The season hasn’t even started and traditional rivalries are already in full swing.
N’Golo Kante is off to Chelsea. He may not yet be wearing the famous blue jersey and posing proudly beside Antonio Conte, but it is all but sorted. And their supporters are suitably ecstatic about signing the Premier League’s most impenetrable midfield rock.
The transfer fee will be in the region of £30m, which seems pretty good value considering the Leicester City player is still only 25 years old. He could solidify the spine of the team for years to come. That said, a number of Arsenal fans are throwing serious shade on the deal.
Not because Kante isn’t a class act – he evidently is – but rather because they feel he is clearly inferior to their own new midfield marauder – Granit Xhaka. The Swiss international was in fine form during the Euros and looks like a great addition to play alongside Francis Coquelin.
But is he really better than Kante? This lot seem to think so…
https://twitter.com/Ar19ber/status/753933073755021312
Xhaka is miles better than Kante. Don't even put them in the same sentence
— D² 🇧🇷🇩🇪 (@StunningXhaka) July 15, 2016
Imagine thinking that Kante is better than Xhaka!
— Grass To Grace (@Gracious_Pikin) July 15, 2016
Saying Kante is better than Xhaka is like saying Drinkwater is better than Alonso. Utterly ridiculous.
— Jonathan (@afcjonathan) July 15, 2016
Xhaka > Kante. This season will prove it. I am never wrong when it comes to comparing players.
— Samer Koneiber 王 (@samerkoneiber) July 15, 2016
Xhaka is 10x the player Kante is. This is not an opinion, this is a fact of football
— Olly (@Giroudesque) July 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/AymanAFC/status/753930214250536960
Chelsea were after Xhaka all summer but he opted Arsenal instead. Chelsea have to settle for Kantè instead.
— Jack (@GunnerGrxnit) July 15, 2016
Xhaka clearly seen as a better player for Arsenal than Kante. Euro 2016 performances back up that argument
— Steve Hills (@Merse10) July 15, 2016
Arsene Wenger signs ballers like Xhaka, Conte signs workhorses like Kante. That's him and his club in a nutshell. https://t.co/Oku1fkEQZH
— Jonathan (@afcjonathan) July 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/wengersgame/status/753995417642151936
