10 | Rayan Cherki - 2025/26

[jamielowndes]

My biggest lament with Haaland was that he only really got to play 1 year with a healthy De Bruyne.

I think I'm over that now. They look incredible together.

 

[Blue and true]

Needs to be the third name on the team sheet after Haaland and Gigi. His weight of pass, his vision, his touch; the lad is a fucking baller.

 

[freshie]

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Only 6.3m in FPL too.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Bit of a show boater, but that's his temperament. Pep has understood that you can't take that away from him without damaging the rest.
Very interested to see what this lad's ceiling is.

 

[ninjamonkey]

That's what we want, effective when the game is in the balance. Still plenty of improvement to be made, nowhere near fit enough yet, I suspect his weight of pass sharpens up too once his fitness comes.

That might be the single worst song I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.

 

[MikeF]

He’s got the ability and the arrogance to know it. I’m in!

 

[br88]

When he settles into the pace and style of the Premier League the sky is the limit for him...just an incredibly talented footballer.

 

[Akira]

So good. Integrates himself so well in the attack. Great chemistry with Haaland and Foden.

 

[JewelZee]

Mega, mint, class...

 

[Dubciteh]

People are saying hes like david Silva but for me he feels more like a young ali benarbia and if hes half as good as Ali we will be laughing. A joy to watch and worth the entry fee alone.

 

[bert38]

Reminds me so much of Eyal Berkovic-lovely player to watch.

 

[alexmcity]

 

[TurboDuo]

DeBruyne to Haaaland

( same vibes)

 

[schfc6]

 

[noseve]

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Assuming that's not doctored, it's brilliant. Sums him up.

He plays like a kid in a playground. If the ball went over a fence, he'd be the one jumping over it to get the game started as quickly as possible.

Hope his enthusiasm is infectious.

 

[noseve]

Reminds me so much of Eyal Berkovic-lovely player to watch.

Matt Le Tissier singled out Berkovic as the player with whom he most enjoyed playing.

Said that if he (Le Tiss) could find a space, he always felt confident that Berkovic would find him.

Let's hope Erl talks about Cherki the same way someday.

 

[freshie]

 

[Nevizade]

Reminds me so much of Eyal Berkovic-lovely player to watch.

Until the day he died my grandad used to say he wished we’d signed Ali five years earlier.

In case you’re not watching big fella, we’ve got one ten years younger.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Cherki will never be a workhorse like Tevez was. He's lazy on defense - and that will probably always be the case.

Given that he's fantastically gifted on the ball - and lazy - how do we best make use of him? I'd love to see a Foden-Cherki one-two combination through the middle - because that's going to unlock virtually every low block.

At the same time... the more defensive responsibility Cherki assumes - the worse out defense is probably going to get.

For me - start Cherki as RW and allow him to drift inwards to express himself. To cover for this, start one of our best defensive RBs - Nunes or Khusanov.

You need to be called out on this about Cherki being lazy.

The last two games and particularly yesterday he was constantly tracking back when we didn't have the ball harassing the full backs and dropping into midfield to help out the midfield 3.

Look at the 2 assists for Haaland yesterday, he was in central midfield. You absolutely cannot be lazy in a Pep team and it seems you've been suckered in by certain sections of the press saying he's shit off the ball.

You had a nightmare telling everyone Donnarumma wasn't good enough, don't let the same thing happen to Cherki