2024/25 Idrissa Gueye


He definitely wasn’t as good a footballer the first time around.

It’s like he knows he’s our best player now and demands to have the ball constantly.

He’s brilliant.
Two seasons carrying Messi at PSG is showing.
That said, totally disagree with your first statement - he was a top player first time round which is a) why PSG bought him, and b) why why struggled so much to replace him.
 
He's one of our best players this century. He might even be the best. It's certainly worth considering. I'll just always love him and what he's done. I think with a little more luck he goes down as one of the best ball winners ever full stop. For me he is, but circumstances and team success will never have him seen as such generally. Phenomenal player.
A bit over the top but fully agree with the sentiment….he's massively underrated. We struggled to replace him when he went to carry Messi for a few seasons. At the time Man City were losing Fernandes in midfield I thought Pep should have snapped him up….brilliant ball winner. We call him the insurance man.
 
A credit to the shirt and to men in their mid-thirties..! Just can’t say how delighted I am to have him at the club and yet gutted that the clock is ticking as to how much longer he will be here.

The importance of a top player in this position is undeniable. No frills, little in the way of ego and with a work ethic that few other positions demand.

Look at what’s happened to City without Rodri or Leicester without Kante For example.
 

Did anyone see how much he was fuming at Jack Harrison 2nd half. Gueye was completely free, asked for the throw in to be passed to him and Harrison threw it 20 yards backwards. Gueye just looked at him, shook his arms in despair as if to say "wtf are you doing".
To be fair the entire team should constantly be fuming at that little beaut as well as Donkey Doucs!
 

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2016-2017 'He made the highest number of successful tackles and interceptions per match across Europe's top five leagues over the 2016 calendar year'
'He became the first player in Europe's top five leagues to win 100 tackles in the 2016–17 season'
2017-2018
2018-2019 'Gueye was awarded the club's joint Player's Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season along with Lucas Digne'
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025

Only 6 seasons, feels a lot longer, not sure if that's because of time wanting to see him there doing his job (because Gbamin's legs fell off minute one) and that his impact seemed so taken for granted. Technically, signed for £7million, sold to PSG for £30m, and bought back for £2m. Has effectively been traded for a £21m surplus that's gone a long way to cover paying him. If more of our players turned out so financially efficient we'd be in much stronger place.
 

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