I think that Ighalo at Watford is another one to watch, he looks some player too, fast, strong and a decent finisher. He's a "work in progress" and looks a tad clumsy at times but he has all the raw ingredients to be a top class striker.Originally Posted by Static
As Doug says there's no way that Mourinho would have let us have Lukaku. We only got Cech because the decision was taken away from him - if he had his way, we'd probably still be starting Ospina in goal right now.
I kind of agree, if we becomes an auction we'll most likely sit it out - that's never been our style. But if for some miracle we matched whatever bid the others made and they were accepted, I'd like to think that working with Wenger and our stablity may just tempt him here (winning the title wouldn't hurt either!). May just be the glasses but he does seem like a pretty grounded and sensible kid.
On a seperate note, Roman must be fuming. That's both De Bruyne and Lukaku now, who due to the hopelessness of Mourinho to work with youth, they've let go for relative peanuts in today's market. What's even more hilarious is that it's also two players that they could really do with now given how poor Cesc and Costa have been.
Aye, totally agree TEG. I find it quite amusing that Roman set out an objective for Maureen to bring through their young players and Maureen sold most of them or ignored them!!! Lukaku & De Bruyne are both top class players, they were both pretty decent even when Maureen wasn't given them a chance. Bertrand is another one who has been sold and is a pretty tidy player. Loftus-Cheek looks pretty good too but Maureen won't play him, they also have some CB out on loan in Germany called Christensen who is suppose to be the real deal yet Maureen spent the summer chasing Jon Stones!!! It's laughable.As Doug says there's no way that Mourinho would have let us have Lukaku. We only got Cech because the decision was taken away from him - if he had his way, we'd probably still be starting Ospina in goal right now.
I kind of agree, if we becomes an auction we'll most likely sit it out - that's never been our style. But if for some miracle we matched whatever bid the others made and they were accepted, I'd like to think that working with Wenger and our stablity may just tempt him here (winning the title wouldn't hurt either!). May just be the glasses but he does seem like a pretty grounded and sensible kid.
On a seperate note, Roman must be fuming. That's both De Bruyne and Lukaku now, who due to the hopelessness of Mourinho to work with youth, they've let go for relative peanuts in today's market. What's even more hilarious is that it's also two players that they could really do with now given how poor Cesc and Costa have been.
Edited to add: They have the best youth team in the Country by some distance, they have had for what 4 years yet Maureen refused to give any of their talents a run out.
You've yet to see Elneny play though?
Lukaku is as intelligent and grounded a young player as you'll find...but yes, that boat has long since sailed. With the sums of money mooted for just staying in the prem this season, no prem clubs are letting prized assets go easily.
Not if you're talking to Zim
I have seen clips of Elneny play and he looks decent. Kante still trumps it for me just because Kante is proven in the premiership. Elneny could take the league by storm but with Kante, you do not need the '6 month' acclimatization period.
Arsene Wenger, the only football manager that got paid 8 million quid to do nothing but sit on his arse..
Kante is the new big, black DM that Arsenal have been crying out for.
Who's actually a midget.
Charlie Nicholas thinks we should go for 34 year-old Carrick to fulfil our 30-32 quota:
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...ck-for-arsenal
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6 months ago Kante was an unknown mid-table nobody. In 6 months he might be a nobody again; very risky to judge anyone from Leicester atm. At least this Elnenny (or whatever it is) has actually played at a good level for a decent team for a couple of years+. Tbf to Wenger, he usually pulls it out of the bag with unexpected under the radar signings. It's when he fires up Football Manager 2006 that the problem starts.
That's a good point although I'm not sure which, if any, of the 'big names' in the Leicester side will go onto bigger and better things. Both Vardy and Mahrez could easily slip back into obscurity after his season, along with Drinkwater and Fuchs, for example. Mahrez stands a better chance because of his technical ability but how many Arfa-style footballers have we seen over the years who build a rep they can never live up to long term? For the time being their story is reinvigorating for the game here, a side full to the brim with confidence and hopefully the jackals of the game - our clubs included - don't strip Leicester dry before they get a chance to build on this season. Which is wishful thinking.
As it stands Kante stands as good a chance as Elneny when it comes to stepping up to a consistently higher level of football. One has 6 months of Premiership football, the other playing European competition at a similar level to the Prem. By the sounds of it we're getting the latter rather than the former, so it won't be too long before we find out if we've signed a gem or a dud.
Stephan El Shaarawy - yesterday's news or still worth a gamble?
Was meant to be the next big thing in Italy at one point, but hasn't really done much since that breakthrough season, and now seems to be stuck in some bizarre loan deal at Monaco? Apparently they'll have to buy him for €14m if he plays 1 more game for them, but they've told Milan that they don't want to buy, and have stopped playing him?! All very odd, if true.
Anyway... could he be salvaged, or is he a waste of space now?
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