Stefano Sensi

[Weller Wing]

1 hour ago, Balders65 said:

As long as we can Nick name him “Captain SENSIble” and sing Happy Happy talk throughout the game, im in 😉

I'll be glad when this is all over

[weller54]

40 minutes ago, Weller Wing said:

I'll be glad when this is all over

.. and we can talk about things we like to do?

[Pliskin]

“I think he’s broke, I think he’s injury, he’s got a limp, that drives the fans wild, he’s just a sensi boy, sensiiii boooooy”

[Torten]

2 hours ago, Molson Canadian said:

Injury record:

 

23/24	muscular problems	Sep 20, 2023	Oct 6, 2023	16 days	5
23/24	Muscle fatigue	Sep 1, 2023	Sep 15, 2023	14 days	1
22/23	muscular problems	Apr 15, 2023	Apr 22, 2023	7 days	1
22/23	Broken fibula	Nov 6, 2022	Jan 13, 2023	68 days	5
21/22	Adductor injury	May 4, 2022	May 22, 2022	18 days	3
21/22	Stomach flu	Feb 19, 2022	Feb 24, 2022	5 days	1
21/22	Inner ligament injury	Sep 12, 2021	Oct 18, 2021	36 days	10
21/22	Calf problems	Sep 8, 2021	Sep 10, 2021	2 days	-
20/21	muscular problems	Jun 3, 2021	Jun 20, 2021	17 days	4
20/21	Adductor pain	May 23, 2021	May 30, 2021	7 days	2
20/21	Muscle fatigue	Feb 20, 2021	Mar 4, 2021	12 days	3
20/21	muscular problems	Oct 24, 2020	Nov 24, 2020	31 days	9
19/20	Hamstring muscle injury	Jun 19, 2020	Aug 4, 2020	46 days	13
19/20	Foot injury	Feb 13, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	47 days	4
19/20	Calf problems	Jan 27, 2020	Feb 6, 2020	10 days	2

 

19/20	Adductor injury	Nov 10, 2019	Dec 20, 2019	40 days	8
19/20	Adductor injury	Oct 7, 2019	Nov 1, 2019	25 days	6
18/19	Broken hand	May 17, 2019	May 31, 2019	14 days	2
17/18	Adductor injury	Apr 11, 2018	May 1, 2018	20 days	4
17/18	Calf muscle tear	Dec 7, 2017	Jan 10, 2018	34 days	6
16/17	Muscle injury	Mar 4, 2017	Mar 19, 2017	15 days	3
16/17	Muscle fatigue	Nov 1, 2016	Dec 1, 2016	30 days	7
16/17	Hamstring muscle injury	Sep 2, 2016	Oct 2, 2016	30 days	8

 

 

 

The thing I glean from this is that they really screwed up with that new Inter crest

[DJ Barry Hammond]

He’s no Cambiasso ☹️

[Jobyfox]

He seems ideal for the Dennis Praet role that we may need to replace. 

 

I.e. A midfielder, signed from Serie A, who's perpetually injured 

[Jattdogg]

 

[brookfox]

10 hours ago, Molson Canadian said:

Injury record:

 

23/24	muscular problems	Sep 20, 2023	Oct 6, 2023	16 days	5
23/24	Muscle fatigue	Sep 1, 2023	Sep 15, 2023	14 days	1
22/23	muscular problems	Apr 15, 2023	Apr 22, 2023	7 days	1
22/23	Broken fibula	Nov 6, 2022	Jan 13, 2023	68 days	5
21/22	Adductor injury	May 4, 2022	May 22, 2022	18 days	3
21/22	Stomach flu	Feb 19, 2022	Feb 24, 2022	5 days	1
21/22	Inner ligament injury	Sep 12, 2021	Oct 18, 2021	36 days	10
21/22	Calf problems	Sep 8, 2021	Sep 10, 2021	2 days	-
20/21	muscular problems	Jun 3, 2021	Jun 20, 2021	17 days	4
20/21	Adductor pain	May 23, 2021	May 30, 2021	7 days	2
20/21	Muscle fatigue	Feb 20, 2021	Mar 4, 2021	12 days	3
20/21	muscular problems	Oct 24, 2020	Nov 24, 2020	31 days	9
19/20	Hamstring muscle injury	Jun 19, 2020	Aug 4, 2020	46 days	13
19/20	Foot injury	Feb 13, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	47 days	4
19/20	Calf problems	Jan 27, 2020	Feb 6, 2020	10 days	2

 

19/20	Adductor injury	Nov 10, 2019	Dec 20, 2019	40 days	8
19/20	Adductor injury	Oct 7, 2019	Nov 1, 2019	25 days	6
18/19	Broken hand	May 17, 2019	May 31, 2019	14 days	2
17/18	Adductor injury	Apr 11, 2018	May 1, 2018	20 days	4
17/18	Calf muscle tear	Dec 7, 2017	Jan 10, 2018	34 days	6
16/17	Muscle injury	Mar 4, 2017	Mar 19, 2017	15 days	3
16/17	Muscle fatigue	Nov 1, 2016	Dec 1, 2016	30 days	7
16/17	Hamstring muscle injury	Sep 2, 2016	Oct 2, 2016	30 days	8

 

 

 

Other than his abductor, legs, feet, hands, stomach, muscles, ligaments, bones and hamstring he seems a pretty healthy guy.

[Marshall Cockney Fox]

6 months is definitely a long time in the life of Sensi and his body. 

[ClaphamFox]

14 minutes ago, brookfox said:

Other than his abductor, legs, feet, hands, stomach, muscles, ligaments, bones and hamstring he seems a pretty healthy guy.

Apparently his left clavicle is in top working order - a fine specimen, they say.

[chapero82]

12 hours ago, lcfc sheff said:

Smokescreen maybe 

?

We don’t do them  

[Libertine]

 

[Gwyn]

4 hours ago, Jattdogg said:

 

Reminds me of the Burlington pub and red seal 😉

[ALC Fox]

11 hours ago, Molson Canadian said:

Injury record:

 

23/24	muscular problems	Sep 20, 2023	Oct 6, 2023	16 days	5
23/24	Muscle fatigue	Sep 1, 2023	Sep 15, 2023	14 days	1
22/23	muscular problems	Apr 15, 2023	Apr 22, 2023	7 days	1
22/23	Broken fibula	Nov 6, 2022	Jan 13, 2023	68 days	5
21/22	Adductor injury	May 4, 2022	May 22, 2022	18 days	3
21/22	Stomach flu	Feb 19, 2022	Feb 24, 2022	5 days	1
21/22	Inner ligament injury	Sep 12, 2021	Oct 18, 2021	36 days	10
21/22	Calf problems	Sep 8, 2021	Sep 10, 2021	2 days	-
20/21	muscular problems	Jun 3, 2021	Jun 20, 2021	17 days	4
20/21	Adductor pain	May 23, 2021	May 30, 2021	7 days	2
20/21	Muscle fatigue	Feb 20, 2021	Mar 4, 2021	12 days	3
20/21	muscular problems	Oct 24, 2020	Nov 24, 2020	31 days	9
19/20	Hamstring muscle injury	Jun 19, 2020	Aug 4, 2020	46 days	13
19/20	Foot injury	Feb 13, 2020	Mar 31, 2020	47 days	4
19/20	Calf problems	Jan 27, 2020	Feb 6, 2020	10 days	2

 

19/20	Adductor injury	Nov 10, 2019	Dec 20, 2019	40 days	8
19/20	Adductor injury	Oct 7, 2019	Nov 1, 2019	25 days	6
18/19	Broken hand	May 17, 2019	May 31, 2019	14 days	2
17/18	Adductor injury	Apr 11, 2018	May 1, 2018	20 days	4
17/18	Calf muscle tear	Dec 7, 2017	Jan 10, 2018	34 days	6
16/17	Muscle injury	Mar 4, 2017	Mar 19, 2017	15 days	3
16/17	Muscle fatigue	Nov 1, 2016	Dec 1, 2016	30 days	7
16/17	Hamstring muscle injury	Sep 2, 2016	Oct 2, 2016	30 days	8

 

 

 

He does seem prone to muscular problems but that says he's only been injured for basically 5 weeks in the last 12 months, with the injury prior to that being a broken leg, which isn't indicative of a recurring issue. That's significantly better than our Dennis, surely 

 

I know the whole record doesn't make pretty reading but the last 12 months isn't so bad.

[davieG]

Not sure if already posted.

 

https://football-italia.net/iniesta-links-injury-history-contes-influence-what-you-need-to-know-about-leicester-target-sensi/

 

Iniesta links, injury history, Conte’s influence: what you need to know about Leicester target Sensi
ByLorenzo Bettoni
 JAN 9, 2024 18:16
Iniesta links, injury history, Conte’s influence: what you need to know about Leicester target Sensi
Here is what you need to know about Inter midfielder Stefano Sensi who has been linked with a move to Leicester City in the January transfer window.

The Italy international’s contract runs out in June 2024, so the English Championship leaders hope to secure his signature in the January transfer window for a low fee.

Sensi was once regarded as one of the most promising Italian midfielders, but his tendency to often get injured has seen his playing time drastically reduced at Inter, so he was sent out on loan at Sampdoria and Monza over the last two seasons.

The Italian midfielder joined Inter from Sassuolo in 2019 on an initial loan deal with an obligation to buy, and the impact under Antonio Conte was impressive. Sensi scored three goals and delivered four assists in his first seven Serie A games at the Stadio Meazza before sustaining an adductor injury that forced him to the sidelines for nearly two months.

Nevertheless, Conte had a big influence on his development as the Italian midfielder admitted in 2020.

“I’ve been training with a different intensity and I’ve improved by playing as a Mezzala [box-to-box midfielder],” he said.

“My improvements are all Conte’s merit.”

Sensi plays in a slightly more defensive position now and is more often deployed as a deep-lying playmaker.

The Italian midfielder played 40 games under Conte but had also worked under Roberto De Zerbi at Sassuolo, scoring two goals in 30 appearances with the current Brighton coach.

Sensi’s injury history is sadly long and saw him miss 77 games for club and country since his move to the Stadio Meazza in 2019.

In terms of pure quality, however, he is undoubtedly among the best Italian players of his generation, and it’s no coincidence that Roberto Mancini included him in Italy’s squad for Euro 2020. Unfortunately, Sensi was forced to pull out of the squad due to a muscular problem and when so-called fans on social media trolled him for his recurrent injuries, his partner Giulia Amodio stood up to defend him.

“It is really hard to understand how people can be so stupid, rude, insensitive, mean, disrespectful and incredibly ignorant at the same time. I hope you can receive the same treatment squared (so that you can understand how incredibly stupid you are),” she wrote on Instagram.

Sensi is technically so good that somebody even compared him to Andres Iniesta in the past. Among them were Antonio Cassano, Lele Adani and former Inter star Nicola Berti, a former Tottenham midfielder.

“Stefano is so strong,” Berti told Gazzetta in 2021.

“In the first two months under Conte, he played even better than Iniesta, but then he suffered too many injuries. After so many relapses, there is a mental block that prevents you from recovering the best shape and he had already had some issues at Sassuolo.”

A year later, Sensi seemed to have recovered his best form at Sampdoria, prompting Cassano to say that he was the “best Italian midfielder” and that Roberto Mancini “should have relied on him without thinking twice.”

Sensi, 28, has only made four appearances with Inter this season and was left out of their Champions League list for the group stage.

During the previous campaign, which he entirely spent on loan at Monza, he played regularly, scoring three goals in 28 Serie A appearances, proving that hopefully, the physical problems that tormented him during his career may be a memory of the past.

Nevertheless, the Nerazzurri are unlikely to offer him a contract extension so he is expected to leave the Stadio Meazza at the end of the season if he won’t join Leicester City or any other club in the January transfer window.

[Gerard]

16 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Currently earns about £35k a week and would cost £2.5m
 

http://sportwitness.co.uk/leicester-told-need-e3m-sign-midfielder-january-still-lot-work/
 

Calciomercato.it bring the latest on the situation, and explain that, for the time being, Leicester have only made an ‘enquiry’ for Sensi.
 

The Foxes are ‘waiting to see’ if they can further the talks at a later date, especially since the midfielder isn’t convinced just yet.

 

He, for now, ‘prioritises’ staying in the Italian league, but will be available at a rather affordable price for interested parties.

 

Inter Milan, by selling him, would be getting rid of €2m in wages, and also want around €3m in compensation for him to be sold.

 

Not sure why we'd pay €3m for him when we can have him for free in the summer, it's not like our promotion challenge is faltering.

[Finnegan]

15 minutes ago, Gerard said:

 

Not sure why we'd pay €3m for him when we can have him for free in the summer, it's not like our promotion challenge is faltering.

 

Jumping the proverbial queue.

 

And it's ok to say our charge isn't faltering but what happens if KDH injures himself in training tomorrow. Realistically, mathematically, we probably have a big enough lead that we could limp over the line for automatic promotion even with some key injuries but we definitely look the most fragile at 8 in my opinion.

 

If you'd have asked me in August where the biggest vulnerability in the team was, I'd have said having no obvious replacement for Winks. But I'm not so sure now really. I think that Ndidi KDH combo is probably what we miss the most when they aren't playing. It puts a lot of strain on the wide players and the base of the midfield to have a great game. We got away with it against Huddersfield, we didn't against Wednesday. The fewer games Casadei and Yunus have to start together as a makeshift 8 pair the better I think.

 

Sure we'll probably still be Champions without reinforcing there but I'm not sure I'd personally want to hack the stress of doing it the hard way. We've had plenty of eventful seasons lately, lets just fvcking cruise one for once.

 

[Gerard]

13 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Jumping the proverbial queue.

 

And it's ok to say our charge isn't faltering but what happens if KDH injures himself in training tomorrow. Realistically, mathematically, we probably have a big enough lead that we could limp over the line for automatic promotion even with some key injuries but we definitely look the most fragile at 8 in my opinion.

 

If you'd have asked me in August where the biggest vulnerability in the team was, I'd have said having no obvious replacement for Winks. But I'm not so sure now really. I think that Ndidi KDH combo is probably what we miss the most when they aren't playing. It puts a lot of strain on the wide players and the base of the midfield to have a great game. We got away with it against Huddersfield, we didn't against Wednesday. The fewer games Casadei and Yunus have to start together as a makeshift 8 pair the better I think.

 

Sure we'll probably still be Champions without reinforcing there but I'm not sure I'd personally want to hack the stress of doing it the hard way. We've had plenty of eventful seasons lately, lets just fvcking cruise one for once.

 

 

On Betfair we're already an implied 93.5% chance of being promoted, I'm not sure if spending £5m on a transfer fee and wages until the summer improves those odds that much and probably certainly not value for money to improve those odds by 0.5%-1%.

 

He seems surplus at Inter so they're probably chancing their arm with a €3m asking price and no apparent suitors but us. Come the end of the window they may reduce that to €1m just to get his wages off the books. A bit like us with Praet, 6 months left and stealing a wage.

Edited 10 January 2024 by Gerard

[ACF]

9 hours ago, Jobyfox said:

He seems ideal for the Dennis Praet role that we may need to replace. 

 

I.e. A midfielder, signed from Serie A, who's perpetually injured 

No one will replace my Dennis 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Do it purely for the reaction from the fans of the shit clubs in this shit league.

[Spudulike]

28 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

Jumping the proverbial queue.

 

And it's ok to say our charge isn't faltering but what happens if KDH injures himself in training tomorrow. Realistically, mathematically, we probably have a big enough lead that we could limp over the line for automatic promotion even with some key injuries but we definitely look the most fragile at 8 in my opinion.

 

If you'd have asked me in August where the biggest vulnerability in the team was, I'd have said having no obvious replacement for Winks. But I'm not so sure now really. I think that Ndidi KDH combo is probably what we miss the most when they aren't playing. It puts a lot of strain on the wide players and the base of the midfield to have a great game. We got away with it against Huddersfield, we didn't against Wednesday. The fewer games Casadei and Yunus have to start together as a makeshift 8 pair the better I think.

 

Sure we'll probably still be Champions without reinforcing there but I'm not sure I'd personally want to hack the stress of doing it the hard way. We've had plenty of eventful seasons lately, lets just fvcking cruise one for once.

 

I'm just as concerned about where the goals will come from if Cannon gets injured. Currently our only fit and available no. 9.

[KFS]

Cheap, cover for Winks and might get more of a tune out of Casadei with a ‘big brother’ around. Don’t see why not.

 

[MGLCFC]

4 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

I'm just as concerned about where the goals will come from if Cannon gets injured. Currently our only fit and available no. 9.

KDH and Mavadidi have scored quite a few. Hopefully Daka will be back soon and Vardy fit. I don't think we should be prioritising a striker in this window personally as I think we have enough fire power in the squad.

[orangecity23]

18 hours ago, Realist Guy In The Room said:

One things for sure.  If this signing happens, we absolutely must get a chant going using the Shawn Michaels theme tune.

 

He's just a Sensi boy

SENSI BOY

I'm at Segrave
It makes me shiver
My knees get weak
It's my ACL
They see me walk
They hear me screaming
They start to dial
Number nine nine nine
[Chorus]
I'm just a Sensi boy (sensi boy)....

[Scotch]

17 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

I'm just as concerned about where the goals will come from if Cannon gets injured. Currently our only fit and available no. 9.

KDH and Mavididi alone have scored two fewer goals than all four of our strikers combined...  I imagine the goals will continue to come from the same place that they have all season, our CM and wingers.