the wes 7,212 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, Stats said: It really is not. He is only 25 years of age. He will have years to come to play in UCL and challenge for major trophies. Leicester won the league and will be in UCL but we are a bigger club and much more attractive for top players, regardless. PSG seem like they are closing in on the signing of Krychowiak which seems to lower the possibility of them getting Kante. Strange because Kante is cheaper, French and you would think they would want more French players in their team. However Emery knows Krychowiak well so that prob explains it. But then look PSG out the picture. Juve been linked. Yeah they are in Europe and Serie A champs but the PL is a better league. So ultimately, us being out of the UCL might make it difficult for us to lure likes of Pogba but likes of Kante, no. Di Maria moved to United, despite them not having no Europe. Another example. Newcastle bought Matt Ritchie. Ritchie is one of Bournemouth's best player, arguably is. He dropped a division down. Why? Because Newcastle are a bigger club and in long run will prob be in a better position than Bournemouth. I enjoy reading your stuff on here mate u talk a lot of Sense about things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 9 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said: The information Matt law bases his story on may be accurate, but the claims could still be wrong. This could very easily be a plant by Kante's agent intend to say to other interested clubs, that it's time to bid up either the wages offered to the player, or the fee offered to the agent, or both. Journalists must know, or at least must get a feel for when a story is a plant but they'll likely go with it anyway for a couple of reasons. A story they can stand up is still a story and they can do deals with agents where they do her/him a favour by running the story in exchange for early access to some information or other later on. He was asked by 2 people on his account after he posted the story does he think Kante will be ours by close of window and he said yes.  Opinion of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseaFanUK 1,014 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Makes a mockery of the argument that we wouldn't sign any one "big" as we had no CL doesnt it?   As I argued, most players plan their career further than the coming season. So Kante (if he joins), Batshuayi and whoever else; will have weighed it up and decided that Conte is someone they'd like to play for, London is a place theyd like to live, the money on offer is good, and perhaps they believe that in 17/18 we'll be back in the CL and one season out of it isnt that bad.  Yes Kante would be giving up CL with Leicester, but realistically he probably knows they wont be in it next year, and possibly the year after and so on.  Whereas we are more likely to be, and we are more likely to win the title next year. and so on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,951 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, guys. Anything can still happen. Signing of the summer if we do manage to get him for that price (£20m). He'd cost at least double that amount if he had no release clause and played for a bigger club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I'm happy we are being linked with French players again. We have good history with French players and players from french speaking African countries. I'd like to go back to this core. They're mostly humble guys that work hard and give it all for the team, don't run their mouth too much... Makelele, Drogba, Zouma, Malouda, Anelka, Kalou (tell what you want but he was a great guy and nice sub to have), Essien (although they speak English in Ghana), Desailly etc. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 21 minutes ago, Melanicus said: I'm happy we are being linked with French players again. We have good history with French players and players from french speaking African countries. I'd like to go back to this core. They're mostly humble guys that work hard and give it all for the team, don't run their mouth too much... Makelele, Drogba, Zouma, Malouda, Anelka, Kalou (tell what you want but he was a great guy and nice sub to have), Essien (although they speak English in Ghana), Desailly etc. What do you think? I think we should sign more players from the French league they seem to adapt to the pl better than the players from Italian league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Fox_ 2,086 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 26 minutes ago, Melanicus said: I'm happy we are being linked with French players again. We have good history with French players and players from french speaking African countries. I'd like to go back to this core. They're mostly humble guys that work hard and give it all for the team, don't run their mouth too much... Makelele, Drogba, Zouma, Malouda, Anelka, Kalou (tell what you want but he was a great guy and nice sub to have), Essien (although they speak English in Ghana), Desailly etc. What do you think? Absolutely agree mate. Enough pussies in our team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 2 hours ago, Vytis33 said: I'd much rather go in for him than Radja.  Let Nainggolan stay at Roma and sign this kid up. I've seen similar things said and I don't understand it. Radja and Kante are different type of players. Radja is a true box-to-box player, offering qualities both offensively and defensively. Kante covers a lot of ground but is a defensive player, excelling at winning the ball. He doesn't offer much going forward and in the attacking third though because of his average technique and lack of vision. Both Kante and Radja should be targets this summer imo. Kante as a holding midfielder and Radja further forward with Cesc. If not them, alternatives with the same profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Kante made a season-record 149 tackles last season that's type midfielder you need in your team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 6 hours ago, the wes said: Kante made a season-record 149 tackles last season that's type midfielder you need in your team Good stat matey, totally agree sign him up simples. It would be good to compare what stats Matic had 2014/15 season(ffs lets never ever ever mention last season again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 15 hours ago, DYC. said: I've seen similar things said and I don't understand it. Radja and Kante are different type of players. Radja is a true box-to-box player, offering qualities both offensively and defensively. Kante covers a lot of ground but is a defensive player, excelling at winning the ball. He doesn't offer much going forward and in the attacking third though because of his average technique and lack of vision. Both Kante and Radja should be targets this summer imo. Kante as a holding midfielder and Radja further forward with Cesc. If not them, alternatives with the same profile. Who would you prefer if you had to pick one? Kante or Radja? I'd prefer Radja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 16 hours ago, Melanicus said: I'm happy we are being linked with French players again. We have good history with French players and players from french speaking African countries. I'd like to go back to this core. They're mostly humble guys that work hard and give it all for the team, don't run their mouth too much... Makelele, Drogba, Zouma, Malouda, Anelka, Kalou (tell what you want but he was a great guy and nice sub to have), Essien (although they speak English in Ghana), Desailly etc. What do you think? Unlike Belgians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHaRaOn 2,131 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 9 hours ago, the wes said: Kante made a season-record 149 tackles last season that's type midfielder you need in your team It really depends on a style of play. Leicester were a counterattacking team, so of course they needed a man who are able to make a lot of tackles. But, for example, only 4 teams made an average less tackles on this Euro than Italy, because of their style of play. Italy rely more on pressing/interceptions/tactical fouls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Who would you prefer if you had to pick one? Kante or Radja? I'd prefer Radja Kante x1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,951 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Players that can do Nainggolan's job are somewhat easy to find. There are very few elite DM's out there and for £20m to get arguably the best one out there is crazy. If it's one or the other I'd much rather have Kante. Hopefully it isn't. We need two midfielders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 6 minutes ago, Pizy said: Players that can do Nainggolan's job are somewhat easy to find. There are very few elite DM's out there and for £20m to get arguably the best one out there is crazy. If it's one or the other I'd much rather have Kante. Hopefully it isn't. We need two midfielders. In perfect World: 2 Central midfielders 2 Striker 1 Central defender 1 Right full back/ Left full back At least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,139 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Leicester have just signed Mendy from Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the wes 7,212 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 25 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Leicester have just signed Mendy from Nice. That's a good sign that kante is getting sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's too big 625 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 1 hour ago, the wes said: That's a good sign that kante is getting sold But to whom, that is the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,951 Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Kante sitting just in front of Koulibaly and Zouma.... Damn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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