Manchester United: 3 Centre-Backs club Should Target

#1 Kalidou Koulibaly

Best in the world?

Koulibaly is probably the most pursued prospect in the whole of Europe currently and deservingly so.

The Senegal international has developed to become probably the best defender in the continent in recent times and hence it is understandable that United might look to try their best to bring him to Old Trafford.

At 27 years of age, Koulibaly is at the peak of his career and this could be the best time to buy him and reap the rich rewards of his excellent abilities. He is a very astute observer of the game, and relies more on his sense of positioning and understanding of the game to get better of the opposition.

He is physically imposing, and makes it a daunting task for any adversary to get past him. The Napoli player almost covers all bases that one needs to become arguably the best player in his position in Europe.

Moreover, his composure and passing ability would help United a lot who are desperately craving for another ball-playing centre-back along with Lindelof.

Statistically speaking, he has made 1.7 tackles, 1.2 interceptions and 3.8 clearances in the Serie A on an average throughout the course of this season.

He has an 88.6% passing success rate in the league this season and has also notched two assists despite having not scored a single goal throughout the course of this season.

He is prudent and reasonable, something that would propel him to lead United’s defense and thereby help the team to achieve greater success. However, Napoli would definitely make it very difficult for Ed Woodward to successfully complete this transfer anyhow.