Rayan Aït-Nouri

[Blue and true]

An actual fullback? Not a midfielder with fake papers?

Yes please.

 

[vincent]

So many trolls on BM

Most of them have never stepped foot in the Etihad.

 

[chiswick blue]

He's quick and if we get Livramento that's 2 fast full backs

 

[mattyads]

Agreed. They don't seem the type to chase, but also haven't been in systems that demanded that (that I know of anyway), so I would guess I can't suggest that they won't.
Marmoush, Nico G, Nunes, Foden, Khusanov and even Rodri to an extent, though all seem like heavy pressers who can encourage those around them to be more front-footed.

Could be wrong, but I feel we're in for some quite radical tactical changes this coming season, particularly out of possession. Hopefully see less of teams ripping through us on transitions.

I actually think this fella could be the signing of the summer.

If he can raise the tempo, plus adding the fact it’s a fresh start for lads, we move away from the plodder we become at times last year

A very brief bit of research shows he's a very fast runner even by PL standards.

Why are you like this?

That made me chuckle.

Sorry, I don’t mean to upset you.

I think he lacks a real turn of pace, every player has a weakness.

I’ve not said he’s shit, have I?

He is really good on the ball, so will make less careless errors than say gvardiol can at times. I just worry about the pace element.

 

[skillman]

Don’t want to jinx it but his only major injury was a broken jaw after catching a stray elbow iirc

Mahrez was almost always available too. Something in the Algerian DNA

 

[Withnail]

Very good signing and his stats match up to Kerkez

Ait-Nouri - 4 goals, 7 assists, 86.7% pass completion, 46 chances completed, 89 tackles, 26 interceptions, 66 clearances, 55 take ons, 22/52 aerial duels won

Kerkez - 2 goals, 5 assists, 80.4% pass completion, 36 chances created, 52 tackles, 45 interceptions, 99 clearances, 22 take ons, 28/77 aerial duels won

 

[Columbia]

Exactly what we need, get him in the bag. He’s also a bit of a shithouse which is what we also need.

 

[1961_vintage]

Most of them have never stepped foot in the Etihad.

To be fair it's a hell of a treck from Trollbridge.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

We've got to stop putting Philips and Nunes in the same bracket of player. Some people might not like Nunes, but he has at least contributed.

It’s about time people stopped fucking whinging about those two full stop. Boring bastards.

 

[Nevizade]

Very good signing and his stats match up to Kerkez

Ait-Nouri - 4 goals, 7 assists, 86.7% pass completion, 46 chances completed, 89 tackles, 26 interceptions, 66 clearances, 55 take ons, 22/52 aerial duels won

Kerkez - 2 goals, 5 assists, 80.4% pass completion, 36 chances created, 52 tackles, 45 interceptions, 99 clearances, 22 take ons, 28/77 aerial duels won

Bearing in mind he was in a considerably worse team, they finished below united FFS

 

[come-on-barney]

He’s great on the ball, but he’s chronically slow! Just like all of our defence.

Bad move defensively, will definitely make us better on the ball, but again really weak on those transition we can’t stop.

So you haven’t read his stats then .

 

[SWP's back]

Don’t care about the price personally - but to justify it…

- 23 years old

- Years of PL experience already

- Brilliant footballer

- A key area of the squad

- 2 years (1 plus Wolves additional 1 year option) left on his deal

- Important to Wolves, price should reflect that


Age but experienced coupled with his fantastic ability, I’d argue £50m is a very very good deal.

Buzzing with this one. He and Gvardiol on the left hand side of the defence, they could play head tennis down the line! Two technical unicorns.

Yep. No idea why fans fixate on fees tbh. We’ll know what we can afford and what figure gets a deal done.

 

[Stoned Rose]

He’s great on the ball, but he’s chronically slow! Just like all of our defence.

Bad move defensively, will definitely make us better on the ball, but again really weak on those transition we can’t stop.

Not sure if new man is wumming or just knows fuck all.

 

[DMA's]

Mahrez was almost always available too. Something in the Algerian DNA

Think the fact they are largely teetotal plays a big part imo. I’ve noticed we are targeting a lot of Muslim players. I wonder if that is a big role. Targeting players who live the life unlike some we have had recently (naming no names)

 

[johnny crossan]

I actually think this fella could be the signing of the summer.

If he can raise the tempo, plus adding the fact it’s a fresh start for lads, we move away from the plodder we become at times last year

That made me chuckle.

Sorry, I don’t mean to upset you.

I think he lacks a real turn of pace, every player has a weakness.

I’ve not said he’s shit, have I?

He is really good on the ball, so will make less careless errors than say gvardiol can at times. I just worry about the pace element.

Big spaces between sentences = slow witted poster. (Just trying to be helpful.)

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The lads either a wum,rag or an 11 year old.Probably all three.

More neck than a giraffe, Oakie.

 

[SWP's back]

Exactly what I was going to type word4 word. Maybe 5 years ago

Great powers of prescience if you knew you were going to write that five years ago.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Very good signing and his stats match up to Kerkez

Ait-Nouri - 4 goals, 7 assists, 86.7% pass completion, 46 chances completed, 89 tackles, 26 interceptions, 66 clearances, 55 take ons, 22/52 aerial duels won

Kerkez - 2 goals, 5 assists, 80.4% pass completion, 36 chances created, 52 tackles, 45 interceptions, 99 clearances, 22 take ons, 28/77 aerial duels won

Difficult to compare them with stats, to be fair. Kerkez plays as a traditional left back, whereas Ait-Nouri plays as a wing-back at Wolves. You might also find that Wolves are so shit that they are relying on a wing-back to be their main creator. All I'd say is that I've liked Ait-Nouri for a while, whereas I'd not even noticed Kerkez until he was linked to Liverpool and everyone started banging on about how great he was.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

He’s great on the ball, but he’s chronically slow! Just like all of our defence.

Bad move defensively, will definitely make us better on the ball, but again really weak on those transition we can’t stop.

Rayan Ait-Nouri's top speed, as reported in a 2023-2024 Premier League analysis , was 36.10 km/h. This speed was recorded during a match against Tottenham.


Joško Gvardiol's top speed is around 33.92 km/h. This is according to Premier League reports. He has also been measured at 34.18 km/h in the UEFA Nations League.

 

[SWP's back]

He’s great on the ball, but he’s chronically slow! Just like all of our defence.

Absolutely fucking clueless.