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is he a real target or is it one of those comolli things to reduce other player prices..??

seems to be a real target.

lots of reports that we have agreed a fee with nacional

12m what you think swede? Sound business? Or would you rather have Cahill for a further 2-3m?

i haven't seen that much of him but he was very impressive during copa america. i'm very excited if this deal goes through.

cahill is another one i would love to get but i think there's more potential in coates.

Thats difficult, this kid could be really good... but he could flop...

Or we could get both

Yeah thats the thing im worrying about since its a new league for him, he may find it difficult to settle in. Its a toughy but I think for me, Cahill just edges it by a tiny bit.

the prob with cahill is he wud command an instant first team place which atm isnt available...if we buy a young lad like coates we cud bench him and use him when needed....and maybe go forsome1 like cahill next year when carra edges closer to retire...

that's true. kinda like jones and smalling at united

Thats a good point wazza.

If like me, you know nothing about Coates' attributes & would prefer to hear a summary from someone a little more qualified than a video on youtube would provide you, I suggest you follow this guy @karlsentk on twitter. His bio explains what/who he is.

Anyway, this is what he said earlier regarding Coates.



- followed him since sudamericano in 2009 - then saw him world youth championship same year + copa america this summer

- first thing i noticed: his amusing running style, hard to describe - looks like he's about to take a seat

- smart centre-back, good positioning sense and fine game reading skills. had the luxury of playing next to lugano at copa america

- lugano the more aggressive cb who won the headers, anticipated, dominated, tackled - coates "sweeped" up around the captain

- coates: calm style, makes good decisions but not quite as physical or dominating as his 195 cm would suggest. ok on the ball

- but tends to drop deep in order to compensate for lack of pace and mobilty (a strategy that won't work in england!)

- lots of scouts from big european clubs have watched him over the past 2-3 years without being totally convinced (i agree)

- general consensus among scouts at copa america: overvalued at 12 million euros (going rate at the time), worth a "punt" ('arry) at maybe 3-4

- personal opinion: not sure coates would've looked quite as good next to another (less dominating) cb (godin, victorino). lugano was inspired

- from what i picked up at copa america, man city were negotiating with coates' reps (even after landing savic) - not sure what happened

- apparently the british sounding surname is courtesy of scottish grandparents