N'Golo Kante

[Mário César 819]

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[NikkiCFC 7,601]

Not sure France will continue to call him with great young players considering he will play in Saudi and his age. 

[ZAPHOD2319 3,896]

Kante is a team owner now.

 

[Vesper 27,378]

On 29/06/2023 at 14:21, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Kante is a team owner now.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 3,896]

 

[Vytis33 1,053]

There’s just not a more humble footballer 

 

 

[Blue Armour 4,168]

1 hour ago, Vytis33 said:

There’s just not a more humble footballer 

 

 

How has his injury record been since moving to Saudi?

[Vesper 27,378]

48 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

How has his injury record been since moving to Saudi?

has not missed a game, lolol

Edited September 21, 2023 by Vesper

[Blue Armour 4,168]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

has not missed a game, lolol

Of course.

Players also become miraculously fit after leaving us.

[OneMoSalah 8,616]

And no injuries in Saudi - yet we have heaps of them. And Kante was the problem. Absolute horseshit.

Definitely could of done with him in and around the squad given the problems his so called upgrades Moises & Romeo are having. 

Still a ludicrous decision from the club.

Edited September 22, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[robsblubot 3,253]

Well he did undertake the hammy surgery before moving there.

As someone who thought we should have retained him if possible (in any capacity), I also have to say the demands of Saudi league aren't really comparable with the PL.

[Vesper 27,378]

lol at the absolutely bollocks revisionism I am seeing

so typical

 

the top 25 Saudi players on the planet

 

 

 

	Firas Al-Buraikan
	Centre-Forward

23€3.00m 2

	Saud Abdulhamid
	Right-Back

24€2.80m 3

	Abdulrahman Ghareeb
	Left Winger

26€2.50m 4

	Sultan Al-Ghannam
	Right-Back

29€2.00m 5

	Hassan Tambakti
	Centre-Back

24€2.00m 6

	Salem Al-Dawsari
	Left Winger

32€1.70m 7

	Sami Al-Najei
	Attacking Midfield

26€1.40m 8

	Yasser Al-Shahrani
	Left-Back

31€1.30m 9

	Abdulrahman Al-Oboud
	Right Winger

28€1.30m 10

	Abdulelah Al-Amri
	Centre-Back

26€1.30m 11

	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi
	Right Winger

29€1.20m 12

	Sumaihan Al-Nabit
	Left Winger

27€1.20m 13

	Saleh Jamaan Al-Amri
	Left Winger

29€1.00m 14

	Mohamed Kanno
	Central Midfield

29€1.00m 15

	Fawaz Al-Sagour
	Right-Back

27€1.00m 16

	Ahmed Sharahili
	Centre-Back

29€900k 17

	Mohammed Al-Burayk
	Right-Back

31€900k 18

	Ahmed Bamsaud
	Left-Back

27€900k 19

	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
	Central Midfield

29€850k 20

	Hamdan Al-Shammrani
	Left-Back

26€850k 21

	Hattan Bahebri
	Left Winger

31€800k 22

	Turki Al-Ammar
	Left Winger

24€750k 23

	Abdullah Al-Ammar
	Left-Back

29€750k 24

	Ziyad Al-Sahafi
	Centre-Back

28€750k 25

	Moteb Al-Harbi
	Left-Back

23€750k 

 

Edited September 23, 2023 by Vesper

[OneMoSalah 8,616]

4 hours ago, Vesper said:

lol at the absolutely bollocks revisionism I am seeing

so typical

 

the top 25 Saudi players on the planet

 

 

 

	Firas Al-Buraikan
	Centre-Forward

23€3.00m 2

	Saud Abdulhamid
	Right-Back

24€2.80m 3

	Abdulrahman Ghareeb
	Left Winger

26€2.50m 4

	Sultan Al-Ghannam
	Right-Back

29€2.00m 5

	Hassan Tambakti
	Centre-Back

24€2.00m 6

	Salem Al-Dawsari
	Left Winger

32€1.70m 7

	Sami Al-Najei
	Attacking Midfield

26€1.40m 8

	Yasser Al-Shahrani
	Left-Back

31€1.30m 9

	Abdulrahman Al-Oboud
	Right Winger

28€1.30m 10

	Abdulelah Al-Amri
	Centre-Back

26€1.30m 11

	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi
	Right Winger

29€1.20m 12

	Sumaihan Al-Nabit
	Left Winger

27€1.20m 13

	Saleh Jamaan Al-Amri
	Left Winger

29€1.00m 14

	Mohamed Kanno
	Central Midfield

29€1.00m 15

	Fawaz Al-Sagour
	Right-Back

27€1.00m 16

	Ahmed Sharahili
	Centre-Back

29€900k 17

	Mohammed Al-Burayk
	Right-Back

31€900k 18

	Ahmed Bamsaud
	Left-Back

27€900k 19

	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
	Central Midfield

29€850k 20

	Hamdan Al-Shammrani
	Left-Back

26€850k 21

	Hattan Bahebri
	Left Winger

31€800k 22

	Turki Al-Ammar
	Left Winger

24€750k 23

	Abdullah Al-Ammar
	Left-Back

29€750k 24

	Ziyad Al-Sahafi
	Centre-Back

28€750k 25

	Moteb Al-Harbi
	Left-Back

23€750k 

 

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”.

On 21/06/2023 at 15:19, OneMoSalah said:

Criminal decision by the club. Absolutely criminal. But what a career and at least he’s gone to somewhere where we wont necessarily regret it as he isn’t playing for a direct rival/competitor.

 

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. 

[lucio 5,418]

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

[OneMoSalah 8,616]

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.

Edited September 23, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[Reddish-Blue 2,230]

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. 

[lucio 5,418]

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

[NikkiCFC 7,601]

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.