5 minutes ago, RMCM said:

Best box to box midfielder in the world at the minute, every aspect of his game is great, his energy is incredible, it's hard to believe he's a smoker as well!

Indeed. Him and Kante would make an insane midfield pairing.

Could even pop Matic in there for the toughest away games and go:

Kante           Matic
     Nainggolan
    
Thats with Nainggolan being the furthest forward of them. No team would want to face that midfield.

Edited February 27, 20179 yr by Sindre

How's his left foot? We have to remember any midfielder we sign needs to have one...

On 3/25/2016 at 01:32, Krc-fan said:

No more Belgians, JMaher94!

KDB, Lukaku, Hazard, Courtois.. I think they are all great players, every team could use a Nainggolan in good form as well.

He is hard working, a great team player, good mentality, never stops running and recovering the ball, last but not least, he scores a lot of goals for a (defensive) midfielder.

(sorry I am biased being Belgian hehe)

Just imagine him and Kante in the pivot together...

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Just imagine him and Kante in the pivot together...

The poor opposition would sign a restraining order 

A poor man's Veratti

They're complete different players 

Yeah Nainggolan have scored more goals in his last 4 league games then Verratti have scored in his last 160 

Good player, having a very good season with Roma now. But that smoking fact always changes my mind.

I wouldn't say they are completely different.  Completely different would be comparing a left back to a striker.

They are both central midfielders, who have both spent time deep, further forward, on their own and paired throughout their careers.  Granted Radja is somewhat older.

I think Verrati is a class above however.

Veratti is streets ahead of him IMO.

Some long range stunners aside I don't see that much in him.

1 hour ago, Chelsbear said:

Veratti is streets ahead of him IMO.

Some long range stunners aside I don't see that much in him.

Not having a go here, but do you watch enough of them both to make that comparison? I know i don't watch much of PSG so can't comment too much on Verratti except for the hype train he has around him, but i do watch quite a lot of Serie(Calcio) A, especially Juve, Inter and Roma, and I can say that there's a lot more to Nainggolan's game than just a few screamers from distance. He's such a well rounded player, his shooting is fantastic, his passing and dribbling are a excellent, and he's so strong and energetic to put his foot in and win the ball back, he always seems to be everywhere on the pitch, a bit like Kante. 

7 minutes ago, RMCM said:

Not having a go here, but do you watch enough of them both to make that comparison? I know i don't watch much of PSG so can't comment too much on Verratti except for the hype train he has around him, but i do watch quite a lot of Serie(Calcio) A, especially Juve, Inter and Roma, and I can say that there's a lot more to Nainggolan's game than just a few screamers from distance. He's such a well rounded player, his shooting is fantastic, his passing and dribbling are a excellent, and he's so strong and energetic to put his foot in and win the ball back, he always seems to be everywhere on the pitch, a bit like Kante. 

I've seen a good bit of PSG over the past few seasons mainly in the CL but because I had BT Sports last year I watched a but of the French league. Veratti I used to hate but the more I watched him I realised he was a class midfielder.

I haven't seen as much as Radja as Veratti but from what I have seen with Europa games and Belgium games is that he isn't at the same level as Veratti.

4 minutes ago, Chelsbear said:

I've seen a good bit of PSG over the past few seasons mainly in the CL but because I had BT Sports last year I watched a but of the French league. Veratti I used to hate but the more I watched him I realised he was a class midfielder.

I haven't seen as much as Radja as Veratti but from what I have seen with Europa games and Belgium games is that he isn't at the same level as Veratti.

Fair enough, you know more about PSG than me, and I don't disagree that veratti is class, I do think Nainggolan is underrated by a lot of people though. I will say I think Radja would thrive in a better side, he's in a Roma side where the only two players that would get into a real champions league contender side would be himself and Florenzi in my opinion. 

His scoring record is very impressive for a centre midfielder, isn't it? His nine goals are a feat. Nainggolan and Kante in one team does sound very intriguing.

I do think a scoring central midfielder would be a huge asset. Neither kante nor magic score many goals and it's a weakness in the team.

On 2/28/2017 at 15:36, RMCM said:

Not having a go here, but do you watch enough of them both to make that comparison? I know i don't watch much of PSG so can't comment too much on Verratti except for the hype train he has around him, but i do watch quite a lot of Serie(Calcio) A, especially Juve, Inter and Roma, and I can say that there's a lot more to Nainggolan's game than just a few screamers from distance. He's such a well rounded player, his shooting is fantastic, his passing and dribbling are a excellent, and he's so strong and energetic to put his foot in and win the ball back, he always seems to be everywhere on the pitch, a bit like Kante. 

I haven't watched to much of Roma, but I watched all the games Belgium have played in the last couple of years. For me he has been one of the worst players, making some huge mistakes that has led to goals against.

Edited March 3, 20179 yr by comtrend

It would be nice to have someone that can score from outside of the box again...

I've watched Roma several times this season and he's looked good. Makes some mistakes but brings speed, power and shooting to central midfield.

On 21/03/2017 at 11:17, ozboy said:

I've watched Roma several times this season and he's looked good. Makes some mistakes but brings speed, power and shooting to central midfield.

And mad hair. We've needed a tattooed funny-haired midfielder since Meireles left

30 minutes ago, RMCM said:

And mad hair. We've needed a tattooed funny-haired midfielder since Meireles left

Ah!  I've said it before but I loved Meireles - complete and utter scary nutter but even with his Liverpool connections, he stole into my hear for some completely inexplicable reason.

1 minute ago, Beerqueen said:

Ah!  I've said it before but I loved Meireles - complete and utter scary nutter but even with his Liverpool connections, he stole into my hear for some completely inexplicable reason.

I liked him, he added tenacity and was a good character, I can forgive him his liverpool connections after his goal against benfica

Via SkySports here
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/29908/10810179/radja-nainggolan-on-the-premier-league-interest-from-chelsea-and-his-chat-with-antonio-conte

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When Antonio Conte arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer, Nainggolan's name was near the top of his wish list. How do we know. Radja says so!

"Yes. I talked to him," he said. "They were really interested and wanted me over there. That's all I can say."

"I watch it a lot", he says of the Premier League. "A lot of my team-mates play there. It's the best league in the world.

"We have to make choices in life. I am having a good season. When the window opens we will talk about it again."

 

He's not ruling us out anyway, it would be amazing to have him here

 

I really like Radja, but I see some issues to be solved during summer and I don't know if he is the right answer. First of all, Matic is not making the cut this season for me, but he contributes with some things that Nainggolan could'nt bring to the club: 1.94m vs 1.75m. The PL style relies on aerial balls and being as tall as Moses is not enough if your partner is Kanté (1.69m). On the other hand, Radja has scored 9 goals and 3 assists vs none and 6 from matic which is quite impressive, but let's face this: we need to do something with cesc and pedro in that case. I would love to see a Hazard-Kanté-Nainggolan-Fàbregas (1.75 again), but that for me means more ball control which is not the team's style this season.

By the way, I think he could get used easily to the system and the "Italian mentality".

Magtc doesn't do much in the air. Like mikel in that way.