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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5470050, member: 405"]
Nkunku started out with Chelsea 2 summers ago on their US tour, and was a very effective partner for Nicolas Jackson up front.  Nkunku looked like a star in the making.  And then he hurt his knee is the last preseason match, and was out for 3-4 months.  When he got back, he was rusty, the team was doing poorly, and he didn't get much playing time.  Then Pochettino was let go.

Last year, under Maresca, he didn't play the number 10 because Cole Palmer had score something like 30 goals in all competitions the previous year.  So Maresca used Nkunku on the Cup teams.  They bombed out of both the FA Cup and the League Cup after just a game or two.  He played regularly in the Conference League, where he scored a lot of goals, but he was upset that he seldom played in the Premier League.  By last winter, his effort when he did get called on was poor.  He didn't work hard for the team, so he stopped playing altogether.

He is clearly a talent, but he is rusty, and needs a change of scenery.
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