Does no one remember mata and matic.
Why do people think Chelsea sold them to us for feck all
Why do people think Chelsea sold them to us for feck all
N'Golo Kante
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Kante, FDJ on big money, and some random ajax defenders 
What a window, pay me £20 and I could make better signings than that
What a window, pay me £20 and I could make better signings than that
Kante is washed. It's madness to buy him, he's become injury prone too.
In which case we’d be best to move on to other targets if Chelsea and/or Kante’s demands are ridiculous.
A signing that makes zero sense when the aim to rebuild.
Wasn't there a report that Ten Hag only wanted players brought in below the late 20's a few weeks back from quite a reputable source ?
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You could pick out better options than that. Bet you’d struggle to sign all of them.Kante, FDJ on big money, and some random ajax defenders
What a window, pay me £20 and I could make better signings than that
He's just signed a new deal hasn't he?
Only Manchester United could sign Kante the season after Pogba leaves
Would kill me to watch him in a United shirt.
Would be upgrade x50.Only Manchester United could sign Kante the season after Pogba leaves
Sack Murtough, sign Marktan
If they want to sell then it should be for less fee, he is on high wages and the reason to sell would be to take him off payroll.
Wonder why Chelsea are ok with letting go of 3rd and 5th placed players.
No clue where it's been reported that they're Ok with it.
It's just been said that Jorginho would fancy a return to Italy with Juventus interested and we still haven't seen any reports at all saying that Kante is up for sale yet.
The only story about him is that potentially ETH would be interested. Doesn't mean he's available necessarily
If he is not for sale then this is all pointless.
Should be looking for the next Kante; this one is a massive, massive upgrade on what we have, but the wages and his body seemingly breaking down state that this is a bad time to be looking at him.
Only Manchester United could sign Kante the season after Pogba leaves
Talk about it
Years of talking about finding a suitable partner for Pogba only to sign Kante after Pogba leaves! This could very well happen.
I don't think Kante is the right partner for Pogba, both needs freedom. One defensive freedom to press and other attacking freedom to progress the ball. We need a sitting CM/DM who can occupy the gaps left by both of them.
Talk about it
Years of talking about finding a suitable partner for Pogba only to sign Kante after Pogba leaves! This could very well happen.
There's a very logical reason for that. Chelsea wouldn't sell until they felt he's on a decline. Its not as if we could sign prime Kante from a rival.
On a free, why not? Paying a fee? Nah.
Yeah, I doubt that Kanté and Pogba in the same midfield would ever work for anyone.
Its nice to read the sitting CDM/ freedom to press difference CDM etc. because i couldnt verb it out
Say if we do get De Jong -
which type of CDM/Partner do you think he needs at United?
No thanks. We need young and hungry players. Not ones who have tasted all the success and are on the way down.
He'd cost a fortune. A free means signing on fees and higher wages, wages he's already on a lot of at Chelsea.
He definitely wouldn't be a cheap acquisition, which doubles the risks involved.
Its easy to say sitting, pressing instead of using DM because people have different definitions.
I haven't watched de Jong much, reading what ETH said and Hunter said, looks like we need someone like Fabinho. Strong defensive player who covers the gaps exceptionally well.
Depends on the cost, but with Matic, Pogba and Mata all definitely leaving, I can think of worse covers to bring in. Will need to add fresh, young players for the midfield but he would set the perfect example and provide excellent cover to our leaky defence. His recovery runs alone from deep would allow CBs to acclimatise to the league a lot smoother.
Is he the level he was? No. Is he far and above the current level we've got in that role? Yes. Right price, he's the right buy.
Is he the level he was? No. Is he far and above the current level we've got in that role? Yes. Right price, he's the right buy.
Love his humble and down to earth personality. Remind me of Park JI Sung.
His instagram is almost all about football, unlike Lingard's instragram littered with commercial stuffs.
His instagram is almost all about football, unlike Lingard's instragram littered with commercial stuffs.
So someone who can re position and cover the defence whilst letting De Jong to take the ball forward?
Yeah you’d sign a team full of alleged sex offenders captained by bissoumaKante, FDJ on big money, and some random ajax defenders
What a window, pay me £20 and I could make better signings than that
Yeah, at least going by what ETH said.
We need player like him though, we need player who is comfortable in carrying the ball forward. Hopefully for the first time we will start playing as a team, moving away from individualism.
Agreed. But he was the best midfielder in the world last year and has a great attitude. Would definitely be a gamble worth taking on a free or for a very low fee.
Did he bone your misses or something?
I stopped replying in the other thread because you'd reply to every post with 'sex offender' and now you're posting about it here
To me it feels like we've come to the end of the line with Jorginho. He has a lot to give still, clearly still in his prime, but we've had the same midfield for about 4 seasons now and the feeling is that we need to refresh that area of the team, and since Jorginho has always been open about his wish to go play in Italy again, he seems like the natural choice to sell. I think it'll be one or the other though. We won't let go of him and Kante at the same time.
I haven't watch much of Chelsea this season but has he seriously regressed or not? If he is anywhere near the player he was in the past few seasons I'd have no issue with us signing him as he would immediately be a huge upgrade and he is only 31 so could easily be an option for 3-4 years.
Considering we would have limited budget and a lot of positions to fill I have no problem with is signing Kante on the cheap and invest the rest in other parts of the squad
Considering we would have limited budget and a lot of positions to fill I have no problem with is signing Kante on the cheap and invest the rest in other parts of the squad
He's been injury prone. He's only appeared in 24 league games (40 out of 60 in all comps - Mount has played 54 games for comparison) and some of those were off the bench.
When he's played he's had some outstanding games but also some rather underwhelming games. It's been a mixed bag for him really.
Don’t be too logical mate, you missed the sarcasm in my post.
Or Chelsea needs money this summer and Kante is a logical sale?
I'd prefer it if we stayed away from Chelsea's hand me downs but if better targets can't be secured then he may be adequate enough.