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Baffling he doesn't get a run out on the right. I swear I've seen him create so many chance from the few brief moments he's found himself out there.

Always thought he was pretty well versed to be honest, plus he's a Leicester fan so you'd imagine he'd be all over this. Still not convinced this is happening.

Nothing from Ben Jacobs?

FWIW I don't buy a thing that shitrag prints but the fact something as significant as this hasn't been picked up and verified by other outlets screams pure noncery to me. EDIT: fml

The irony of this post being Maxi's single handedly saved us from relegation twice and this has been forgotten after one sketchy season.

Was more in reference to people saying Barnes is a clear step up to Maxi when he's not. But yes, fitness will always be his major flaw but that's not a reflection on the quality he has as a player.

Hadn't thought of it that way. I guess I like to see a bit more variety in the type of attacking players we have but yeh, fair point

(Very) loosely speaking choosing Barnes over Maxi is like choosing Lampard over Zidane. The games more than just the numbers. Barnes isn't gonna worry the best right backs out there but Maxi will have gameplans made specifically for him - that's the difference. Having said that, Barnes will be a good signing should he come.

Not against this signing but I'm not sure what he'd offer that we don't hope Gordon would eventually offer. Both seem like players of a very similar profile.

We're bigger than Milan. Villareal only want €35m for him too.

Samuel Chukwueze is the one who's caught my eye the most. Tall, strong, quick, powerful, excellent dribbler, very good technically and looks to be a very intelligent player too.

Need more people with composure in the final 3rd. Outside of Wilson and Isak we're painfully short of clinical finishers. Almiron will have another good season imo but outside of him I can't really see another player getting 10+ goals.

Sure there was talk of us wanting 2 elite players so if Szobloszai, Barella and Tonali are the level we're looking at then I think it's safe to say we haven't been publically linked with our next major target.

3 quality signings would be enough with no key outgoings.

£12-15m would be a great price for him. We are a serious club.

Wonder if this was leaked to smoke the Maddison deal out?

Sure Caulkin said the club were consciously using the media to downplay the budget. Whether he's knowingly playing his part or not is up for the debate.

Not sure about his credibility tbh but he's just broke a pretty big news story and his first reply to the story is how he's needs a day off without his phone. I smell bullshit. Plus I'm still not sure what he's got right.

Not sure I agree with this, he called Wood (which I guess he'll have got from Burnley side) before anyone else but I'm not sure what else he's got right? If it was Jason Burt I'd start believing Edward's it's clearly a massive WUM.

Edwards gets fuck all right sadly.

We should not be signing any player with a 20min lowlights vid

But offset against better revenue figures, no?

He single handedly saved us from relegation for 2 years straight and for that alone deserves a run out with us in the CL.

I think he'd improve our team by virtue of being a better finisher tbf. Longstaff missed alot of brillaint chances in the box as well as perhaps not having the composure that could have carved out an opportunity and this guy looks to have that about him.

Owners have said as much, I think.