Sky Sports get panned after using FM stats to profile Leicester’s new signing [Tweets]

Using the Football Manager database, we've marked Leicester new signing N'Golo Kante's attributes out of 20 #SSNHQ pic.twitter.com/69xZZol3aE — Sky Sports News HQ (@SkySportsNewsHQ) August 3, 2015

Sky Sports News are considered by many as the “go to” source for football news.

However, the TV channel became something of a laughing stock on Monday afternoon when they began profiling Leicester City’s latest signing N’Golo Kanté.

With understandably little information on the former Caen midfielder, Sky Sports turned to the Football Manager database to evaluate Esteban Cambiasso’s replacement.

Signed for a reported fee of £5.6m, Sky Sports informed viewers that N’Golo Kanté has a work rate of 18/20 and acceleration of 17.

Unfortunately there was no information provided on the current morale of the 24-year-old midfielder.

Despite the fact that many clubs use FM’s in-depth database, Sky Sports were ripped to shreds on social media and we’ve collated some of the best tweets below.

The man behind Football Manager, Miles Jacobson, defended Sky Sports decision to use their stats.

All different forms of data are valid. Saying humans can't provide accurate data is wrong – players signed from scouting, not stats alone. — Miles Jacobson (@milesSI) August 3, 2015

And that makes our research & huge scouting network just as valid as other sources – plus we have much better coverage globally. — Miles Jacobson (@milesSI) August 3, 2015

Ppl using the Adu/Cherno/Madiera examples as a way of negating our work. Our scouts have a 99%+ strike rate for players 16+. #proud — Miles Jacobson (@milesSI) August 3, 2015

@SkySportsNewsHQ You're using a video game to judge a player…. — Prince Charles (@chazzaot111) August 3, 2015

Looking forward to Sky Sports News demonstrating how new signings might gel by using the green lines on Ultimate Team. — David (@lfcmaestro23) August 3, 2015

When fact meets fiction. Sky Sports News using actual Football Manager stats to compare two different #lcfc players pic.twitter.com/Rpmu4WGwDN — Sam Merton (@sammerts) August 3, 2015

Football Manager ratings being used on Sky Sports News to compare players. *sighs* — Orbinho (@Orbinho) August 3, 2015

Sky Sports News credibility going out of the window with their Football Manager player statistics. BT Sport must be laughing. — Ravit Anand (@RavitAnand) August 3, 2015

Sky Sports News are using Football Manager to rate players. Football is done. — Gaz Phiz (@blueboi1987) August 3, 2015

What is happening to sky sports? Losing TV rights for games and using Football Manager as a scouting/rating took for players joining the PL. — Luke (@LukeLessUnited) August 3, 2015

Sky sports using football manager to analyse players, because they haven't got a fucking clue who they are … #SkySportsNews — Dan Ruffle (@danruffle93) August 3, 2015

Don't get why everyone is slating sky sports news for using football manager for player stats. Football clubs all over the country use it — Aston Monro (@Aston_Monro) August 3, 2015

I like footy manager but fucking hell sky sports are acting like it's actually applicable to real life — Jamie (@JamieLFC32) August 3, 2015

People moaning about Sky Sports using Football Manager stats: lots of football clubs use their scouting database in real life. It's a thing. — FitbaThatba (@fitbathatba) August 3, 2015

Sky sports transfer centre is basically a bunch of grown men playing football manager on TV — Harun (@HarunDookhit) August 3, 2015

"Next this hour on Sky Sports News, we use Pro Evoloution Soccer to see if John Stones would be better off at Everton or Chelsea" — Connor Bennett (@ConnorBennett14) August 3, 2015