn't seem a massive improvement and can't see he would be that cheap either.

 

Is Outstanding protecting the back four or tucked in behind the strikers?

 

Depends which end we're attacking.

 

Let’s hope he’s really good and not a Success !

 

We’ve pulled out of the race for Outstanding so we can concentrate on signing Meh.

 

Two attempts at a very similar joke.

SPAM.

 

Outstanding is his brother.

 

On that note, I'm absolutely amazed we've not yet made a bid for AFC Wimbledon defender Nesta Guinness-Walker; named after one of the all-time greats, plus he's the great-grandson of Sir Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi, no joke).

The force is with him, that's for sure.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesta_Guinness-Walker

 

Surely if he was named after him he'd be Alec Guinness-Walker?

Who was a smart guy.

He had a head on him, that Guinness.

 

Thought he was absolutely pony today. No thanks.

 

Etebo made him look like Substandard Nakamba

 

I presume lowerrous is talking about Bob Madley (middle name Nesta)?

 

Come on now, we're on a football forum and the MK Dons player was a defender.

Clearly the all time great I was referring to him being named after was Des Walker.

 

Murray Walker was also great.