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Ilari Kangasniemi (signed, official)

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Tommy Fresh

Tommy Fresh

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12 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Biggest difference between the two is this bloke looks like he should be working in Hollister whereas Tunchev looked like he ate bats

I was hoping we could get the old Tunchev chant goin

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DAS Boot

DAS Boot

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50 minutes ago, adam said:

I'm not convinced. Not sure it's the sort of player you need when you are desperate for promotion from league one. Also concerns me that if he so highly rated why the **** would you come here? 

Yeah he‘ll deffo be sh!t

kingpowerout

kingpowerout

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Chat GPT scouting and summary from the Ben Griffis report:

Interesting find — this is a Ben Griffis scout report (Griffis Analysis) on Ilari Kangasniemi, a 19-year-old Finnish centre-back at Inter Turku. Here's my read on the fit for Leicester in League One:

The profile, per the report

  • 6'5" (1.99m), right-footed, comfortable playing either side of a back line
  • A genuine ball-progressor: ranks #1 among CBs in Veikkausliiga for carry quality per 90, breaking lines with both passes and carries
  • Best profile fits a wide CB in a back three — deep, possession-enabling, shifts the point of attack, anchors the width in rest-defence rather than bombing forward like a hybrid CB/wing-back
  • Weaknesses: still developing physically, loses defensive duels, over-commits jumping on midfielders and gets turned, gave away a penalty against Gnistan from over-committing, and his output is "spiky" (very high or extremely high games rather than consistent) — normal for a first full season in the top flight
  • Inter Turku reportedly turned down a near-record ~€1.5m bid this summer, which tells you the market already rates him highly

Why this is a tricky signing for League One specifically

  1. System dependency. His best use-case per the report is a wide CB in a back three whose job is short/medium progressive passing in settled possession. League One is a much more physical, transition-heavy, second-ball league than Veikkausliiga — exactly the situation (duels, recovery after being turned) flagged as his weakness.
  2. Physical readiness. The report explicitly says he "needs to get stronger in physical duels" — League One centre-backs get battered aerially and in the channels far more than in Finland's top flight.
  3. Price and competition. A rejected €1.5m bid suggests he's not going to be a cut-price punt; clubs a level or two above League One (Championship, European sides) will likely be competing, and Leicester would be paying a fee for a project player rather than an experienced League One-ready defender.
  4. Fits the profile League One clubs increasingly chase — progressive, ball-playing centre-backs from Scandinavian leagues have become a well-trodden pipeline into the EFL — so scouting interest wouldn't be surprising, but he reads as more of a development/resale signing (loan-and-monitor, or buy-and-loan-out) than an immediate week-one starter.

Bottom line: talented and specifically the type of technical CB that's fashionable to develop, but on this report he looks like a bigger physical and tactical jump than League One's demands suit right now — better as a stash-and-develop or Championship-adjacent target than a plug-in-and-play League One starter this season.

Edited by kingpowerout
dmayne7

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49 minutes ago, adam said:

I'm not convinced. Not sure it's the sort of player you need when you are desperate for promotion from league one. Also concerns me that if he so highly rated why the **** would you come here? 

Because it's still going to be a step up from the Finnish top flight. And we still have a lot of pull, particularly for overseas signings. Plus, we're getting in fairly early so probably more of an unknown/bigger punt for a championship club for example 

Ryy

Ryy

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OMG OMG OMG HOW HAVE MANAGED THIS HES ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RATED CBS IN THE WORLD 

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coolhandfox

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3 minutes ago, Ryy said:

OMG OMG OMG HOW HAVE MANAGED THIS HES ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RATED CBS IN THE WORLD 

I will get excited when I see him holding the shirt.

 

Finnegan

Finnegan

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2 minutes ago, Ryy said:

OMG OMG OMG HOW HAVE MANAGED THIS HES ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RATED CBS IN THE WORLD 

 

I mean he isn't, is he. 

 

He might have a - 9 potential on Football Manager or something if that's what you mean but if he was genuinely "one of the most highly rated CBS in the world" he wouldn't be signing for a League One club for two million would he? 

 

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lanefox

lanefox

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Just now, Finnegan said:

 

I mean he isn't, is he. 

 

He might have a - 9 potential on Football Manager or something if that's what you mean but if he was genuinely "one of the most highly rated CBS in the world" he wouldn't be signing for a League One club for two million would he? 

 

Party pooper

coolhandfox

coolhandfox

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Just now, Finnegan said:

 

I mean he isn't, is he. 

 

He might have a - 9 potential on Football Manager or something if that's what you mean but if he was genuinely "one of the most highly rated CBS in the world" he wouldn't be signing for a League One club for two million would he? 

 

Don't come here with your realism. 

 

Let us dream. 

Wes

Wes

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Now I know this guy exists it’s going to suck if we don’t sign him! 
 

Can’t watch Okoli and Souttar as a pair again

adejo92

adejo92

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Looks like he might be quality.

 

Can't wait to be beaten to his signature by Southampton. 

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CloudFox

CloudFox

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Just now, adejo92 said:

Looks like he might be qualify. 

 

Can't wait to be beaten to his signature by Southampton. 

Would give us a good chance of signing him in the future, at least.

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Ric Flair

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13 minutes ago, kingpowerout said:

Chat GPT scouting and summary from the Ben Griffis report:

Interesting find — this is a Ben Griffis scout report (Griffis Analysis) on Ilari Kangasniemi, a 19-year-old Finnish centre-back at Inter Turku. Here's my read on the fit for Leicester in League One:

The profile, per the report

  • 6'5" (1.99m), right-footed, comfortable playing either side of a back line
  • A genuine ball-progressor: ranks #1 among CBs in Veikkausliiga for carry quality per 90, breaking lines with both passes and carries
  • Best profile fits a wide CB in a back three — deep, possession-enabling, shifts the point of attack, anchors the width in rest-defence rather than bombing forward like a hybrid CB/wing-back
  • Weaknesses: still developing physically, loses defensive duels, over-commits jumping on midfielders and gets turned, gave away a penalty against Gnistan from over-committing, and his output is "spiky" (very high or extremely high games rather than consistent) — normal for a first full season in the top flight
  • Inter Turku reportedly turned down a near-record ~€1.5m bid this summer, which tells you the market already rates him highly

Why this is a tricky signing for League One specifically

  1. System dependency. His best use-case per the report is a wide CB in a back three whose job is short/medium progressive passing in settled possession. League One is a much more physical, transition-heavy, second-ball league than Veikkausliiga — exactly the situation (duels, recovery after being turned) flagged as his weakness.
  2. Physical readiness. The report explicitly says he "needs to get stronger in physical duels" — League One centre-backs get battered aerially and in the channels far more than in Finland's top flight.
  3. Price and competition. A rejected €1.5m bid suggests he's not going to be a cut-price punt; clubs a level or two above League One (Championship, European sides) will likely be competing, and Leicester would be paying a fee for a project player rather than an experienced League One-ready defender.
  4. Fits the profile League One clubs increasingly chase — progressive, ball-playing centre-backs from Scandinavian leagues have become a well-trodden pipeline into the EFL — so scouting interest wouldn't be surprising, but he reads as more of a development/resale signing (loan-and-monitor, or buy-and-loan-out) than an immediate week-one starter.

Bottom line: talented and specifically the type of technical CB that's fashionable to develop, but on this report he looks like a bigger physical and tactical jump than League One's demands suit right now — better as a stash-and-develop or Championship-adjacent target than a plug-in-and-play League One starter this season.

I actually think a 3-4-3 system might suit this squad but then it renders the amount of wingers and 10s we've got as pretty futile. But defensively Souttar is best in a 3 and it sounds like this lad too. Best I could come up with would be

 

Stol

 

Kangasniemi

Souttar

McFarlane

 

Aluko/Joseph

Braybrooke

Page

Watson

 

Chaplin

Bristric

Alves

 

 

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