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N'Golo Kante

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44 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Was actually a fair few of us (myself included) who said we should of kept him.

But that was met with contempt from the spreadsheet warriors who said “we couldn’t justify keeping him at that wages if he was going to be injured”.

Yet he goes to what may be an inferior league, but one with inferior footballing and medical infrastructure at present and is never injured….. you can’t just say its the pace of the league. 

Whilst the £170m we spent to replace him in Lavia & Caicedo are injured/struggling for fitness? Alongside multiple others. 

he's washed and would have been injured here most likely. Also, he was out of contract not sold.  He'd rather be making a fortune there than struggling here

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One poor game (his passing was shit yes) and one of our most consistent players this season and reasons why we are top of the league needs a long term replacement. speechless.

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5 hours ago, lucio said:

he's washed and would have been injured here most likely. Also, he was out of contract not sold.  He'd rather be making a fortune there than struggling here

He’s washed? When he came back last season his performances were better than most of our other players by a mile but sure. And again, never said he should of been a nailed on starter but here in the squad and used in some of the bigger games like Jose did with Maka would of been a very sensible move. Particularly at his age and also with the balance of the squad. 

Wages wasn’t why he turned down our deal either - was the length of contract which I think we could of maybe got him to compromise on with a bit more negotiating (apparently the terms we had offered financially were favourable and much lower than his current wages). But at the time it was great because we shifted his large wages “as he was always injured”. Then we signed Caicedo & Lavia but they are both now injured. Alongside half the squad shattering the narrative that Kante himself is fucked. 

But the goons who were more interested in how Boehly & the clubs spreadsheet looked as opposed to what our squad balance/performances are always going to be happy.

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5 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Was actually a fair few of us (myself included) who said we should of kept him.

There wasn't really much of a choice, from all reports Kante wanted a 3 year deal to stay and the club weren't keen on that considering his recent track record with niggling injuries. 

5 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Whilst the £170m we spent to replace him in Lavia & Caicedo are injured/struggling for fitness? Alongside multiple others. 

I wonder if not playing decent minutes in pre-season and going on strike at their previous clubs had anything to do with the lack of fitness? 

And as I mentioned at the time, getting both Caicedo & Lavia was going to be overkill in the midfield as we don't need two players with similar profiles. 

In hindsight, Caicedo or Lavia and Kudus would have made much more sense as Ugo looks fine to be the backup mid. 

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2 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

He’s washed? When he came back last season his performances were better than most of our other players by a mile but sure. And again, never said he should of been a nailed on starter but here in the squad and used in some of the bigger games like Jose did with Maka would of been a very sensible move. Particularly at his age and also with the balance of the squad. 

Wages wasn’t why he turned down our deal either - was the length of contract which I think we could of maybe got him to compromise on with a bit more negotiating (apparently the terms we had offered financially were favourable and much lower than his current wages). But at the time it was great because we shifted his large wages “as he was always injured”. Then we signed Caicedo & Lavia but they are both now injured. Alongside half the squad shattering the narrative that Kante himself is fucked. 

But the goons who were more interested in how Boehly & the clubs spreadsheet looked as opposed to what our squad balance/performances are always going to be happy.

wages were certainly the reason he accepted their deal. He was offered a contract and declined it, not much more to say

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20 minutes ago, lucio said:

wages were certainly the reason he accepted their deal. He was offered a contract and declined it, not much more to say

Yeah, people say he is so modest to drive Mini Morris but I think he is to cheap to buy more expensive car. 

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52 minutes ago, lucio said:

wages were certainly the reason he accepted their deal. He was offered a contract and declined it, not much more to say

Wanted longer duration - was widely reported the club offered 2 + 1 but was a lot depending on number of appearances to get the + 1. He wanted more security by all accounts, was nothing to do with money. Considering he’s been highest paid player here for years. And only getting £25m a year in Saudi (only as if its not a lot of money 😂).

But again every time someone leaves here, we always boil it down to oh he only went for the money…

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4 minutes ago, Vesper said:

our physios must be just be SHIT

as he was so often injured in 3 of the last 4 years with us (especially the last one), and now is back (at 33yo as well!) to being a machine

Yeah but let's be fair, can't really compare the physicality of the two leagues.

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27 minutes ago, Vesper said:

you still have to run, jump, tackle

Yeah, but cmon 🤣 it's an entirely different game, most players could go on till 50 playing in fraud leagues like the Saudi one  

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