Laporte has a growing reputation as one of the best
young defenders in Europe — despite the expensive outlay, Guardiola will be confident that the promising defender can go some way to fixing Manchester City's problems at the back.
The monstrous Uruguayan defender won't move in January, but if United could sign him to partner Bailly they would have two of the best
young defenders in the world anchoring their defence for the better part of a decade.
City fans took to Twitter to express their thoughts to speculation linking the club with a move for the Spaniard, who is considered one of the best
young defenders in the English football.
De Ligt is widely regarded as one of the best
young defenders in Europe, becoming the latest name to come through the highly - regarded Ajax academy.
One of the best
young defenders in the game at the moment, John Stones looks like a great prospect in English football and the ideal defensive leader to fill Terry's boots at Stamford Bridge.
Laporte has made 222 appearances for Bilbao since breaking into the team in 2012, establishing himself as one of the finest
young defenders in Europe.
Also,
young defenders in Gabriel, Calum Chambers and newly signed Rob Holding are not in a position deserving a consistent place in the starting lineup.
One of the best
young defenders in Europe, Luke Shaw continues to progress for Manchester United and the England national team.
Holding's calmness on the ball and technical ability have seen some tout the player as one of the best
young defenders in the league.
We have some good
young defenders in Holding, Chambers, Mavropanos and Bellerin, a good young goalkeeper in Macey and a good young DM in Bielik; all they require is good coaching in the discipline, structure, communication and techniques of organized team defending.
After proving last season that he is one of the best
young defenders in Europe, the England international would be a great signing if anyone managed to pull it off.
One of the best
young defenders in the world, Raphael Varane has shone in his breakthrough season at Real Madrid.
Holding is rated as one of the most promising
young defenders in English football and at 20 years old, he is the perfect age for Arsenal to develop him into a much better centre back.
All the best
YOUNG defenders in the worlds are 26/27... so how is 29 past it?
It seems pretty clear that Everton are determined to keep the highly - rated youngster, who has become a key part of their defence in the last year - and - a-half, showing himself to be one of the top
young defenders in the English game and perhaps Europe.
The centre - half has proved to be a massive success at St Andrew's and he has established himself as one of the best
young defenders in the country.
While PSG are unlikely to be keen to let go of one of the most highly rated
young defenders in the world game, the youngster has made no qualms about his disappointment at a lack of playing time at the capital club, despite having won the league this season.
He now appears destined to join Barca, who will be delighted to acquire one of the finest
young defenders in the world game.
And Marquinhos, who is still only 21, appears to be the ideal man to pick up the slack, as he has already proved himself to be one of the best
young defenders in the game right now.
In defense we can have Gibbs and Chambers (also considering Jenkinson if he improves himself) as great defenders if they improve, they have the potential to be one of the best and if Wenger brings one or two more good and
young defenders in January or next summer, we can have a great Arsenal team for the future years.
Real Madrid's young central defender Raphael Varane, regularly linked with Chelsea throughout the summer and one described as the best
young defender in the world by Jose Mourinho, has signed a new long - term deal at the Bernabeu.
It's not immediately clear what incensed
the young defender in a match that saw another youngster, James Wilson, forced off with injury.
But like admin says we already have Holding, and Holding out of
every young defender in England has no less a shot at being first team than any of the others.
The 19 - year - old was arguably the most impressive
young defender in the Premier League last season and if he can develop further under the guidance of Louis Van Gaal he will benefit the English national side as well as Manchester United after they sold the experienced Patrice Evra to Juventus earlier in the summer.
Christensen is the one most at risk of doing so having established himself as the best
young defender in a top three league worldwide but the others should all be able to go back with work to do and a point to prove.
Not exact matches
Refinancing might may a ton of sense for
young software engineer just entering the industry, while a public
defender or government employee could benefit
in the long - run from maintaining their federal loans.
A superb prospect who has impressed
in his two seasons
in the Everton first - team, John Stones will inevitably draw comparisons with Terry due to being another English
defender to catch the eye at a
young age.
Koscielny can be tried to fill the same role
in Arsenal, or we can search for a
younger defender that can be our first attacker
in the back.
It seems that Jose Mourinho could already be preparing to replace Terry
in the near future, with various recent reports liking the champions with moves for
defenders, some of them
young and looking like long - term investments for the club.
Or perhaps to avoid too many changes, the
young Spanish
defender could come
in at left back, where his pace might help him to compensate for his lack of experience.
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Monreal can be a great
defender from time, but I think
in the long run, the wing back is a
young mans game.
The
young Arsenal and England
defender Calum Chambers may have had the sort of game he would rather forget on Monday against Liverpool, and he has taken his fair share of stick for is as well, but I do not think that it will mean a great deal
in the long term.
The ruthlessness shown by the youngster is likely to appeal to the cold - hearted Jose Mourinho, although we're not sure if Premier League
defenders will concede defeat alike to the
young child
in his Instagram video after a nutmeg.
With an # 8m deal
in the works to bring Olympiacos
defender Kostas Manolas to Arsenal before the transfer window slams shut, the impressive
young Greek international could be set for a start against the Premier League champions at the Emirates.
We do need
younger better
defenders, but more importantly, they need to be coached properly
in how to defend.
Because it will give the
young Spanish
defender Hector Bellerin a chance to show what he can do
in the first team.
I think there will be a CDM coming
in but it won't be Schneiderlin, maybe a
young English «utility»
defender Mings or Gomez and our annual single marquee signing to be Draxler (Reus is never gonna happen) although
in my dreams I would prefer Lewandoski.
According to reports
in Spain, the Red Devils have already agreed a fee with the Yellow Submarine, with El Carrusel Deportivo de la Cadena Ser — on the Cadena Ser network — confirming that United have offered almost $ 30 million for the talented
young defender.
The
young defender is one of the first names on the Gunners team sheet, and his form even earned him a place
in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year last term.
The report notes that Villarreal signed the
defender from Espanyol
in January 2015 for a fee of $ 5.5 million, with the
young west African recruited as a replacement for Arsenal - bound Gabriel Paulista.
It is not just
in attack where the Azzurri have
young talent — Empoli central
defender Daniele Rugani is amongst the most composed and promising
young defenders on the planet right now.
Another
young star who is tipped to move to a bigger club
in the near future is Dayot Upamecano, who has earned his place as one of the world's most coveted
young defenders.
Another outstanding
young defender currently plying his trade
in Spain's La Liga, Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Bilbao has been mentioned as a transfer target for United
in recent times.
I have recently written an article about how badly Arsenal need some quality,
young (er)
defenders now that Monreal and Koscielny will both be 32 next season, and obviously Mertesacker won't even be
in the squad, but maybe Sven Minislat has brought
in a
young diamond to save our back line
in Konstantinos Mavropanos from PAS Giannina
in Greece.
He reminded me so much of a
young Sol Campbell, our last, and along with Cashley Cole, only truly world class
defender in the past 3 decades.
It has now been revealed that Sean Dyche wants our
young defender Rob Holding on loan for the rest of the season, but as Holding and Chambers have been our most likely backups if Koscielny, Mustafi or Monreal have been unavailable it is extremely unlikely that Arsene Wenger will let him go unless he brings
in another experienced centre - back, which is fully expected to be Jonny Evans.
We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England
defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks
in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very
young team, as well as the limp performance put
in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.
He came
in as a
young unknown
defender, whom many criticised for his lack of experience.
Arsene Wenger has revealed that he held an interest
in young Real Madrid
defender Raphael Varane but failed to land the Frenchman.