Kevin de Bruyne

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

His stats are beginning to look pretty impressive: 6 goals and 11 assists in the BL, 9 and 14 in all competitions.

[zolayes 14,489]

His stats are beginning to look pretty impressive: 6 goals and 11 assists in the BL, 9 and 14 in all competitions.

Still NEVER good enough for Chelsea

[DH1988 1,273]

Will always view Kevin as a combination of poor attitude and not being given a fair crack due to that, wish he had andres mentality and stuck it out for a season at least rather than up and leave.

[Tomo 21,733]

Will always view Kevin as a combination of poor attitude and not being given a fair crack due to that, wish he had andres mentality and stuck it out for a season at least rather than up and leave.

The ironic thing is with Mata going he would have probably got the games Salah got in the second half last season (Salah played in every single league game after Arsenal).

[Hamilton 2,120]

Not allowed to move in summer, not even for 70m according to wb manager Allofs. They are preparing a beter contract for him, but admits it will be hard to keep him when a club like Bayern shows up for him.

The reporter also says that a move back to Chelsea is possible..

[Stingray 9,441]

Not allowed to move in summer, not even for 70m according to wb manager Allofs. They are preparing a beter contract for him, but admits it will be hard to keep him when a club like Bayern shows up for him.

The reporter also says that a move back to Chelsea is possible..

Lol. The forum would have a meltdown [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

[CHOULO19 24,332]

"Mourinho type player" has to be the biggest bullshit in football since Fabregas supposed "Barca DNA"

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

"Mourinho type player" has to be the biggest bullshit in football since Fabregas supposed "Barca DNA"

It exists, he got preferences. Someone like Mata, Schurrle were dropped and sold not because they were not good enough but doesn't contribute enough defensively. On the other hand Willian produces very little offensively but constantly stays in the team because of his amazing work rate.

Fabregas was a different player, we needed him because we needed someone to unpack parked defence which we struggled against last season. That is why in big games Jose can't trust him to play CDM away from home because he knows we are on the back foot for the majority of the match so someone like Ramires/Mikel is needed to cover for Fabregas.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

It exists, he got preferences. Someone like Mata, Schurrle were dropped and sold not because they were not good enough but doesn't contribute enough defensively. On the other hand Willian produces very little offensively but constantly stays in the team because of his amazing work rate.

Fabregas was a different player, we needed him because we needed someone to unpack parked defence which we struggled against last season. That is why in big games Jose can't trust him to play CDM away from home because he knows we are on the back foot for the majority of the match so someone like Ramires/Mikel is needed to cover for Fabregas.

So he looks for certain profiles of players according to the needs of his team? Like every manager in the world does?

If Jose-type was a thing, he would have sold Ronaldo, Sneijder, Deco, Quaresma...etc.

[Barbara 15,149]

Look, a manager who can decide which kind of player he wants to have or not on his team, based on the tactics as well as allowed. Then he allowed a player to move on or chose to sell him. What a moron! He should keep all players fans salivate over instead of building a team with profile he wants and sees important to his system. Sack Mourinho for daring let go of Kevin. He proved he doesn't know which kind of player he wants by bringing big flops such as Cesc and Diego.

Things you conclude from TC

[Oscar 441]

Kagawa also killed Munich..

A healthy munich side, not a banged up one.

[Jase 43,479]

The 'Mourinho sold Player X because he doesn't track back or do enough defensively' reason has become one of the silliest, most boring and overused cliches ever. Such a lazy excuse to explain why certain players didn't have much joy under Mourinho.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

The 'Mourinho sold Player X because he doesn't track back or do enough defensively' reason has become one of the silliest, most boring and overused cliches ever. Such a lazy excuse to explain why certain players didn't have much joy under Mourinho.

It is a fact and evidence is quite clear.

[Jase 43,479]

It is a fact and evidence is quite clear.

If you say so...

[yuvala 2,167]

The 'Mourinho sold Player X because he doesn't track back or do enough defensively' reason has become one of the silliest, most boring and overused cliches ever. Such a lazy excuse to explain why certain players didn't have much joy under Mourinho.

I agree. Sometimes it might be true but its wayyyy over-used around here.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

The 'Mourinho sold Player X because he doesn't track back or do enough defensively' reason has become one of the silliest, most boring and overused cliches ever. Such a lazy excuse to explain why certain players didn't have much joy under Mourinho.

He got rid of KdB because we all know KdB is not a winger. His best position is the "Oscar role". Mourinho would have either been playing him out of position, or have lost face from playing KdB over Oscar. Oscar is his number ten, that was established with the Mata debacle. Oscar is his long-term choice to be a midfield stalwart. So that more or less made Kevin an expendable figure. Hence why he left. Its that simple

[Jase 43,479]

He got rid of KdB because we all know KdB is not a winger. His best position is the "Oscar role". Mourinho would have either been playing him out of position, or have lost face from playing KdB over Oscar. Oscar is his number ten, that was established with the Mata debacle. Oscar is his long-term choice to be a midfield stalwart. So that more or less made Kevin an expendable figure. Hence why he left. Its that simple

Oh wow. Thanks for not resorting to cliches.....

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

It is a fact and evidence is quite clear.

Mourinho didn't want to sell Mata as far as I remember but he did because Mata wanted to play more for the World Cup. To be fair De Bruyne was shit for us after that Hull game and was demoted to the u21s instead of heading to Bucharest for a reason.