Dutch Blade
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We obviously need depth for the CB positions, and that's without even thinking about Egan/ O'Connell getting poached by an other team.
Joel Veltman (Ajax) is a really solid CB and would be definitely be a big improvement for our squad. He should cost around 5-6 million pound, as he was supposed to leave last year but then got injured. Ajax is not gonna ask for a big fee.
He's a right footed CB, who is also comfortable playing RB (although not in our 3-5-2 system). Very comfortable with the ball on his foot, and very smart in his way of defending. He's definitely better than Jagielka & Robinson, and tbh I think he's better than Basham as well.
His only "unknown / weakness" is defending against strong tall strikers, but that shouldn't be a problem in our 3 CB system and he's very smart handling that.
If we get European football I'm sure he's willing to come here. Olympique Marseille, and unknown Italian top 5 side & some lower Premier League teams are interested (reported last week by the most reliable Ajax watcher in The Netherlands). He stated in an interview a couple years ago that playing in the Premier League would be a dream for him, so if he prefers that league above the France competition, we would be his first choice I guess.
Joel Veltman (Ajax) is a really solid CB and would be definitely be a big improvement for our squad. He should cost around 5-6 million pound, as he was supposed to leave last year but then got injured. Ajax is not gonna ask for a big fee.
He's a right footed CB, who is also comfortable playing RB (although not in our 3-5-2 system). Very comfortable with the ball on his foot, and very smart in his way of defending. He's definitely better than Jagielka & Robinson, and tbh I think he's better than Basham as well.
His only "unknown / weakness" is defending against strong tall strikers, but that shouldn't be a problem in our 3 CB system and he's very smart handling that.
If we get European football I'm sure he's willing to come here. Olympique Marseille, and unknown Italian top 5 side & some lower Premier League teams are interested (reported last week by the most reliable Ajax watcher in The Netherlands). He stated in an interview a couple years ago that playing in the Premier League would be a dream for him, so if he prefers that league above the France competition, we would be his first choice I guess.