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I am open (for reasons stated in multiple posts and regardless of the hate I might get) to broaching the subject of selling Kante in the summer. I think he is being misused here now for two straight years. Kante as a more forward CMF would NEVER have gotten the global admiration he has. He was such a key to our title-winning defence (and Leicesters and France's) and know he is not being used in that way and it shows, badly. Unless we use him like we used to, he is a massive luxury player. that said I am not convinced of Havertz AT THE PRICE Bayer will demand (£100m or more I am looking at) Saul at £85m, on the other hand, is a fair price, he is a truly world class CMF and very versatile (can play LB, and AMF as well). I have some some slag him off, and I could not disagree more. Houssem Aouar is another creative CMF whom I like, as is Maximilian Eggestein of Werder Bremen. IF we sell Kante, we need a true DMF to replace him. Thomas at AM is a steal at around £42m release clause. The other option (as the club is apparently NOT interested in Camavinga) is Declan Rice. He will, however, cost close to double what Thomas will. I also like Sandro Tonali, a LOT. As for AMF's, yes Havertz is a potential world-beater (but is having a poor year so far), but the cost is just so high now, so maybe we can look at Nicolò Zaniolo, 20yo, BIG (1.90m) fast, and LEFT FOOTED who can also play RW. and finally, another left-footed RW/AMF soon 20yo (April) in the mix is our new Swedish star, Dejan Kulusevski (1.86m) who is on loan at Parma (tearing up Serie A, over a full season he is tracking to 10 to 12 goals and 16 to 18 assists in the league) from Atalanta Swedish ace Kulusevski left Kalidou Koulibaly on the turf when scoring past Napoli on Saturday

CIES Football Observatory n°278 - 16/12/2019 Weekly Post Performance MVP of the semester: big-5 league teams The CIES Football Observatory has developed a property algorithm to assess the performance of footballers from the exclusive data produced by the leading sports company OptaPro. Issue number 278 of the Weekly Post presents the MVP per big-5 league club, as well as the top values for each of the six areas of the game analysed. Only players fielded for at least nine (MVPs) and respectively six (per domain) full domestic league matches are included. The MVPs are footballers whose performance had the biggest influence in their teams’ results. We notably find Marco Verratti at Paris St-Germain, Lionel Messi at Barcelona, Toni Kroos at Real Madrid, Kevin de Bruyne at Manchester City, Virgil van Djik at Liverpool, Ciro Immobile at Lazio, Jamie Vardy at Leicester City, Dimitri Payet at Olympique Marseille, Miralem Pjanić at Juventus, Sven Bender at Bayer Leverkusen and Milan Škriniar at Inter. At Real Madrid, five different footballers head the tables per area of the game: Raphaël Varane for rigour (duels), Carlos Casemiro for recovery (interceptions), Toni Kroos for distribution (passes), Eden Hazard for take on (dribbles) and Karim Benzema for both chance creation (assists) and shooting (attempts). At Barcelona, three players only top the rankings: Lionel Messi for all of the attacking indicators, Clément Lenglet for rigour and Sergio Busquets for both recovery and distribution. Best player per club and area of the game Domestic league matches, 01/07/2019-10/12/2019 more rankings at the link above

I double checked he have a mini Koulibaly thang (Napoli lied for years, saying he was 1.95m, when in reality he was only 1.87m) t-markt says 1.82m wiki says 1.85m

I just hope we don't pull a Spuds 2 7 at SB

Atalanta vs. Valencia what a FUCKING JOKE and no, it is not just on Barkley alone, Lamps bears the blame as well, plus many other players arguably the worst overall round of 16 match-up in ages that said I would LOVE to upset Bayern (it can be done) and draw those Valencian cunts in the quarters (if they go through, Atalanta can take them out)

holy fuck!! BRUTAL like that Zouma smash with a Cantona kung-fu kick added eeeeeeeeeek

Chelsea fans not keen on signing Wilfried Zaha https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/club-news/chelsea-fans-not-keen-on-signing-wilfried-zaha/ Chelsea have been linked with a number of wingers in recent weeks, and a name that will not go away is Wilfried Zaha. The club could reportedly step up their interest in the Crystal Palace winger, despite his £80 million valuation. However, some fans are not keen on signing the Ivorian winger. Zaha is widely regarded as one of the most direct wingers the Premier League has seen in recent times. He provides a huge threat when bearing down on a defender in a one-on-one situation, and can tempt defenders into making reckless challenges. Despite this, some Chelsea fans are not convinced. His numbers this season in terms of goals and assists have been disappointing, to say the least. He has scored just two goals and provided one assist in 15 Premier League starts. These numbers are not traditionally those of an £80 million attacking investment. Similar to former Chelsea man Eden Hazard, Zaha does drag numerous defenders his way which creates space for his teammates to exploit. This is a difficult statistic to measure, but one that is worth considering. There is also the argument that Zaha’s Palace teammates could be hampering his output. It is fair to say that he would be surrounded by better players at Stamford Bridge, and that could be the catalyst for an upturn in his attacking exploits. Despite this, his valuation and lack of goal contributions this season have left Chelsea fans unconvinced. Here is what some fans have had to say on Twitter about the ongoing rumours.

you rate him over Ake??? make no mistake, just because I want a truly WC CB like Skriniar or Romagnoli, I want to be clear that I DO rate Ake, and fairly highly, so if this lad (I have only seen him once) is THAT good, then perhaps that £25m is not as enraging as it appears to be he looks fairly skinny, and is only 1.82m (then again Ake even shorter, which is a worry) Ake for me is an AC replacement Romagnoli/Skriniar for Zouma and either will be a deffo starter (obviously) I will keep an open mind and watch him play more

Exclusive: Chelsea Consider January Move for Bordeaux Forward Josh Maja https://www.90min.com/posts/6518038-exclusive-chelsea-consider-january-move-for-bordeaux-forward-josh-maja?utm_source=RSS ffs, this is a player LEEDS should be looking at, NOT CHELSEA take away his fluke hat trick versus bottom of the table Nimes, he has two league goals, one back in August he cannot even break into their lineup as a full time starter and he is 21yo in 11 days, so is not a teen

so depressing, I must admit it is shocking that Alonso is still around refusing £45m for hm from RM and then renewing him on top of that was a double wall-meet-head moment for me that motherfucker Sarri with his gaslighting 'best LB in Europe' bullshit

I would say you are going to get your wish As long as two things happen, I will accept Zaha 2 big things 1 We go bollocks flapping in the wintry wind all-out for Sancho and see what happens, if we fail, then Zaha is probably it 2 We do NOT NOT NOT overpay for Zaha, as we will only get 2 full sub 30yo seasons out of him and I have tirelessly shown how few 30yo or over wingers there are in the EPL

I am resigned to this as well

paging Mr Sancho......

he plays on the right, so it is Emerson who has too guard him

way too harsh and Barkley has been a flop Mount needs more time he has been pure shit lately, but I expect him to snap out of it Barkley needs to be sold this summer his career has been a bust overall hopefully Mount doesn't end up the same or worse

Cuntois had a 95th minute header in the box that fell to Benzema for the game tying goal against those Valencian twats https://yfl.evideohat.com/player/html/8h94t8E13z?popup=yes&autoplay=1

scored an 89th minute game winning goal versus Lyon https://yfl.evideohat.com/player/html/CQOb4KvaUm?popup=yes&autoplay=1

1 1 FT third home game in a row that Fiorentina has scored a 90th minute plus game tying goal against Inter, grrrrrr a world class wonderstrike by a teenager CF Dusan Vlahovic, on a counter, he held off Skriniar and hit from an almost impossible angle on the dead run he now has 6 goals in 750 minutes

IF CHO picks up form and Willian continues his turgid downward slide, then anyone NOT suggesting we give CHO a go for a few is just being silly we do not have Liverpool's front 3 nor Spud's front 3 (now that Moura seems to be the starting RWer for the year) we do not have any etched in stone places on the team (nope, not even Kante, not the position we play him at), other than Kepa (and a decent backup would be giving him a hard time atm) and Rudiger (when healthy) Kovacic should be, he has been our best overall player so far this season, and I expect Reece to soon be too, hopefully by next season

I agree I am more concerned about tactics atm we are in a massive rut overall I also think there is a true 800-pound Gorilla in the room Kante what is his role here what position does he most benefit the team in and at what point is he so much of a square peg round hole IF we continue to try and play him higher (which is an utter waste of his talents and his best role IMHO) do we start to consider selling him, as he is not getting any younger Of course I will be burnt alive for even bringing the subject up at even the most slightest and initial levels I find it strange that we are often overrun in MF yet we have who once was the worlds best best DMF on our team sure Sarri got him to be more expansive, but there are 50 MFers who can go forward at the same level he does there were NO MF'ers in the world who could utterly disrupt a game like he could, he was a force of nature now he is hit and miss he was atrocious against Bournemouth, it was his worst game ever for us (that I can recall) I have zero doubts he is still the same player of 2015-2018, but we are not using him that way if we do not, then he is a £125m luxury player for a side like ours atm it is like taking van Dijk and forcing him to play wingback taking Hazard and forcing him to play a false nine, oh....... wait...

Barkley needs to sold whilst we can still get good money for him I do not see him becoming a better player out of the blue at least not here

Gallagher is playing in the Championship let's seem him do it at big boy level before we start comparing him to Mount

Azpi at left back is capitulation before a ball is kicked he is absolutely dreadful there

in regards to CHO it is all about the injury and the effect it is having on his mobility that is always going to be a legit area of questioning, regardless of age or previous form I personally have not been pounding on Mount repeatedly I do think Lampard overplays him as of late but I am sure we will rebound

wooot nil 1 Borja Valero against his old club