Ismaila Coulibaly

[robbiez666]

Sell or recall time for the lad. Last chance to potentially get a permit for him. I'd sell, personally, with large clauses attached.

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[DeanLearner'sCat]

It seems like a no-brainer to bring him over. We need midfielders and, for work permit reasons, we can't let him have another year at Beerschot. At the very least we should have him for pre-season so Hecky can get a proper look at him.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

I’d rather sell players like him, Lowe & Burke than lose Egan, NDiaye, Berge. I don’t think there’s any hope in keeping Berge & Egan though, they’ll want to play premiership football for their own careers

 

[robbiez666]

I’d rather sell players like him, Lowe & Burke than lose Egan, NDiaye, Berge. I don’t think there’s any hope in keeping Berge & Egan though, they’ll want to play premiership football for their own careers

This is my thinking really. He had suitors last year and presumably we can command say £5 million for him upfront. He might not even be any good in English football, you never know. Ndiaye is raw but has shown he can play at this level. It gives us money and a profit on a player we've never seen.

 

[Wards]

Surely you get him over for pre-season then make a decision

 

[Boxer Blade]

I have no idea whether to sell him or keep him as I've never seen him play. How supporters who have never seen him play have an opinion I don't know, unless he's valued at say a couple of million and somebody is offering a lot more then fair enough.

 

[Bladesman]

I have no idea whether to sell him or keep him as I've never seen him play. How supporters who have never seen him play have an opinion I don't know, unless he's valued at say a couple of million and somebody is offering a lot more then fair enough.

PurpleRain has seen him play at Beerschot.

 

[PurpleRain]

PurpleRain has seen him play at Beerschot.

If you give him confidence and a warm environment I think he will be a top player. I was happy to read that your manager doesn’t rate him because I still hope he will play another season for us but from your point of view I think he can do a job for you and is better than some of your current midfield players. But confidence is a big thing. In his first years he only had positive comments and I think now for the first time in his career he comes out of a bad period with external circumstances (in a poor team losing each week and injuries). So it’s logic he won’t show his best version during a training test.

 

[Champagneblade]

I'm probably 50/50 on him now.

Appreciate he might have shown some skills in season one.

My concern is that he has to:
1. Get over his injury.
2. Acclimatise to a brand new country.
3. Regain his form and confidence.

I do think he is different but I wasn't watching Beerschot to say if he would be more effective. He isn't going to displace Norwood as a play maker based on what I've seen. Not sure he has the defensive and tactical awareness of Fleck either. He was half asleep on a couple of goals late in the season where he should have tracked his man or defended better. But it looks like he can get about the pitch better and perhaps be more of a goal threat.

But if the other signings are ready made, for example Josh Laurent of Reading, who has athleticism and has played at this level already then perhaps we'll have time to bed him in.

It feels now or never with him though. As soon as he steps on the field in 1B, he's useless to the Blades due to his Visa. I'm doubtful as to how much his value will appreciate either, in 1B.

I suppose it depends who has an interest in him and what they might pay. Also depends how well he is recovered from his injury. It's a gamble to bring him in to immediately rely on him, I'd say. Management might just decide there are too many variables.

 

[mancunianblade]

If you give him confidence and a warm environment I think he will be a top player. I was happy to read that your manager doesn’t rate him because I still hope he will play another season for us but from your point of view I think he can do a job for you and is better than some of your current midfield players. But confidence is a big thing. In his first years he only had positive comments and I think now for the first time in his career he comes out of a bad period with external circumstances (in a poor team losing each week and injuries). So it’s logic he won’t show his best version during a training test.

If he stayed another year with you then he wouldn’t qualify for a work permit for us further down the line

 

[Stevo]

Sell him for £5m with a 25% sell on clause

 

[Rudders]

I’d rather sell players like him, Lowe & Burke than lose Egan, NDiaye, Berge. I don’t think there’s any hope in keeping Berge & Egan though, they’ll want to play premiership football for their own careers

I would be suprised if Egan went into the Prem or had many suitors. He loses his footing very often and looks extremely ragged against pace or the ball over the top. He doesn't score enough and is only managing to average 6/10 performances for us in the championship. Maybe Burnley would look at him when Tarkowski leaves but there arent many obvious destinations for him.

 

[adamawdhali]

No brainier surely. Get him over and see what he’s like in preseason and then decide. We need more mobility and athleticism in midfield and if we already have that in him we might as well keep him

 

[finlaytheblade]

If he stayed another year with you then he wouldn’t qualify for a work permit for us further down the line

It's a no brained to bring him back for preseason training we have to have a look at him.
He's a young player who cost a few million, we have to take a good look at him.

Would be stupid not to

 

[Cheesebored]

I'm probably missing something here but where does the £5 million valuation come from?

 

[Yogi]

I'm probably 50/50 on him now.

Appreciate he might have shown some skills in season one.

My concern is that he has to:
1. Get over his injury.
2. Acclimatise to a brand new country.
3. Regain his form and confidence.

I do think he is different but I wasn't watching Beerschot to say if he would be more effective. He isn't going to displace Norwood as a play maker based on what I've seen. Not sure he has the defensive and tactical awareness of Fleck either. He was half asleep on a couple of goals late in the season where he should have tracked his man or defended better. But it looks like he can get about the pitch better and perhaps be more of a goal threat.

But if the other signings are ready made, for example Josh Laurent of Reading, who has athleticism and has played at this level already then perhaps we'll have time to bed him in.

It feels now or never with him though. As soon as he steps on the field in 1B, he's useless to the Blades due to his Visa. I'm doubtful as to how much his value will appreciate either, in 1B.

I suppose it depends who has an interest in him and what they might pay. Also depends how well he is recovered from his injury. It's a gamble to bring him in to immediately rely on him, I'd say. Management might just decide there are too many variables.

Given we’re likely to have to prioritise our resources this summer and we need bodies how would you view him as a player to primarily start as someone on the bench getting 10 minutes to end games and the odd rotational start effectively the role Hourihane occupied towards the end of the year.

I’m aware he won’t have the dead ball or technical ability of Hourihane but could he work as a change of pace option or someone to add energy and combativeness to close out games?

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

I would be suprised if Egan went into the Prem or had many suitors. He loses his footing very often and looks extremely ragged against pace or the ball over the top. He doesn't score enough and is only managing to average 6/10 performances for us in the championship. Maybe Burnley would look at him when Tarkowski leaves but there arent many obvious destinations for him.

6/10? Maybe under Slav as a two & possibly in the odd game with Hecky (Reading & Coventry away spring to mind) but he’s been one of the main reasons we had the clean sheet record we did in the second half of the season. Keep him & it’s a big reason why we go up

 

[BigBed]

Hecky brought him over and wasnt impressed, so sent him back?

 

[Sean Thornton]

PurpleRain has seen him play at Beerschot.

But he’s not the only one with an opinion. He has seen him play and has provided first hand experience of that. The post you attempted to ridicule clearly related to the majority of those passing an opinion based on next to nothing that’s relevant.

Delve into Rumours section and see how many suggestions are based on one off Quest or You Tube videos.

 

[Bladesman]

But he’s not the only one with an opinion. He has seen him play and has provided first hand experience of that. The post you attempted to ridicule clearly related to the majority of those passing an opinion based on next to nothing that’s relevant.

Delve into Rumours section and see how many suggestions are based on one off Quest or You Tube videos.

Yes but I heard he can't even kick a ball.

 

[Champagneblade]

Given we’re likely to have to prioritise our resources this summer and we need bodies how would you view him as a player to primarily start as someone on the bench getting 10 minutes to end games and the odd rotational start effectively the role Hourihane occupied towards the end of the year.

I’m aware he won’t have the dead ball or technical ability of Hourihane but could he work as a change of pace option or someone to add energy and combativeness to close out games?

Sorry I only just saw your question.

Having watched Beerschot a fair bit last year, he's probably one of the few I would say I haven't got enough of a feel for because he was absent so much. I didn't see him last season when by all accounts he played well nor at the beginning before he got injured.

He appears to have bossed Albert-Mboyo Sambi Lokonga when he played against Anderlecht in the prior year and he went to Arsenal for 17m so there is a potential high upside to him. Its just if he can regain fitness, form and then also transfer this to a new country.

I've only seen him coming back from injury and this was late appearances when the team was almost always already falling to a defeat. He did contribute to a couple of goals conceded. One he didn't pick up a runner well and another he was probably fouled, but the ref failed in his duty. Not much of him going forwards because these were cameos when the team was under the pump.

By all accounts he is a confidence player and there were a few articles about him struggling a little mentally with the covid and being injured situation. When playing in a team that was winning more than not, he did well. 5 goals and 2 assists in 2700 minutes in the Belgium League is not to be sniffed at. Sander managed 6 goals and 4 assists in just under 2,400 this season with us and Sander was often deployed further forward for us and is of course a few years older.

He is certainly different to Norwood and Fleck and with those two established there would seem to be scope to ease him in.

What I wanted to share was that KAA Gent have apparently an interest in him, so let's see. Article can translate to English depending on your device settings:

'AA Gent wil topper van Beerschot'

De voorbije weken werd er flink gespeculeerd over de toekomst van Hein Vanhaezebrouck, maar uiteindelijk blijft de succestrainer aan boord b...

www.voetbalnieuws.be

 

[brownblade]

I've literally never seen him play, but based on Purple and Champagne reporting, I'd be really interested to see him get a chance in the first half of the season at Blades.

We need rotation options and different types in central midfield. Fleck needs to be an option next season, rather than a guaranteed starter (because Fleck had a few fantastic games last season, but a lot of pretty poor games - keep him fresher and make him play for his place).

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Get him back, look at him in friendlies if he’s miles off of it then loan him out again

 

[Stevo71]

If he was any good he'd have already been at utd

 

[Carlton Blade]

He's taller than 5 foot 4. Doesn't fit what we value.

But seriously, I've never seen him play

 

[Stevo]

Does he even exist??

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

I would be suprised if Egan went into the Prem or had many suitors. He loses his footing very often and looks extremely ragged against pace or the ball over the top. He doesn't score enough and is only managing to average 6/10 performances for us in the championship. Maybe Burnley would look at him when Tarkowski leaves but there arent many obvious destinations for him.

Agree that he has his limitations but I'm staggered by the 6/10 comment. At times last season, he held that defence together despite being hamstrung by Jokanovic for the first three months. He covered the lapses of Davies/Robinson and, once Basham regained his place, looked as strong as ever. Remember he was a key component of that 9th placed PL finish when we were strong as a rock defensively. Whilst MGW was player of the season and Wes was a revelation, Egan for me was the best of the rest for me. He needs to play in a three rather than a four though. It'll probably never happen again but if we could get a fully-fit and fully-firing Basham, Egan and O'Connell back three again, we would walk this league.

 

[adiosmiamigo]

Sell or recall time for the lad. Last chance to potentially get a permit for him. I'd sell, personally, with large clauses attached.

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Sell without even seeing him play?

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Sell without even seeing him play?

I'm sure some at the club have seen him play plus he trained with us recently.

 

[robbiez666]

Sell without even seeing him play?

Do you really think we haven't watched him play many times?