Because he’s actually a really good player and most people on here have no idea what they’re on about when talking about defenders.
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Because he’s actually a really good player and most people on here have no idea what they’re on about when talking about defenders.
All Leicester have to do is put out a formal statement saying "he will not be sold this window" and everyone will move on.
ah yeah, sorry, I follow that DrCassOle guy, usually he is more up to date than that.
Thanks, good to know though.
Yep with the way so many talk highly of Bailly, it's quite obvious when it comes defenders this place certainly has its fair share of people who simply don't have a clue.
As do I. Unusual for a troll to be spewing garbage would expect him to be eating it. Maybe he had indigestion mate
its far too much air time, too many social media interactions & website clicks for Sky Sports to let it drop, Even if we did do that they would go big about how you are trying to convince us
I have liked him as a player since he played for Hull. My strongest impression of him was that he was such a tidy defender with the ball at his feet.
Have you seen how Smalling kicks a ball? Throws shapes like an awkward basketball player kicking with his weak leg.
Yet he's still better than Bailly.
That’s depressing
Who would you recommend as this world class CDM we should sign please? I would have liked to enable us to play Pogba and Fernandes (should he come) together. I think McTominay will be ok for now as he follows Ole's instructions to a tee and is improving all the time mate
I like McT further forward, he's a bit wasted in the Matic role because he's very good on the press for a young guy and isn't just good at breaking up play, he can also play a bit. Let's not get carried away though, we don't really know how good he is and realistically will he be top level? We'll only know in a few years. It's not even a case of needing to be WC, they can just be a good player and would immediately improve us.
Personally, I think we've always lacked someone like Doucoure who is more of CM/DM who can sit deep, cover and also get forward to contribute to attacking phases. They won't directly score or assist a ton but they'll be involved in a lot of attacking work. We were very easy to play through last year because I feel our CM core is well below average in terms of it's ability to recover the ball & transition into defensive shape. We were just a bit slow all round. Off the top of my head players like Gueye, Doucoure, Ndidi, maybe Rice although I'm not sold on him or Brozovic (who in my mind is what McT could become and is a v well balanced CM). Could also say Partey although I know nothing about him in honesty.
Fair enough, didn't realise it was just a one year extension.
he signed a new deal because we doubled his money, I'm sure if he's still here come the close of the window he will get another new contract with a massive bump in pay
Doucoure is one of the most overrated footballers about.
Where does the bidding stand? If its true we are bidding 70 and they want more why dont we just ask what they want and then either pay it or move on? Seems like something you could do via conference call. This is painfully slow.
We could do with a right mid and centre mid still as well.
And whats happening with the likes of darmian etc? Even just clearing his wages for a nominal fee would be good considering hes not going to kick a ball for us.
Quite a frustrating summer but happy with the two signings so far
We could do with a right mid and centre mid still as well.
And whats happening with the likes of darmian etc? Even just clearing his wages for a nominal fee would be good considering hes not going to kick a ball for us.
Quite a frustrating summer but happy with the two signings so far
I agree on you point about McTominay. I think we just to see how he develops, hoping he does well. I really wanted N'Didi this season but I feel if we go for him next year they will add at least another £10m to the fee if he keeps developing well. Gueye would have been a good signing as he is a beast in my opinion but he doesn't seem to fit in with us trying to sign younger players but I think he would do a lot better job than Matic. But I think Matic' rapid decline has put off buying older players as I fear Woody is scared a similar situation happening again mate.
Agree with your post. We should get this signing done as soon as possible to leave us enough time to get an alternative, should we not be able to come to an agreement. Think everyone besides Woody can see we need a right midfielder but I think he's going to go all out for Sancho who should he even decide to come is going to cost a massive fee. Would like to go for Lozano as he has a €40m release clause which is nothing in the current market. I thought Darmian would definitely be this year but I think he may wait until next year to move on a free. Regarding your last point as there are 3 weeks left in the window I'm hoping for something special from Woody mate, not looking very promising though.
It does seem very protracted but then look at other deals too like DeLigt.
I get the impression clubs don’t pickup the phone and call each other anymore, it’s all done through agents/middlemen. This slows the process
Yeah, you can’t value him at £80m and pay him as a £15m player.
Im openly not a fan of woody or the glazers for that matter. But i respect woody for the success hes had as a banker and finance man at a top bank.
What baffles me is, in this instance, its bread and butter business. You could sort out the basics in a day.
Maguire is an intangible asset, the owner of which isn't under pressure to sell and doesn't want to sell. So the ball is totally in Leicesters court on their valuation. Really, we just need to say ‘how much do you want’ and if its miles apart from our valuation we move on or give them a figure that is our maximum bid to try and haggle them down. If they wont budge you move on.
If we are prepared to pay what they want we have to structure the payment arrangements and make the offer officially. If we cant agree on payment arrangements, its beyond our means, then again we move on. If we can agree we sign him.
Its no good trying to go back and forwards upping your offer by a small amount each time. Which seems to be what we are doing.
Thats not bad for Lozano but doubt we will go for him. The new contracts for Darmian and rojo were baffling. And yeah, fingers crossed we get a couple more done. That said I like the look of some of the youth players atm, just think it would be too much to expect them to play most games.
I agree, we are 3 weeks away before the transfer closes, CB and creative midfielder has to be the target? We cannot get rid of all experienced players.
I just dont understand what is taking so long on this transfer. As far as I'm concerned either make the deal happen, or move on to other targets with a lower price tag. We are really hurting our own prospects of making Top 4 next year by not getting deals done more quickly.
Thats probably right, but just seems barmy that an agent needs to be involved with the clubs agreeing a fee.
I find it strange that these Leicester city fans think they can just walk up and take a top 6 spot. I want some of what they are smoking, even as bad as United, Chelsea and Arsenal are we are still better than the rest of them. They couldn't even beat a newly promoted wolves to 7th. Talk about overestimating yourself.
At the end of the day the top 6 have way better squads and even if they lose a key player or fail to sign a centerhalf or whatever you still don't have enough quality to match them. Just look at the points tally between 6th and 7th and then you realize how much you have to make up. On top of all that drama, Top 6 compare themselves to other top 6 and europe. So united squad is better than everyone else in the Premier league bar the top 6 but is crap when compared to the top 6 and Europe.
At the end of the day the top 6 have way better squads and even if they lose a key player or fail to sign a centerhalf or whatever you still don't have enough quality to match them. Just look at the points tally between 6th and 7th and then you realize how much you have to make up. On top of all that drama, Top 6 compare themselves to other top 6 and europe. So united squad is better than everyone else in the Premier league bar the top 6 but is crap when compared to the top 6 and Europe.
how do you know we aren't talking to someone else or that we have no intention of meeting this valuation or we are just tying up the deal as we speak . Papers and Journos just spin stories , we have been preparing a bid for Bruno since March if they were to be believed
I think most of us are asking the same questions, only a few on here who think Ed is doing a good job because of his credentials.
It's possible that a large deal such as this may involve shopping your business plan around to different lenders, which can take time.
Why is this dragging out I thought we agreed a fee days ago ?
Did you? Because The Sun said so?
Hate to hear this tbh. Don't like when players throw a fit for a move especially when they literally just signed a contract a year ago. Hope this gets resolved quickly
He's only human tbf. This is his best chance to move to a big club. Who knows whether another opportunity for a big move comes again.
It could be that Leicester are halting over a silly modest change in the transfer which could be winding him up.
Duncan Castles seem to be covering his ass on this one by claiming we agreed the fee and thought it was a done deal but then the Leicester chairman decided he didn't like the structured payments and wanted all 80 million up front. He also claimed that we were ready to announce but LCFC have not finalized the deal for Dunk and don't want to let on they have 80 million to spend until Dunk is signed which seems like bs because if they are signing him the selling club is obviously going to know it is because Maguire is leaving.
We didn’t, mate. Just another story and another day for the media to generate interest/clicks.
Exactly. The window for the rest of Europe closes about 3 weeks after ours shuts, so plenty of time to sell those that are surplus to requirements. We need to concentrate on bringing the players in.
Woodward will have nowhere to hide if we don’t sign anybody else. The fans will destroy him if we start poorly.
Ronaldo had one with SAF, and he stuck to it, Ronaldo was under contract! It's up to the person or people who run clubs, SAF left Ronaldo go after Real came in, gave his word asked him to stay for 1 more season which he did, then left for Real.
It's up to the individuals if the Foxes want to go back on there word it's up to them, you got the right manager in as well to go back on his word Rogers can't believe what comes out of his mouth.
Bet they sack him in a season or so or he says best club I've been at the buggers off to another one. Guys got form . Good luck though.
Yep agree but they won't, because He wants to move! But they want more money, or keep a player who wants to leave.
we haven't though, the agreement was we wouldn't stand in his way if our valuation is met, he would have been told what that was, the reason this deal hasn't happened is simple, Manchester United have not met that valuation
The gentlemans agreement stuff, if you believe it existed, surely has to be complicated by the fact that the owner Harry may have agreed this with very sadly passed and so it is a different owner we are dealing with now
To me, it just shows how how little some people comprehend this aspect of football.
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