How the mighty has fallen - Yann M'Vila

In 2010/11 he was considered the best young defensive midfielder in Europe and earned several France call ups... deservedly so as he had an impressive season with his club Rennes. He was strongly linked with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City but didn't move as he wanted to help Rennes one last season and Rennes wasn't ready to sell. They were offered 20m+ money but refused.

In 2011/12 his performances dropped drastically and his attitude inside and outside the pitch was shocking. Even with constant scandals and poor form with Rennes, M'Vila earned somehow a place in France's Euro 2012 team. As everyone saw he had a horrible show there, not only had some shocking performances but he also refused to shake hands with his replacement – also ignored France boss Laurent Blanc, and created problems in the dressing room alongside Samir Nasri and Menez (was it Menez? Can't remember clearly).

When Deschamp took over he said that M'Vila, Nasri etc. will have it hard to come back to the team, basically he was dropped from France's team with the likes of Capoue taking over.

So after failing to get a place back in France's team, he was called up for France's U21 team. But M'Vila decided to make shit happen again. M'Vila and Mavinga, along with Antoine Griezmann, Mbaye Niang and Wissam Ben Yedder, went nightclubbing in Paris before the second leg of France's Under-21 2013 European Championship qualifier against Norway and had a horrible match losing 5-3.

The pair have since been condemned to training with Rennes' reserves, while they have not been named in today's squad for the Ligue 1 trip to Saint-Etienne.

Rennes manager Antonetti explained himself: "We can talk about betrayal," Antonetti said. "I talked so much with them, but it was useless. I'm the first to suffer in this situation.

"I don't know yet when they will return, but it couldn't be until May 31. I won't have confidence in them as men anymore and I can't make the difference between the man and the player. That's why I'm affected - more than I show.

"I made this decision to make them understand, but I don't know if they do. I have doubts about that. I made this decision for the club too, they have to be professional. They'll come back one day."

I can bet that Rennes regret not accepting atleast one of the offers they got in the past two years.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce on Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:29 pm

Average player and definitely a poor mans Alex Song......

Alot of FM players here i see.

Mole the the true Messiah.

LOL at those who thought he was better than Song.

Denilson>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> M-vila.

I struggle to think of a time when he was ever considered "mighty", I've only ever seen Arsenal fans rate him, and tbh they get excited over every half-talented player to come out of France...

BarrileteCosmico wrote:I struggle to think of a time when he was ever considered "mighty", I've only ever seen Arsenal fans rate him, and tbh they get excited over every half-talented player to come out of France...

He got alot of hype from goal.com forum back then, fortunately I was not the one who hyped him.

Please BarrileteCosmico... he was considered the best young DM in Europe before Arsenal was even linked with him.

And with 'How the mighty has fallen' I mean his constant downgrade from a France International who was linked with the best clubs in the world to a player who can't make the first team at Rennes.

M'Vila suspended from France national team until 2014

hes still young so he has time to turn around his attitude and improve his game play.

he has a good tactical brain for his age, i think a transfer to a team like arsenal or one of the italian teams could really show his true potential.

Casciavit wrote:M'Vila suspended from France national team until 2014

what a stupid decision, 3-4 games would have been enough . Where is the point of that decisoin as the guy could have been useful for the WC

Also, you guys shouldn't be surprised by the fact that his level has dropped.

1- He is young

2- In L1 , ther is a lot of player who make 1-2 great seasons and then fade away because their teams are inconsistent. ( ex: Montpellier atm or Lille or Bordeaux ) I think he has talent tho.

Damn, all it takes is 1 year to piss away your career.

He's still got a shot to moving to a midtable club though

That's extremely harsh wtf

I smell opportunity, Wenger must be like a shark that just smelled blood.

January Transfer to Arsenal for 8 million?

Raptorgunner wrote:LOL at those who thought he was better than Song.

I still think he was better than Song in some aspects. Mainly his composure and his ability to hold on to the ball. Arguably, he could defend better than Song too, but then again he never played in a top league so that is just a guesstimate.

lol nick used to overhype him so much

Id take him anyday.

Still better than our current bunch.

Sent off against Sunderland U21 for headbutting someone

urbaNRoots wrote:In 2010/11 he was considered the best young defensive midfielder in Europe and earned several France call ups...

Didn't know this was a Benzema thread.

And U21 suspensions carry over to first team btw lol.

Tomwin Lannister wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:In 2010/11 he was considered the best young defensive midfielder in Europe and earned several France call ups...

Didn't know this was a Benzema thread.

Damn

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

And U21 suspensions carry over to first team btw lol.

I thought it didn't?

Tomwin Lannister wrote:

urbaNRoots wrote:In 2010/11 he was considered the best young defensive midfielder in Europe and earned several France call ups...

Didn't know this was a Benzema thread.

http://www.vixenvarsity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bruh.jpg

Raptorgunner wrote:

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

And U21 suspensions carry over to first team btw lol.

I thought it didn't?

I know it used to, dunno if the rules have been changed or not

tbh going to Inter turned him from scrub to ultra scrub.

He never impressed me ( good player nonetheless ) but that suspension was too harsh. He missed the WC and he was sold to a russian club for 10-15 millions.