He was the best player on the pitch by an absolute mile. What an absolutely fantastic player he is, Chelsea could lose their entire team to injury and I'd still feel they're able to compete purely because of Kante.
N'Golo Kante (appreciation thread)
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Thing is, I just prefer calling a spade a spade. Kante was bad in the final, for whatever reason. And if he had the shits, then that's on Deschamps too for playing him anyway.
Nevertheless, Kante was bad in the final. Le Parisien can write whatever they want too.
Of course he was bad in the final. If you don't care why then that's fine of course. Same for Ronaldo in 1998 or Diego Costa in 2014 I guess.
We should have offered to double the wages Chelsea offered when they signed him. There are so few players like him.
He is quality. Crazy that Chelsea got him cheap in today's market and unopposed.
He has improved on the ball after moving to Chelsea as well I believe Sarri played important role in that regard.
He was outstanding last night. We couldn't get the ball off him and he kept taking it off ours. Ran the show for them.
He had a release clause.
Are you serious ? That was a WC final, in all likelihood the only he'll play in his career. He wouldn't be the first nor the last player to attempt playing in a game of this magnitude without being 100% fit.
I heard he lost his virginity and got it back!
release clause in England?
He played as a box to box player yesterday.
Interesting to see that Lampard chooses not to play him as a purely dmf.
Interesting to see that Lampard chooses not to play him as a purely dmf.
The player to get the best out of Pogba
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A top player. One of the few players who can single-handedly transform a team.
I was more pissed off that we didn't sign him than I can remember for any other missed signing in recent years. In fact I'm still pissed off about it now. Played a massive role in winning back to back titles in different teams. One of which being fecking Leicester!
He always has been. For both title wins in england he was never the sitting mid. The only time he has was for france. Though they won the world cup so...
Maybe the best cm in the league. World class
What a performance from the guy last night. He's certainly a player that's improved year on year. Would love to think Fabinho can continue on an upward trajectory as he approaches his prime years.
Never stopped running for 120 minutes
Love to know how many kms he covered. I guess he’s running back to London and not bothering about flights
Best CM in the league bar none. Pound for pound maybe the best in the world
120m + Alexis Sanchez + Rojo + Darmian + Kenwood Juicer.
Do you mean ounce for ounce? He doesn’t get weighed in pounds
Or just 80m up front plus the juicer.
Decent player bordering on great defensive midfielder.
Very overrated for me though, wasn't he voted like 8th best player in the world in the Ballon d'Or or something? He's not that good.
On saying that he would be perfect for us right now but, as mentioned, will never happen.
Very overrated for me though, wasn't he voted like 8th best player in the world in the Ballon d'Or or something? He's not that good.
On saying that he would be perfect for us right now but, as mentioned, will never happen.
Yeah every now and then clubs insert them but they always seem to suit the buying club more. I remember demba ba moving from Newcastle with a release clause of just 7m and at the time he could have easily been sold for 20m. Back when 20m was a lot.
Yes. It’s not mandatory like in Spain, but some players do have one, inc Kante.
One of the funniest things on this website in recent years has been people arguing that Hererra was as good as (or even better than) Kante.
I'd honestly rather have 80 million and the juicer.
Makelele, Essien, even Obi Mikel to an extent and now Kante. Fair to say Chelsea have done well in that department over the years
Unbelievable player. Chelsea don't deserve him. Why we didn't do everything in our power to buy him baffles me to this day. He must be a manager's, as well as a teammate's dream.
I am sure we probably tried, but I think the London factor played a big part and I think it still does.
Also a huge Congolese community in London,easier to travel to France as well
Good thing that his parents are from Mali then.
He's a great little player but I wonder what he'd be like when his energy runs out. Park was a better player than him technically and once his stamina went he fell off the cliff.
I suppose eventually he can adapt to become a purely defensive player.
I suppose eventually he can adapt to become a purely defensive player.
Would love to get him here.
I'd love to see a midfield three of him, Bernardo, and Pogba. Two absolute energiser bunnies and one goalscoring enigma.
The main quality of Kanté isn't his energy, it's his vision and anticipation during transitions. Energy and speed are only added perks, I assume that later in his career he will mainly play like Makélélé which is the role that he has with France.
How highly do you rate him ? I know hes loved over in france. That was evident from the wc celebrations.