toon25 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said: This is the article btw, doesn’t make great reading for a Leicester fan. Are they skint from the training ground investment then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 They’re in trouble if they don’t make a few good signings. TBF Leicester has to be the least glamorous place and club in the PL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, toon25 said: Are they skint from the training ground investment then? Not sure, they have spent pretty big over the last few years, maybe it’s caught up with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: They’re in trouble if they don’t make a few good signings. TBF Leicester has to be the least glamorous place and club in the PL. Leicester is the club I saw people most want to be like when we were owned by Ashley tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, KaKa said: Arsenal were never in for Paqueta. So many of the rumours flying around are just being made up, or perhaps it's agents trying to get these moves. Not sure anyone has actually been in for him this summer tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, KaKa said: Most people in the West constantly mock and ridicule religious people, and tell them they are brainwashed and delusional, and would never champion any of their causes, but would sooner tell them to fuck off and keep their religion to themselves ... so is this 'clear' Islamaphobia/Christianphobia etc? Or religion phobia? I'm not religionphobic bit I'm very wary of people when they claim to be religious. Edited July 24, 2022 by madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, buzza said: Honestly, could you take the religion/race/politics/social conditioning schlurp to another thread pls? I enjoy the footy/player based threads but really do not enjoy these round in circles debates… rant over… I don’t mind the debate just keep it out this thread. Move it to a thread in general chat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, gdm said: Leicester is the club I saw people most want to be like when we were owned by Ashley tbf. Yeah, I mean I don’t really know if they’re really well run or not. Possibly they’ve reached a point where they can’t justify the cost of staying at the very top level. At the point they are now, it must be difficult to attract players. They’ll need excellent recruitment to get great players from the next tier down. Edited July 24, 2022 by AyeDubbleYoo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 £23m net spend per year over the last 5 seasons doesn't seem particularly excessive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: £23m net spend per year over the last 5 seasons doesn't seem particularly excessive. Wages maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, LV said: How much would Maddison cost? Dunno. £60M+? More than Tielemans or Barnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I must admit I'll be disappointed if we don't get Paqueta and another forward this summer, what a spoiled brat I've become in 7 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 And Joseph Kevin said unto the Keeganites: “Thou has got to go to Middlesbrough and get something and ye can tell thou now, if thou is watching, I would love it if we beat them. Love it.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 1 hour ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Yeah, I mean I don’t really know if they’re really well run or not. Possibly they’ve reached a point where they can’t justify the cost of staying at the very top level. At the point they are now, it must be difficult to attract players. They’ll need excellent recruitment to get great players from the next tier down. Had a quick look on one of their fans forums. They haven't actually spent much on transfers, net as ON says, so I was also wondering why they were so cash strapped. I don't think it's anything FFP related - I think it's literally that they don't have all that much money, having just spent £100m on training ground redevelopment (great for the future, but takes time to pay back) but also some poor short term squad management. They are also looking to spend a lot on a stadium expansion to take them to 40,000 capacity. In itself, that should indicate why they might be struggling now - a club of Leicester's size and attendances needs to box clever in the transfer market, buying low, developing and selling high, or gravity will reassert itself. They obviously had a one off boost with that incredible league win and CL campaign after, but realistically that was only ever a one off. However, it probably also set an expectation that they could build on that in order to carry on competing towards the top end of the table. A few fans seem to blame Rodgers for the current squad being a little bit of mess. Lots of players coming into the last 24 months of their contracts (10 of them within 12 months, by one count), all ageing and on high wages, with some of the worst ones being his buys. Perez is usually cited as an example of a poor player on £70k a week. NB, our old pal Choudhury on £50k a week is another example. Not a Rodgers signing here, but he did extend his contract for 4 years, with neither player contributing much and nobody much wanting them. Some say there's been a departure from bringing in younger players, developing them and selling them on. So, there seem to be a fair few players they want rid of, and not the money or wage room to buy again until they clear out the unwanted ones first. And given those short remaining contract situations, there's not much leverage to negotiate decent transfer fees even if there was interest. So, they end up losing players they don't want to instead which is where our ears should prick up, with the likes of Barnes. Plus, this isn't a club with hugely wealthy owners (they're rich, but not mega rich). Or a consistent record of success, large attendances or huge commercial revenues as well as coming off the back of two years of Covid losses and a nondescript season - which bigger clubs would be able to absorb better. That's my impression anyway - I'm sure it's not as doom and gloom as all that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Would be a difficult choice if it were between Harrison and Barnes. Barnes would seem like a "bigger" signing and more of a coup mainly because he's coming from Leicester instead of Leeds but also as he has played for England (albeit only 1 cap). Personally I would prefer Barnes but he seems like he would cost a fair bit more than Harrison and I'd begrudge spending anything over 30M for either of them but do think Barnes is perhaps worth that price more than Harrison is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I’d have no issue with spending that on Barnes but, again, isn’t he a left winger? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kanji said: I’d have no issue with spending that on Barnes but, again, isn’t he a left winger? Right footed left winger, good with both feet. I'd actually like us to have someone that can cross a ball in rather than cut in every time. Would be a quality signing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Again, we’ve seemed to be linked with an endless number of left wingers this window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 4 minutes ago, Kanji said: I’d have no issue with spending that on Barnes but, again, isn’t he a left winger? Think the advantage of having Maxi is we can sign either, then move Maxi to the right if need be. Think I'd prefer him there tbh. Trippier might be able to control him better and he can get to the byline and cross more which he's capable of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 3 hours ago, leffe186 said: The key point is that I believe that homosexuality is not a choice. Living your life by rules laid down by a deity and interpreted by people is. We can argue those points if you like, but I’d like to avoid getting hung up on absolutes or semantics. Unless they have a critical impact on Transfer Rumours. You don't believe I could choose to be gay? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacus Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Harrison mainly plays on the left as well - of those two I'd rather Barnes if there's anything in either link. But then yes, St Max does then become a bit of a puzzle. Although, when isn't he? So, at that point I'd probably just say - over to you Eddie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 10 minutes ago, Happinesstan said: You don't believe I could choose to be gay? No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 20 minutes ago, Kanji said: Again, we’ve seemed to be linked with an endless number of left wingers this window Our strongest links seem to be with 2 footed-players tbf. Gives us the option to switch if maxi isn’t pulling out the numbers we need from that side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 28 minutes ago, Abacus said: Plus, this isn't a club with hugely wealthy owners (they're rich, but not mega rich). Or a consistent record of success, large attendances or huge commercial revenues as well as coming off the back of two years of Covid losses and a nondescript season - which bigger clubs would be able to absorb better. They're ludicrously rich - their duty-free business given a monopoly worth billions by a dictatorship (note that this is never raised in the Grauniad), with personal wealth in the billions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Has Sesko’s agent been posting anything lately? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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