Oh just feck off already 
Christopher Nkunku
- Thread starter Berbaclass
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Can’t see any truth
Yeah I know, hardly impressive numbers. Just thought I read that Chelsea fans thinks he's been decent upfront when playing instead of Jackson, but poor on the wing or as a no10.
Probably
To quote the second best Chelsea supporter posting here, he'd likely be their best attacker if be was ever fit
Mount had missed most of the season before we signes him
Ok, let's pretend his idea of attackers at Chelsea also includes Palmer, and tell Chelsea we have a deal.
Missed over 50 games last season. Mount will be delighted to see him arrive.
Oh - and he isn't a striker
Oh - and he isn't a striker
Or just buy someone who isn’t injury prone, taking an unnecessary risk in our situation makes zero sense.
If it was like £20m I would be non-plussed but ok it could pan out and we need the numbers but anything north of £20m I would lose what little faith I have left
Not a player we should be interested in whatsoever.
Missed over 50 games last season. Mount will be delighted to see him arrive.
Oh - and he isn't a striker
We're very nice to Chelsea.
@WeePat what do you think would be a realistic fee for Nkunku?
We wouldn’t need a left back if ours was ever fit either. The best ability is availability, so I was really hoping INEOS would move towards players with pristine injury records to minimise our risk. If they go for Nkunku then it’s just more of the same.
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Would have liked him from Leipzig, but after seeing him in the prem, I am not convinced he has what it takes. Would be monumentally stupid to do some kind of swap with Garnacho.
We have perfect examples of how to get out of the hole we're in, in the shape of Arsenal and Liverpool.
So for each transfer, a good sense check is to ask "is this the profile of buy that propelled them back into regular top four finishes and title contention?"
In this case, the answer is a simple no. Spending big money (or the equivalent) on an injury-prone, 27 year old Nkunku who is already on big wages is exactly the sort of transfer they avoided in their successful purchases.
If we pursued this (and I'm currently not buying that we will) it would be a huge red flag as to our approach under INEOS.
If the price being spoken about was a Trossard/Thiago Alcantara style €22m-€24m ish deal, then maybe you could make a case for it. Maybe. But at anything even in the realm of the valuation Sky were reporting earlier, it would be insanity.
So for each transfer, a good sense check is to ask "is this the profile of buy that propelled them back into regular top four finishes and title contention?"
In this case, the answer is a simple no. Spending big money (or the equivalent) on an injury-prone, 27 year old Nkunku who is already on big wages is exactly the sort of transfer they avoided in their successful purchases.
If we pursued this (and I'm currently not buying that we will) it would be a huge red flag as to our approach under INEOS.
If the price being spoken about was a Trossard/Thiago Alcantara style €22m-€24m ish deal, then maybe you could make a case for it. Maybe. But at anything even in the realm of the valuation Sky were reporting earlier, it would be insanity.
Yeah I get that. I concede it is a risk for sure.
I know huge swathes on here will disagree with me, but we've had a handful of players in our squad over the years whose stock in the game, for whatever reason, was way higher than their actual level of ability, that we either haven't sold at the right time to maximise their value or we're still struggling to get rid of right now. I firmly believe Garnacho falls into that category and we should cash in on him when he's considered a player with high potential, before it's too late.
Only Palmer has more goals than him for them this season and that's with Jackson being their main no.9 in the league
Selling Garnacho is one thing, but allowing Chelsea to palm off an injury prone flop as part of the deal is stupid. We don’t need to take a risk on another injury prone player out of desperation.
Will they value Nkunku at 15m and give him a payoff to cover some of his wages for the pay cut he should take?. Because that’s the kind of value he has, and even then it’s probably a waste of time and money. They are just testing how desperate we are and trying to exploit it.
Feck right off
Yeah but look at who his goals have been against
Yeah, from playing Dynamo Goatfeck in the ropey conference thing every other Thursday.
Probably between £30-40m, maayyybee up to £45m if we can convince a team he isn’t damaged good but he’s just an odd fit for us as an explanation why he isn’t starting.
We best not be planning on doing a swap deal for Garnacho.
Woodward would be all over this, but there is no way we'd be so stupid now.
It's just Chelsea briefing crap.
It's just Chelsea briefing crap.
My pet hate is player's with signature goal celebrations and having a prop is next level embarrassing. Will he have to buy some red balloons if we sign him?
I don't really understand this link. Haven't seen anything remotely convincing to say this is even a remote possibility.
Didn't realize the competition scored against mattered as much after seeing people on this same subforum bigging up Garnacho's G + A the last week
And Nkunku has high ceiling? Is some kind of a fit after 2 seasons of injures and being crap?
Is that a sign he's going to Napoli?
This better be bullshit. Can’t stay fit.
Nkunku is technically a far superior footballer than Garnacho. That he isn't favoured in Chelsea's current system by Maresca, doesn't make him 'crap'. There are examples of ex-Chelsea players alone that weren't favoured by managers for their systems who went on to excel elsewhere. Not to mention similar circs in countless other clubs. Injuries are a concern, admittedly, but I don't believe he's been injured for quite some time now.
Chelsea are trying to Mount us AGAIN!
Do not let this happen United.
Do not let this happen United.