Ldnsaint Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 (edited) Rumours of us being close to signing Armel Bella Kotchap from Vfl Bochum. Centre back Edited 21 June, 2022 by Ldnsaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 1 minute ago, Ldnsaint said: Rumours of us being close to signing Armel Bella Kotchap from Vfl Bochum, CB. That's so random, it must be true. 20 year old centre-back. Right footed. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ldnsaint said: Rumours of us being close to signing Armel Bella Kotchap from Vfl Bochum. Centre back Needs a wanky youtube vid this one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 From March this year: Armel Bella-Kotchap could leave Bochum this summer, according to Bild, who claims the 20-year-old centre-back is likely to move to England for a transfer fee of at least €10 million. Armel Bella-Kotchap. Photo: VfL Bochum VfL Bochum are reportedly prepared to sell Armel Bella-Kotchap in the summer if their asking price is met. According to Bild, the centre-back is likely to leave the Bundesliga side for a transfer fee of at least €10 million, with the English Premier League seen as the most likely destination.Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United, among others, have been linked with the talented central defender.According to Bild, Bella-Kotchap wants to hold talks with Bochum in the near future to clarify his future."It is important to me that Bochum will get something in return, should I leave one day," he emphasized.The German under-21 international is under contract until 2024. Source: https://bulinews.com/news/11902/report-bochum-demand-least-10-million-for-bella-kotchap-amid-england-links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 1 minute ago, SuperSAINT said: From March this year: Armel Bella-Kotchap could leave Bochum this summer, according to Bild, who claims the 20-year-old centre-back is likely to move to England for a transfer fee of at least €10 million. Armel Bella-Kotchap. Photo: VfL Bochum VfL Bochum are reportedly prepared to sell Armel Bella-Kotchap in the summer if their asking price is met. According to Bild, the centre-back is likely to leave the Bundesliga side for a transfer fee of at least €10 million, with the English Premier League seen as the most likely destination.Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United, among others, have been linked with the talented central defender.According to Bild, Bella-Kotchap wants to hold talks with Bochum in the near future to clarify his future."It is important to me that Bochum will get something in return, should I leave one day," he emphasized.The German under-21 international is under contract until 2024. Source: https://bulinews.com/news/11902/report-bochum-demand-least-10-million-for-bella-kotchap-amid-england-links Very saintsy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 (edited) Got a swiss mate who is a bochum fan and he said "he is quality, agressive, goodish with the ball at his feet and has pace, played a lot this year. Expect him to make mistakes as he is young but expect him to be very good over the long run". Here is a scout report i just found as well - seems exactly what I was saying needs to happen - defenders can push up and condense the play to win the ball back easier. "Bochum, under head coach Thomas Reis, always try to squeeze the game. They push up the pitch and pressure the ball to win it back as quickly as possible, before transitioning into fast and direct attacks. That proactive approach suits Bella-Kotchap as the excellent front-foot defender that he is". His first instinct is to press up onto and engage the immediate threat, and he reads and reacts to developing situations quickly. Bella-Kotchap is very good at stepping up to intercept passes, pressure the receiver’s touch, or disrupt their next action. He overwhelms attackers in physical duels, cutting in ahead of them to intercept a pass, wrapping one of his long legs around them to disrupt their touch, and hulking over them to power into headers." https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/armel-bella-kotchap/ Edited 21 June, 2022 by Convict Colony added more from the scout report 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Corbyn Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Great name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 1 minute ago, Convict Colony said: agressive, goodish with the ball at his feet and has pace, Sounds like another Salisu...maybe his replacement? 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 1 minute ago, The Curse of St Mary's said: 👀 #ITK_Watch has taken note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Corbyn Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Just now, skintsaint said: Sounds like another Salisu...maybe his replacement? 🙄 I generally thought that Salisu was better when he was the deeper of the two, watching runners and using his pace to snuf out attacks rather than a front foot head-to-the-ball type. Two of them could be our new Svensson and Lundekvam. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Based on everything I've read he is indeed the 2nd coming of Van dijk 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Just now, Convict Colony said: Based on everything I've read he is indeed the 2nd coming of Van dijk 🤣 Providing he isn't the second coming of Danso... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 (edited) Kotchap? Who’s the sauce that’s reporting this? Edited 21 June, 2022 by Pilchards 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 5 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: Got a swiss mate who is a bochum fan and he said "he is quality, agressive, goodish with the ball at his feet and has pace, played a lot this year. Expect him to make mistakes as he is young but expect him to be very good over the long run". Here is a scout report i just found as well https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/armel-bella-kotchap/ That's a given with our defenders . Come back to the same point though, no matter how good he and Salisu are, and their 'limitless' potential... we need an older experienced head in the team, and especially at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 7 minutes ago, Convict Colony said: Got a swiss mate who is a bochum fan and he said "he is quality, agressive, goodish with the ball at his feet and has pace, played a lot this year. Expect him to make mistakes as he is young but expect him to be very good over the long run". Here is a scout report i just found as well - seems exactly what I was saying needs to happen - defenders can push up and condense the play to win the ball back easier. "Bochum, under head coach Thomas Reis, always try to squeeze the game. They push up the pitch and pressure the ball to win it back as quickly as possible, before transitioning into fast and direct attacks. That proactive approach suits Bella-Kotchap as the excellent front-foot defender that he is". His first instinct is to press up onto and engage the immediate threat, and he reads and reacts to developing situations quickly. Bella-Kotchap is very good at stepping up to intercept passes, pressure the receiver’s touch, or disrupt their next action. He overwhelms attackers in physical duels, cutting in ahead of them to intercept a pass, wrapping one of his long legs around them to disrupt their touch, and hulking over them to power into headers." https://www.scoutedftbl.com/best-young-football-players/armel-bella-kotchap/ Sounds Salisu-esque 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 5 minutes ago, skintsaint said: Sounds like another Salisu...maybe his replacement? 🙄 Hopefully doesn’t mean we have to wait 8-9 months for him to play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunglasses Ron Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 3 minutes ago, Badger said: Providing he isn't the second coming of Danso... Imagine if his name was Armel Hoedt-Dando! Poor bugger would never have a chance of making it here! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Corbyn Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 1 minute ago, SaintsFan86 said: Apparently we are open to offers for Bednerak and Stephens.. So it wouldn't surprise me if we Shift both and bring in two CBS this summer. Having a back central 3 of Bazunu, Salisu and ABK is very exciting as they all clearly have high potential. Would be very nervous going with it this season without more experienced options just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Very salisu like from the videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Another double barrelled surname as well so it has to be true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Exciting. Champions League here we come? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 26 minutes ago, skintsaint said: Needs a wanky youtube vid this one.. I'm sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaptopSaint Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Bella-Kotchap’s magic He wears a magic hat He could’ve stayed at Bochum etc I’m pretty sure I remember reading when he made his German U21 debut that he said he really hated Pompey. Should fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Little bit of Bochum fan input... https://vfl4u.de/wbb4/index.php?thread/63109-der-armel-bella-kotchap-thread/&pageNo=16 right-click/translate to English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 If you were to describe a CB we needed for our system, you'd pretty much describe that video of this guy. I don't like reading too much into youtube videos as they can be jazzed up, but he does look like he ticks every single box we could actually ask for. No, he's not experienced, but his potential is huge and that's the model we're going for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 37 minutes ago, skintsaint said: Sounds like another Salisu...maybe his replacement? 🙄 31 minutes ago, saintwbu said: Sounds Salisu-esque 31 minutes ago, Appy said: Hopefully doesn’t mean we have to wait 8-9 months for him to play I'm still waiting for the Salisu joining photoshoot.... #neverhappened 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Curse of St Mary's Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Close to being announced it seems 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunglasses Ron Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 (edited) I think he was top of all our lists for solving our defensive problems. Welcome to Saints 😃 Edited 21 June, 2022 by Sunglasses Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvSFC Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 It’s weird signing players who come with very high reviews (Bazunu and this centre-back). I’m too used to Lyanco esque signings, where we get to read all about how nobody rates him. Exciting start to the summer for sure. As I said yesterday, this is the first summer in nine years where we’ve signed players before July. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Sounds like he could start immediately. #dreamon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Timmier Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 (edited) Bet he knows a thing or two about decent tomato sauce Ahhh - just spotted that @Pilchardsbeat me to this particular dad joke on the main transfers thread! Edited 21 June, 2022 by Le Timmier . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodymatt Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 7 minutes ago, HarvSFC said: It’s weird signing players who come with very high reviews (Bazunu and this centre-back). I’m too used to Lyanco esque signings, where we get to read all about how nobody rates him. Exciting start to the summer for sure. As I said yesterday, this is the first summer in nine years where we’ve signed players before July. Didn't realise that - wow. You do know mlg will be salivating as he fact checks this statement don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 No Denise Richards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
once_bitterne Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Would have made a good CB pairing with Mayo Yoshida. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Great on FM22 tbf... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Like the look of this one but like all concerned lack of experience in our backline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danbert Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 We brought Lycano last season, and have given Stephens a new contract so I doubt they'll be off. My guess is one of Salisu and Bednarek is on the way out, and surely Valery too, unless we need him for fullback cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 6 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: Great on FM22 tbf... Whereas Mateusz Lis is terrible on FM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 A comment on one of the pop up sites. Very raw but will learn from Saint's experienced defenders, Bednarek and Salisu etc. There was I thinking that they were the problem. 22 BL games only. What we need is a couple of mature leaders, solid defenders and ball winners both on the deck and in the air. No slowcoaches please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bad Wolf Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Whereas Mateusz Lis is terrible on FM! On one of my saves, I think it was around 2013, Henri Lansbury was world player of the year. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintwbu Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 We seem to be taking a bit of a Leipzig approach, and having two mobile but inexperienced defenders who aren’t afraid to put a foot in didn’t hurt them too much with Upamecano and Konate together. Excited for this one, hope he settles quickly cos we need it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igsey Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 From someone on Reddit: Quote Rentsch who is the most reliable VfL Bochum reporter just confirmed this, Bella-Kotchap is definitely going to southampton. He is incredibly good, absolutely fantastic. I moved to Bochum and watched him all season, hes been quite unlucky with some silly own goals and also a character off the pitch but when hes fully focused which is most of the time he is so unbelievably good. His games against Leipzig and Bayern were phenomenal, he is tall, quick, fantastic on the ball, and super young so he has a lot of potential. For the low sum Bochum are asking for (around 10 million) this is a no-brainer and a fantastic deal for southampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Exciting. Anyone know the logic behind such a low fee if he’s considered to have this much potential? 9-10m seems like nothing in this market. Did he only have a year left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 Just now, Midfield_General said: Exciting. Anyone know the logic behind such a low fee if he’s considered to have this much potential? 9-10m seems like nothing in this market. Did he only have a year left? Release clause I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 June, 2022 Share Posted 21 June, 2022 It genuinely sounds like he's got everything we want in a CB, a right sided Salisu. One of the most important things about playing the way we play is having the players capable of doing it, you could argue that Ralph doesn't seem to know how to play another way but that's another argument. At least it seems like the club are properly backing him with players who totally suit the philosophy and he won't have to try and hang out Bednarek and Stephens to play in this team. Having mobile and quick defenders is so important against the transition, something we remember all too often last season with Bednarek being turned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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