QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Aug 23 2007, 10:02 AM)
Well, Villa are having a panic over a defender and we've reportedly made offers for two players:
Porty. Apparently we've gone in for Jose Bosingwa, I've not seen anything of him myself so I can't say how good he is, and there's no value to judge him on either, it just say "his price keeps going up." I can only assume that's because he's good or something? So any good? And how much do you think it'll take to buy him IF they'll sell?

Boswingwa is the best right-back in Portugal at the moment, by far. (Nelson from Benfica seems to be more worried about his stupid hair-style than playing football)
Apart from Quaresma and Lucho, he's the best in FCPorto. The guy really rocks. Really quick, ofensive (attacking...) and lots of stamina to track back and go up again (not the perfect English here

).
Trust me. You won't have to worry about the RB place for the next 5 years (the guy has 25), he's really that good.
The problem is I can see Porto selling him. Only something around 10-15M/euros at least. If Villa don't sign him now... he'll be in Liverpool or ManUtd in 1-2 years IMHO.
PS: Much better than Chelsea's Belletti. Way better.