Original Dub wrote:Dameerto wrote:If Jonny fucking Evans was worth whatever numbers were being floated around at the time then Mangala is worth 30m.
Of course - He's a 26 year old french international - who was doubting he is worth less than 30 year old Jonny Evans???
Why were Arsenal, whose defence is quite a problem, interested in JFE and not Mangala just this past January?
Heard such offers of interest for Mangala?
A player who has had plenty of chances to prove himself with us and has been very inconsistent and shaky?
French international? Jason Denayer is also a Belgium international, mate.
When was the last time Mangala earned a cap? He couldn't even earn one when France had an injury crisis at CB during, I think, the Euros last time around where he made the squad due to this issue. Deschamps went with some CB whose name I cannot even recall at all, and Mangala didn't play any minutes at all, I believe.
Mangala's not awful, but JFE is considered a steady, reliable, experienced CB by most others who are not our fans -- the opposite of Mangala even if JFE is not all that great.