Yanga Mbiwa was the best center back in the Ligue last season. It was his first full season as a centerback mind you, he used to play as a right back before. He's strong physically and he's quite fast too. He's also good with the ball. At Montpellier he played alongside Hilton who is a disciplined defender, I think thats what got the best out of him, because he's the type of defender that isn't very disciplined(probably due to him not being a CB for a long time). I think he might face a few difficulties in the Serie A at first, because he's more of a physical defender than an intelligent one, but he's got good ability and he's still young, so he could potentially be very good signing for Milan.
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Nicollin is a lot of talk and little substance. He'll sell for a reasonable fee in the end, Yanga Mbiwa's contract runs out next year.