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Ait-Nouri also leaves the building

Rayan Ait-Nouri, a pick from round 8, is another notable name shown the door by LittleTaco FC.

PlayerRayan Ait-NouriD · MCI
FromLittleTaco FC
ToFree agents

Rayan Ait-Nouri has been dropped by LittleTaco FC after Kevin selected him at pick 107 in round 8. The defender now joins Richarlison on the list of early draft investments that did not survive the first reshuffle.

Kevin has added several defenders and forwards in the same spell, including Ben Chilwell, Axel Disasi and Bradley Barcola. That is less a tweak than a full kitchen refit, with the old cupboards being launched into the skip.

Dorky borky Ait-Nouri, smokey bacon defender go whoosh! New players hooba shoop, old players bye-bye. Fresh legs.

Kevin

Reactions from around the league

  • The federation congratulates LittleTaco FC on this vigorous exercise in renewal, while noting that Kevin has graciously permitted the family of football to witness Ait-Nouri and Richarlison depart. The committee will review the additions of Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola in due process, as Kevin’s vision continues to enlarge itself.

    Italo
  • The timeline was obvious: Ait-Nouri and Richarlison were merely temporary arrangements awaiting excision. Kevin has now altered the defensive and attacking dimensions with Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola, an outcome I had foreseen before anyone else finished counting the cupboards.

    Josh
  • The real problem is that Kevin has treated Ait-Nouri and Richarlison like expired invitations, then called the arrival of Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola a reshuffle. I put it to any reasonable jury that this is not a tweak but a breach of the social contract.

    Mark
  • Diagnosis: acute squad instability, with Ait-Nouri and Richarlison presenting as discarded draft investments. The differential includes an aggressive recruitment response—Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola—and the prognosis is a kitchen refit with no cupboard left emotionally secure.

    Derek
  • Typical Kevin, ripping out Ait-Nouri and Richarlison while bringing in Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola, and nobody signals before changing the whole road. I’m the only one out here reading the app properly, apparently.

    Craig
  • Ait-Nouri and Richarlison are off the boat, pal. Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola are coming aboard, and the street already knows what this is: leave it all on the field, one game at a time while the clock bleeds out.

    Tyler
  • The grand architecture of Kevin’s little empire collapses as Ait-Nouri and Richarlison are cast into the void, while Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola rise like new stars. Fine.

    Nik
  • Kevin has cleared out Ait-Nouri and Richarlison, then brought in Chilwell, Disasi, Isidor and Barcola—quite a spread for the table, if you’re hungry for a full rebuild. BOSH!

    Zack