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Werner was a loan, cornet they wanted to pay less than £17m and the Harrison bid was from a weird French source

Do they? A few of them backtracked

I keep thinking this but then I just wonder why it seems we can’t seem to bid more than £40m for a player and how we’ve been reportedly walked away from deal after deal cos it’s over £40m I think ideally we want a winger/attacking midfielder for £30m-£40m then get a striker on loan

Aye that was a load of shite. There is fuck all point spending £40m on a striker to sit on the bench until Wilson gets injured.

Why? Because he’s saying something you don’t want to hear? He’s been right about a few times. Even just today he said the bid was only £40m and shortly after sky and others followed and said it wasn’t as high as £50m and more like £40m

He also said the money offered for Maddison is the entirety of our budget and money best used as a Wilson replacement

Hope reckons we are wasting our time. Budget won’t stretch to £50m

He has been consistent in saying 1 or 2 tbf

Diaby didn’t want to come. Maybe we’ve burned thru our right winger targets. I dunno what to say to you. Trust the manager.

That’s fair. I was just meaning he’s clearly worth more than we paid for him

No one said it controversial. Point I’m making is you keep saying we don’t need him. Howe & the club clearly disagree with your view. Howe might see him playing slightly to the right with trippier over lapping. He might see him in the forward line on the right or he might see him as a number 10. Point is we don’t know but if we are bidding £50m there is obviously a plan. It’s not being done on a whim

Bruno came from an inferior league. We got lucky getting Bruno at that price. You answered it yourself, half a season in the premier league and his value has went up massively. also Lyon can replace him cheaper than Leicester can replace Maddison Also why not use Paqueta as a more suitable comparison. Play in much the same position, similar numbers of goals and assists and Lyon wanted around £50m for him

You keep saying this ‘in a position we don’t need’ Howe obviously has a plan for him. Let him worry about that.

Imagine both in the same side

Leicester wanted Bruno we would be going mental on here if they bid anything under £60m

Maddison would get in to most teams in the league and that is why he’s worth £60m

You have no idea how Howe wants to use him

No problem.

Hawk K implied it with his post or at least that’s what I took from it.

Don’t think anyone is berating the club.

Just my opinion but I think it’s a fair assessment of the market that £50m for James Maddison with 2 years on his contract is in no way is getting mugged off.

Fine I’d be happy with Maddison and Cornet. If cornet was the big forward signing on his own then nah

Tbf I’m one of the few here that believes in the strict budget stories and never really believed they would throw money at it if a quality player became available like most seemed to. My only point is we keep seemingly missing out on our targets because of this. The market is mental these days.

It’s absolutely nothing like that

To be honest I’d be happy with Maddison and a striker on loan. Maddison’s ability to score & assist makes the right wing less of a priority and Almiron might be fine there this season