Christopher Nkunku

duffer said:
France famously having had no good players in his position over the past few years.
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Sign of the times I guess, signing players who can’t get in the France team. Maybe he can be the new cantona?
 
JJ12 said:
A lot keep saying he'd replace Hojlund/Zirkzee which I'm sure he would be capable of doing but wouldn't he be a good fit in one of the '10' roles?
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Yes to the latter. No to the first part. He's not a 9, he's an attacking midfielder/second striker. Which we need for Amorim's system especially if Rashford and Garnacho are not deemed to fit the role.
 
FriedClams said:
Out of interest, where did he play the CM games?
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Mainly PSG and France youth teams. He also did it early for Leipzig, switching between that and the AM position, a bit like Kampl.
 
A loan of Nkunku with no obligation to buy is worth considering.
Selling Garnacho to Chelsea should not be contemplated at all. Sell him outside the EPL by all means to allow us to sort PSR for the summer but only for a fair amount. £60M+ imho
 
red_de_pologne said:
Saw a tweet that in last 2 years he missed more games through injuries than Mount. Would be a joke of a signing.
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Was there a context to this? Not that it's a positive but Nkunku missed games through two knee injuries while Mount missed games through a multitude of muscle injuries. One(Mount) has chronic injuries while the other doesn't though the injuries he has had were very serious.
 
DON’T PANIC ™ said:
A loan of Nkunku with no obligation to buy is worth considering.
Selling Garnacho to Chelsea should not be contemplated at all. Sell him outside the EPL by all means to allow us to sort PSR for the summer but only for a fair amount. £60M+ imho
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Noone outside the EPL will buy Garnacho for £60m+. Clubs in Europe are rarely spending (or able to spend) that on any player.
 
Not for me thanks he’s been a complete flop at Chelsea, an injured one at that

Is this what our new footballing team has come up with in attack Zirkzee and possible Nkunku? Feck me
 
Castia said:
Not for me thanks he’s been a complete flop at Chelsea, an injured one at that

Is this what our new footballing team has come up with in attack Zirkzee and possible Nkunku? Feck me
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Not thrilling... In a similar mould, I think Sesko would actually fit in seamlessly into any of the 3 attacking positions in Amorim's system, with a better age profile.
 
Irrational. said:
He would undoubtedly flop here. Just like how everyone with eyes saw Mount flopping.
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Have to laugh at the constant pats on the back people give themselves for retroactively predicting that a player who had missed 1/3 of a season in 6 years of first team football would be injured all the time for us.
 
V.O. said:
Have to laugh at the constant pats on the back people give themselves for retroactively predicting that a player who had missed 1/3 of a season in 6 years of first team football would be injured all the time for us.
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When his massive flop season was his last season at Chelsea though - and not just due to injury, it didn't exactly take Mystic Meg to predict it.
 
Drz said:
Not thrilling... In a similar mould, I think Sesko would actually fit in seamlessly into any of the 3 attacking positions in Amorim's system, with a better age profile.
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See him ending up at Arsenal
 
Jog jog jog. Same intensity as Marcus. We can't seriously be looking at this lad permanently. O how we have fallen. Meanwhile the glazers have got nice and round from the pounds,while utd check bargin buckets for deals.
 
He didn't do anything when coming on, may as well been playing with 10 men.
 
V.O. said:
Have to laugh at the constant pats on the back people give themselves for retroactively predicting that a player who had missed 1/3 of a season in 6 years of first team football would be injured all the time for us.
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It’s probably that people are reassured about their own football knowledge, as most people were baffled at his signing in the first place. When it went through, most people went ok, maybe ten hag is seeing something we’re not. Only for him to then get injured, just like everyone thought he would.
 
crackers0seven said:
Jog jog jog. Same intensity as Marcus. We can't seriously be looking at this lad permanently. O how we have fallen. Meanwhile the glazers have got nice and round from the pounds,while utd check bargin buckets for deals.
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Same age as Marcus as well, had a couple of good seasons, had setbacks with injuries and look like they've peaked mid 20s.

I suppose if you're Nkunku, going back to Germany where the goals came would be a better option.
 
hellhunter said:
How'd you feel about a loan if it didn't mean selling them Garnacho?
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Interesting but again he’s been a bad signing at Chelsea and keeps picking up injuries I just don’t see how he comes into this side and makes a difference

But honestly if it meant keeping Garnacho I’d have to take it
 
If he didn’t have such an awful injury record I’d be all over this, but we need to stop buying injury prone players. For whatever reason injury prone players only ever seem to get worse with us and I’m absolutely sick of having the likes of Shaw and Mount constantly unavailable.
 
I would be ok taking him on loan and having an option if it is a success. Its a huge risk on a straight transfer.

Id rather loan him and wait for something better in the summer.
 
crackers0seven said:
Jog jog jog. Same intensity as Marcus. We can't seriously be looking at this lad permanently. O how we have fallen. Meanwhile the glazers have got nice and round from the pounds,while utd check bargin buckets for deals.
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It seems to be this intensity everytime I see him..

Compare that to Marmoush today and it's worlds apart. Very small sample size I know..
 
If we were to take one of the Chelsea flops I’d rather Joao Felix than Nkunku.
 
sillwuka said:
It seems to be this intensity everytime I see him..

Compare that to Marmoush today and it's worlds apart. Very small sample size I know..
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We don't exactly have €75m at the ready to spend on a Marmoush...
 
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