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If he stays, its an absolute certainty that he gets a pay rise, which could well be what this is all about.

@McCormick my Forest supporting mate is praying they don't sell Elanga. Absolutely loves him.

Aye if it's only £45m (no add ons etc), there's no chance. Can only imagine we're trying to unsettle him, but there's no way they're letting him go at that price. It's a borderline insulting offer for a young, capped, established Premier League winger these days to be honest.

Just felt like it lasted the entire window.

They don’t happen anymore it seems. He wants to come I reckon but won’t kick up a fuss

You with your facts. This football forum is no place for the likes of you.

As been said - they would always reject the first bid Looks like he’s «only» on 25k per week so it might even be a case of Forest wanting him to hand in a transfer request so they won’t have to pay his loyalty bonus + bump up the price with a few million in the process

What happened to good old fashioned transfer requests? If Elanga knocked on their door and says he wants the move and is willing to give up his loyalty bonus that puts them in a very tricky situation. I think Elanga would be a great signing, despite not being this mythical technical superstar that apparently we should be signing.

He wasn’t my preferred type of player ideally. But still a lot better in general play than Elanga. Better technically too. Even now I think he lacks a bit in some areas. But his other strong attributes very much weigh this up when he’s on song. He’s one of the reasons that I want something more different to our right hand side so that we can get some more variety and other strong technical attributes to give us some balance. I was against signing him from the off but that was very much mainly because I disliked him from his Everton days, not much to do with pure football reasons. I’m sure I said stuff that I shouldn’t have. When it comes to Elanga, I like him, but not so much for footballing reasons. Especially for us and where we are aiming to go, and what what areas we need to improve in.

He's been frothing at the gash for ages for this move.

They’ve bid knowing that offer won’t be accepted surely, a tactic maybe. They’ll want £65 mill at least and we won’t go to it is my guess

The main benefit of Elanga over Murphy, is not actually his blistering pace. It’s his ability to use both feet to both strike and cross

I already said Elanga carries the ball better as well. Whatever metric Murphy is on a par with probably isn't that much of a factor as long as Elanga is improving us.

They must’ve had word he’s keen if they’ve bid?

You gone anywhere nice on your holiday ?

Yep. I’d be more open to it then. Would prefer a different profile than Elanga still. But I’d be much more ok with it. But not for much more money than the 45m, absolutely not.

Yes he’s more explosive and quicker as I mentioned earlier. I was talking about them being on par when it comes to technical ability.

Going on record here as saying I hope we sign Elanga and I think he'll be very good for us if he does sign. However, we absolutely have to get a 10 in if he does come

I've moved on.

What did you think of the Gordon signing?

You didn't think it through did you

Elanga is faster and more explosive. I reckon he'll be better technically as well as it turns out, I know Murphy can strike the ball nicely, but his first touch is often bad, and he doesn't carry the ball well.

Stall until they restock.

Yes I meant if they needed a new RW, I dont think they would go after Elanga.

He does or is at least capable of cutting inside a lot though surely? His left foot is very good. He must have one of the best/most used weak foots in the league.