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Eric Bailly: North London derby over Manchester United’s defender

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Manchester United’s defender Eric Bailly has been highly linked with Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur latey.

Eric Bailly hasn’t started for United since that horrendous 3-2 defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion at Amex Stadium, though he came on as late substitute against Burnley as well as Watford.

After falling off the pecking order under Jose Mourinho recently, many regard that January exit would be the best option for the African defender.

Arsenal have depth in central defensive options with Laurent Koscielny, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Calum Chambers, Rob Holding and Konstantinos Mavropanos. So, Why are they targeting Eric Bailly? – Apparently Unai Emery likes Bailly since his time in Spain and would potentially like to work with Bailly.

Laurent Koscielny has recently struggled to keep up due to injury troubles and its still a matter of concern that how much time will he take to get back to full fitness complemented by playing at his best.

Bailly would not only be a back-up plan if Koscielny doesn’t come good off injury but also he will be an significant upgrade on other defenders except Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

Bailly has established himself in Manchester United’s defence, so we can expect him to come in and establish himself at Arsenal. But, with quality and depth Arsenal possess centrally – he may struggle to do so.

On the other hand, increasingly growing frustrated with Toby Alderweired’s links away from North London – Spurs fan think going for Eric Bailly would be the best of options.

Davidson Sanchez thinks he is world-class but he puts up performances of no class and therefore Tottenham are left looking for someone who could fit in as first choice for a long time.

Bailly may end up right in the heart of Tottenham’s defence as first choice, though he may struggle to do the same at Arsenal.

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Toby Alderweireld was linked with a move to Manchester United last summer and Mourinnho would keen to have him at Manchester

Many Manchester United supporters took to social media after Eric Bailly links to Tottenham, asking the club to swap Bailly for Toby Alderweired which would be a win-win situation for both the clubs.

Now, Lets get practical folks – Manchester United do not possess depth as well as quality in Central defence and Jose Mourinho won’t let his best defender join their straight rivals. This transfer ain’t happening, no matter how much of rumors are being created – they would only stay rumors.

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