Didier Zakora

[KingReyes]

Didier Zokora

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_p ... ort3.shtml

Its from the NOTW so there's nothing concrete but I wanted to ask if anyone knows anything about this guy. BrianFrance might know a thing or two.

For 10 million (if true) he must be pretty good, it says he's a midfielder. Are we talking something similar to Essien?

And if it does turn out to be true then he's ours for sure, St. Ettiene are our feeder club. :wink:

 

[GoonerGurjit]

The Ivory Coast have a lot of very good up and coming players.

 

[eddie_wills]

he looks a lot like Essien.

3/4 defenders in the next few years if this goes through could be comprised of players from the Ivory Coast, imagine someone suggesting that 10 years ago. I certainly would be all for it if they all boast the committment, enthusiasm and strength of Kolo.

 

[asajoseph]

well, if Giles rates him, he must be good!

 

[sabret00the]

isn't he also wanted by the likes of fulham, man city, <mid table mediocrity> etc?

 

[Wenger14]

Seems like Chelsea were after him in the summer.

BBC link, http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 432870.stm

 

[Anonymous]

Wanted by Man U, Lyon, and was wanted by chelsea apparently.

 

[sabret00the]

why are we bothering with this? why don't we just go for someone proven for once and for all? forget that extended climatising period which we're seeing Eboue go through, let's just make something happen, straight from the profile clubs of Europe to the middle of our park?

 

[RM_09]

i agree. i think we have some good youth players in our ranks. but we need to take action now. buy someone established. get them right in there. then once he and gilbeto start aging, we've got Cesc and Flamini to replace them

 

[RM_09]

if not him though, who else are we looking at? how many proven central midfielders are going to be sold? i think madrid are the only ****** who decided to sell Makalele. Gerrard, Lampard, etc. are all too valuable to their clubs to be sold. any one got ideas of someone we could possible look at?

 

[YeahBee]

If he is a guy who can play both DM and Cd I would love him as Sol and Berto is ageing and we don't have two good replacements for either of them, imaging Sol and Berto out for a while and Kolo, then we woulod have Cygan and Senderos as CD and Cesc and Flamini as CM with whom to cover for them?

I almost forgot Song didn't he play CD in preseason? Why haven't we seen more of him? Looks like a big talent playing alot for Bastia was it?

 

[RM_09]

he's just come in. RVP took a long time to adapt, but look at him now. just give him some time. AW brought him in, so he must be good..!

 

[RocktheCasbah]

Sabre, whoever is bought, accomplished or not, they will still have to acclimatise. I don't think there's a league in the wold like ours, nor a team in the world like ours.

 

[brianfrance]

One of the best midfield player in the L1
Gifted, but he's not the machine essien is. An excellent addition to the squad IMO, not for 10M£ though
Deschamps is a big fan of the guy

 

[asajoseph]

Gilberto's only just turned 29 last month. Sure, he's no spring chicken, but he's not going to be retiring any time soon...

 

[RM_09]

sure he wont. and i think Hleb is replacement enough for PV. Or maybe we do need someone more powerful. Hleb is sort of the player who needs to play between where Vieira played then, and Bergkamp plays now. we need either a tough replacement for vieira, or someone more effective than Hleb (lampard, gerrard types). i know there's a very very very small chance of either of them coming, but im tryin to make a point. we need someone to do for us what those 2 do for their clubs

 

[Viper]

Gilberto's only just turned 29 last month. Sure, he's no spring chicken, but he's not going to be retiring any time soon...

Yeah. He has got atleast 3 years left.

 

[juz7_pi12es]

javier mascherano springs to mind

 

[RM_09]

Vieira was a rarely used sub when we bought him from Milan. Maybe a half decent name like Didier Zakora is actually who we should be looking for?

 

[jacc_7_1]

compared to yahya toure ?