Big Nigel

Not even southgate picks him anymore, he is just not that good. People crying over mickey snakey mount when hes the one pushing for a move to united. Never was good enough. We should be focusing on the actual cobham gems like James and Colwill who are brilliant, not roadrunners like Mount and Gallagher.

Stunning football skills? LMAO he was crap at passing and shooting and only good at running and energy on the pitch. majority of his final 3rd actions were truly dreadful. Not sure what kind of football you watch, but it seems like you dont seem to understand the nuances of technical ability. Pretty much everything people heap praise on kante for is directly linked to how much he runs 😂 I watched this full video and the majority is literally his ball winning as well, do not sure what point you were trying to make hahaha Dont get me wrong, fabulous player at his peak and as a ball winning DM he's one of the best ever. But in build up play and in possession? Very average, if not poor

Sign someone better then, Chalobah aint good enough. Colwill is years younger and already a MUCH better CB

You think hiring lampard was a good idea? Hes the worst manager in the history of the premier league LOL

tell me his 5 best traits as a midfielder then

compared to other midfielders we have employed, he has not been better them in most factors. Ball recovery man though! 3 lung kante all over the pitch, what hes best known for

I think we were operating like a proper club from the very beginning, however because of the speed in which everything was done it seemed like a mess. This sort of process whereby a whole club is taken over, entire board changes, recruitment and scouting changes and whole managerial/backroom staff and players changing whilst also building squad and trying to rectify the mistakes made by the previous regime and also looking to buy stakes in other clubs and start a multi club model... Is usually something that takes several years, and it has been done in about 12 months which is pretty insane. Of course there have been some mistakes, but in all honesty not that many in my eyes. Was it a mistake to spend as much as we did last summer without having a proper board/recruitment in place? Yes. Was it a mistake to sack Tuchel when we did and hire potter into this mess as a project manager? Yes Was it a mistake to sack potter without giving him enough time, and giving the reigns to the hopeless lampard? Yes But outside of those things, everything else we've done has been good, it just seems crazy when everything happens so fast, but now that we are clearing the squad of deadwood and building the squad back up to an elite level whilst being very clever in the way we do transfers (selling to saudi's, long contracts for ffp etc) I think its clear to see that this ownership is very smart and they certainly do know what they're doing

Excellent news, its a 40% stake as well so I dont think that will cause any issues if we do play them in some european competition. Onto the portuguese league next!

He definitely has the potential to be great, but carry on playing him as a striker and he wont be anywhere near, truly is dreadful as an out and out 9.

promote a younger CB who will be a benchwarmer then.. Having Chalobah here to be a unused sub for most the season when we can sell and get 20-30m for him is a no brainer

? Kante is known for ball recovery at his peak, that is his best asset by far. As a MIDFIELDER he was not that great at passing, creating, shooting, controlling possession... Just ball recovery. Its in fact YOU who is embarrassing and has no idea what it means to be a technical midfielder. Kante was not good at many of the usual jobs a midfielder is required to do but made up for it by being very good at 1 thing (whilst he was still fit)

chalobah loan + obligation is what im hearing, which is an excellent deal. Only sticking point being the possible buyback clause

We still have Azpi, James and Cucurella who can all at some capacity play as a CB if needs be. I would rather sell chalobah and promote another youth CB who can afford to sit on the bench a little bit

saying in his 20's when hes 29 seems a bit... not sure what the word is. He has been terrible post world cup, and thats pretty much fact. Think his head's just elsewhere currently. Like I said already, he was one of our best players over the past few seasons and been excellent for us overall, a bit of shame that the last few months have left a bit of a sour taste. Just have to hope he flops at city or does a kalvin phillips where he barely plays because there is still an excellent player in there

get as much sales sorted before June 30th as possible, and then we can focus on the rest of the sales and making a few signings July 1st onwards

moronic football fans dont seem to realise one of the main reasons we've had quite a few of our players linked with saudi is because they are muslim players and are happy to actually move to a muslim country. not to mention the players where we are getting the highest fee's from (havertz, kovacic, mount, gallagher etc) are all getting sold to other prem clubs by the looks of things🤣

Pathetic fans im seeing still sticking up for this utter SNAKE. Leaving us at our lowest and begging for more money that is not even deserved. Doesnt respect the fans or the club in general. Offered him incredible wages but the greedy little teacher's pet wants to leave for a direct rival. and to think people spent thousands on a banner for the "boy who had a dream" 😂😂 hope he goes on to have a miserable career at united. Hopefully we do get that nice fee 60m fee for him though. Not a legend, not proper chels!

Nkunku I think people are overrating.. we'll come back to this page on his thread when as usual people are crying at our signings. Chalobah isnt going to start for us, he needs to go somewhere where he can start. And that is Kante's best trait? Someone must be bored stalking all my posts

He just turned 29😭 Do like Kovacic as a player, but its clear watching him this season that his heads not here anymore and he needs the move. He went from being one of our best players to absolutely terrible. Just have to hope this terrible form continues at City and he doesnt suddenly go back to his best

people like you were saying the same when we signed Werner

not good enough to start and we got enough CB's. Sell him for profit while we can

was so good at ball recovery at his peak that it didnt matter that he was pretty bad at everything else as a midfielder! mr humble, thanks for the memories but its time to go imo. 290k a week is ludicrous for someone who barely gets 15 games a season with his constant injury issues

Already created a thread for this, but ill give an updated squad list As per the FA rules, we are only allowed a maximum of 17 non-homegrown players in the team. In a 23 man squad, we can use 6 homegrown players, or in a 25 man team we'll need 8. We are already planning on a mass exodus in the summer to cut down on this huge squad size but who do you think makes the cut and adheres to the premier league and UEFA rules of only having 17 non-homegrown players? And who of the current squad are we selling as well to help with FFP? Keepers - Kepa, Slolina, Bettinelli Defenders - Badiashille, Silva, Chilwell, James, Colwill, Cucurella, Fofana, Gusto Midfielders - Enzo, Caicedo , Carney, Hall, Santos, another new midfielder? Forwards - Felix, Nkunku, Mudryk, Sterling, Madueke, Jackson Players to loan: D Fofana, Casadei, Hutchinson, Sell: Mendy(10m), Bettinelli(Free), Chalobah(30m), Azpi(5m), Kante(Free), RLC(5m), Mount(50m), Gallagher(40m), Zakaria(loan return), Auba(5m), Pulisic(30m), Broja(30m), Ziyech(20m), Koulibaly(25m), Kovacic(25m). Havertz(60m) Total: Around 300m (haven't even taken into account loaned players like Lukaku, Sarr, Ampadu etc which can raise total even higher) This is just a rough draft, assuming we sign a new midfielders as well. 17 homegrown players and 8 homegrowns in there. Seems we can quite easily meet the quotas as long we are heavy on the selling of players and get rid of all the deadwood. We are also in a good position to sell a lot of homegrown talent that won't make it here, and they go down as pure profit in terms of FFP which helps us massively. Looking at the way the squad is currently, I think we are very close to having an elite squad that can compete on all fronts! Thank god the Saudi's are saving us by taking some of our unwanted players, hopefully there's a bit more to come.

A midfield 3 of Enzo, Ugarte and Caicedo doesnt seem like it'll work. I dont think there is a need for both Ugarte AND Caicedo, only 1 of them will be needed + aa 3rd midfielder with a different profile, ideally more creative

have you not seen bruno play? mount also constantly loses the ball trying his terribly weighted forward passes