James Maddison (now playing for Tottenham Hotspur)

[Skeletor]

Who sprinkled some positivity into Baldwards Wheaties this morning?

[Happinesstan]

Just now, HaydnNUFC said:

Just the £5m more. ffs

We still negotiating for just his left leg?

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Definitely feels like there's been some sort of suggestion they're open to selling, it's just going to depend on how much they want and whether we're prepared to pay it.

[TRon]

Just now, Skeletor said:

Who sprinkled some positivity into Baldwards Wheaties this morning?

 

He did finish it by saying he might just be angling for a new contract. Miserable twat.

[St1pe]

I know prices are mental at the minute but £45m for him as he’s got 2 years left on his contract seems pretty fair. 

I can’t see them going for it mind. 

[Guest HTT II]

41 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

You’ll have to forgive me if I think Hope knows about as much as any of us on here.  Maddison bid came out of a clear blue sky but now he knows everything about our negotiations and intent re the player. 

 

Sorry, not buying it.  The NE hacks we’re exposed as being effectively locked out by our new management.  Which is a good thing. 

None of them have a clue, they don’t break stories these days, they cling to Twitter and social media gossip and forums like this and try and outdo each other to be the first to get something out, then they make a few follow up tweets to keep people engaged and 9/10 their shite never materialises as true. I like Hope and know him, he’s a top bloke, but he has zero inside info within the walls of NUFC other than what they all get fed by our press team which is basically a drip feed of basic generic shite like injuries, monitoring, looking at, hoping to sign, squad happy etc. stuff. 

[LV]

It’s moving the right way. I can see this eventually happening. 

[Dokko]

4 minutes ago, nbthree3 said:

 

 

Is that the fake account or real? Can't tell these days.

[HaydnNUFC]

If they rejected £40m out of hand and their manager is claiming that bid is worth 3 quarters of his left leg there's no chance they take that. Another £10m might tempt them.

[SUPERTOON]

So he said we have around 40 million left in the budget but have bid 45 for Maddison ? he knows fuck all 

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, St1pe said:

I know prices are mental at the minute but £45m for him as he’s got 2 years left on his contract seems pretty fair. 

I can’t see them going for it mind. 

 

 

I think £50m will do it. I doubt we'll go higher than that.

[pinkeye]

I honestly think he is worth the 60Mil.  One hell of a player and just what we need.

If we got him and Cornet along with the players we already signed this window we should be looking like a tasty team.

 

Frankly signing players and being linked to good players still feels quite surreal.

[SUPERTOON]

3 minutes ago, St1pe said:

I know prices are mental at the minute but £45m for him as he’s got 2 years left on his contract seems pretty fair. 

I can’t see them going for it mind. 

Depends on the add ons 

[PauloGeordio]

6 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

Who sprinkled some positivity into Baldwards Wheaties this morning?

They didn’t, he managed to add the “angling for a new contract” factor in just to piss on our chips! Click bait cunt! 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by PauloGeordio

[SUPERTOON]

I know it’s not as simple as this but i would happily drop 120 million on him and Barnes 

[PlymouthGeordie]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

 

 

I think £50m will do it. I doubt we'll go higher than that.

 

I think it would need to be 50m plus add ons that take it up to 60m.

 

We're still 15m shy of their reported asking price.

[Geogaddi]

Bit of a joke that bid mind, no chance it gets accepted.

[SUPERTOON]

If it’s true it’s the clearest indication that Maddison wants the move. Also a sign we are willing to offer big big wages 

[Dokko]

Just now, Geordie Magpie said:

Really think they will want more of the payment up top.

I don't get why we are offering deals like this though because I'm sure FFP is only affected by the total transfer value, doesn't matter if it's paid in installments etc. Sure they know what they doing though.

 

It's not funds they are struggling with, but wages. Actually a spread out deal isn't a bad thing for them. 

 

They need to thin the squad though. 

[sushimonster85]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

If it’s true it’s the clearest indication that Maddison wants the move. Also a sign we are willing to offer big big wages 

 

Could also be positioning for a bigger contract offer than the one Leicester currently have on the table for him. 

[54]

I wonder how much "In Excess" of £45m is. Out of all the players to spunk our load on, Maddison is definitely a great choice, get Werner or Broja on loan and we're laughing for the season.  

[TRon]

7 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

Bit of a joke that bid mind, no chance it gets accepted.

 

Well worth it just to get Brendan fuming.

[r0cafella]

A 5million increase is perfectly reasonable btw. Not sure why people are pissing and complaining about it. 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by r0cafella

[Dokko]

2 minutes ago, Geordie Magpie said:

We are struggling with wages or Leicester are? 

 

I just don't get why we are offering such structured deals but I'm also not a financial expert or aware of workings inside the club.

 

Hopefully this is one gets done though. Him and Werner would wrap up a very good window, Cornet on top of this would be the icing on the cake 

 

Leicester are.

 

Everyone pays in installments unless hitting a release clause. Even then some clubs will accept it. We seem to be the only club paying upfront under Ashley so our books are totally unbalanced compared to most clubs.

[TRon]

Just now, r0cafella said:

A 5million increase is perfectly reasonable btw. Not sure why people are passing and complaining about it. 

 

Absolutely. No one else is jumping in and offering more.