James Maddison (now playing for Tottenham Hotspur)

[Rich]

 

https://twitter.com/JacobsBen/status/1667084027415625728?s=20

[The Prophet]

https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1667124660163710977

 

"Tottenham have opened talks with #LCFC for England’s James Maddison!”

 

“We’re being told Leicester City could ask for a fee of as much as £60m!

 

Alex Crook with an EXCLUSIVE update on #THFC’s pursuit of James Maddison.

[SUPERTOON]

There is zero chance they get 60 million

[madras]

Could the plan be if we can get Madison for 40mill it's a goer but any more and we may as well stump up for Dom.

[Ikon]

1 minute ago, madras said:

Could the plan be if we can get Madison for 40mill it's a goer but any more and we may as well stump up for Dom.

Sounds about right imo. 

 

 

Edited June 9, 2023 by Ikon

[gbandit]

There’s no way we should be going above £40m. We have a lot of areas to strengthen this summer. Leicester are in an absolute state, they don’t deserve a bidding war and if Spurs want to pay £60m, let them 

[Conjo]

Let Leicester sweat. Doubt they feel as comfortable keeping him unless their insane asking price is met him the closer we get to deadline day. £40m is already more than generous.

[Guest]

Wait until he gets to this stage about a week before the window ends then go back with £30m.

[Geogaddi]

Thankfully this regime know what they are doing and aren’t stupid enough to pay 50 million for him.

[KaKa]

Relegated player with a year left on his contract. They should be grateful to get £30 million.

 

Unfortunately they are going to mess about on the price right up until the end of the window to try and get as much as possible, which is not ideal at all.

[Matt1892]

I don’t know if Leicester have relegation clauses in player contracts that impact wages but their wage bill was running at 85% of turnover in the Premier League so they are not in the position to play hardball for too long.

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

Either way, I hope any deal is sorted this month. Don’t want this dragging out across the window.

 

My feeling, based on nothing at all, is that he ends up at Spurs.

[Wallsendmag]

15 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Wait until he gets to this stage about a week before the window ends then go back with £30m.

 

That photo man. He's absolutely foaming he's still here 

[St1pe]

Maybe I’m being dumb but I don’t see how Maddison fits well in the same team as Kane. That position Kane commonly drops into is the same sort of area Maddison likes to get into. Unless Spurs are going to change systems or sell Kane. 

[sushimonster85]

7 minutes ago, St1pe said:

Unless Spurs are going to change systems or sell Kane. 

 

Don't know about selling Kane or not, but they will most definitely be changing systems under Postecoglou.

[nufc123]

18 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Relegated player with a year left on his contract. They should be grateful to get £30 million.

Its crazy. Hes a good player but they dont hold the strongest cards on this deal. They cant afford to have a sulky player on their bench in the CS either. I understand they want the most of the deal but they wont get 60m.

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, St1pe said:

Maybe I’m being dumb but I don’t see how Maddison fits well in the same team as Kane. That position Kane commonly drops into is the same sort of area Maddison likes to get into. Unless Spurs are going to change systems or sell Kane. 

 

They could do a moneyball sort of thing. Sell Kane, then with a fair bit of the money sign Maddison and someone like Mitrovic or someone who they think could score 12-15 goals. Replace his output that way. 

[madras]

7 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Its crazy. Hes a good player but they dont hold the strongest cards on this deal. They cant afford to have a sulky player on their bench in the CS either. I understand they want the most of the deal but they wont get 60m.

And they know they won't get it but you'd always ask for more than you think you'll get.

[Chris_R]

1 hour ago, gbandit said:

There’s no way we should be going above £40m. We have a lot of areas to strengthen this summer. Leicester are in an absolute state, they don’t deserve a bidding war and if Spurs want to pay £60m, let them 

 

If Spurs will potentially pay £60m, we should offer £59m to ensure they do. No point walking away now and letting them get him cheap, bump the price up for them even if we've got no interest in paying it.

 

17 minutes ago, St1pe said:

Maybe I’m being dumb but I don’t see how Maddison fits well in the same team as Kane. That position Kane commonly drops into is the same sort of area Maddison likes to get into. Unless Spurs are going to change systems or sell Kane. 

 

Spurs will absolutely sell Kane this summer. They won't want to lose £100m just to keep him for another season, that's not good sense in anyone's books.

[nufc123]

5 minutes ago, madras said:

And they know they won't get it but you'd always ask for more than you think you'll get.

Yeah but 60 is way over the top 

[ohmelads]

Leicester do need the cash now but they know that once dominoes start falling there'll be clubs flush with cash and urgent gaps to fill. Their dilemma is whether to take the early cash and rebuild or wait for a bidding war and a seller's market. I think they'll play it by ear for a couple more weeks. We have to box clever financially and I don't think we'll have any intention of getting into a bidding war with super league clubs, and probably won't offer enough to tempt Leicester into an early sale.

 

I've wanted Maddison all along, but based only on Dennis Wise scouting and his stats and age, I think I'd be more excited by the Hungarian now if prices were equal. If reports are correct that Maddison is 40m and Szoboszlai is 60m, then that 20m is a huge chunk of change towards squad building. I wonder if that's the dilemma the club have now and if we're also playing it by ear. This is why you always see a flurry of activity later in the window because everyone's waiting for the chips to fall in terms of value/vailability. It's often only the richest clubs who are doing big deals early (Bellingham, MacAllister etc).

[Gawalls]

2 minutes ago, ohmelads said:

Leicester do need the cash now but they know that once dominoes start falling there'll be clubs flush with cash and urgent gaps to fill. Their dilemma is whether to take the early cash and rebuild or wait for a bidding war and a seller's market. I think they'll play it by ear for a couple more weeks. We have to box clever financially and I don't think we'll have any intention of getting into a bidding war with super league clubs, and probably won't offer enough to tempt Leicester into an early sale.

 

I've wanted Maddison all along, but based only on Dennis Wise scouting and his stats and age, I think I'd be more excited by the Hungarian now if prices were equal. If reports are correct that Maddison is 40m and Szoboszlai is 60m, then that 20m is a huge chunk of change towards squad building. I wonder if that's the dilemma the club have now and if we're also playing it by ear. This is why you always see a flurry of activity later in the window because everyone's waiting for the chips to fall in terms of value/vailability. It's often only the richest clubs who are doing big deals early (Bellingham, MacAllister etc).

 

They need to get a manager in first

[TRon]

1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said:

There is zero chance they get 60 million

 

That's why the next price they quote will be £65 million. Leicester are the creme de la creme negotiators.

[Jesse Pinkman]

I am sure he is an Arsenal fan. Doubt he will go to Spurs. It’s likely his agent trying to play the clubs off each other to get a better deal at Newcastle 

[Mazzy]

Will only be a matter of minutes before Maddison is photoshopped into the new home shirt now.