Chris_R Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 25 minutes ago, FLUMPO235 said: Leicester were probably expecting a bidding war and potentially they haven’t had an offer yet. I think this is almost certainly true. In their minds, Leicester were expecting some kind of Sotheby's auction where us and Spurs keep outbidding each other. In the end, the opposite has happened. It could be argued that any price from £20m to £60m would be "fair" based on the level of interest in him, a bidding war between 2 stupid chairmen could easily have pushed it towards that higher number and you could argue that isn't unfair given his obvious talent. At the other end of the scale, if there's no interest Leicester just must sell for whatever they can get or they're faced with keeping an unhappy player and losing him for 0 in a year anyway. Neither us nor Levy were ever going to create that first scenario. They needed some kind of Man U v Chelsea war of stupidity but neither of them seem interested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Man U walking away from the Mount deal could set a precedent of teams not caving to these ridiculous price tags on players with 1 year left. Kind of hope we’ve spoken to Spurs and both teams stand their ground. Leicester will have to blink eventually, they aren’t negotiating from a position of strength, especially with us having got Tonali. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Everyone's got to deal with ffp and has a limit. Selling clubs don't hold the cards. Without it there probably would be a bidding war for Maddison. That's gots its pro's and cons. Wonder if the Saudi league keeps going the way it is if ffp is revisited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverThere Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 FFP means that the likes of Chelsea arent being reasonable quoting astronomical figures, especially when they themselves have to sell to buy. F em I say, it will only bite them in the ass as they won't be able to make the signings they want Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Maddison deal was always one for last week in the window once Leicester were relegated. They are asking too much for a player despite many people rating in little demand because of the expectation of fee and wages and the players demands regards to size of club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Would love to get him but im sick to the back teeth hearing his name now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novocastrian Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 59 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said: Man U walking away from the Mount deal could set a precedent of teams not caving to these ridiculous price tags on players with 1 year left. Kind of hope we’ve spoken to Spurs and both teams stand their ground. Leicester will have to blink eventually, they aren’t negotiating from a position of strength, especially with us having got Tonali. ESL clubs also realising that FFP applies to them, might not be a bad thing in the longer term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 30 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said: Everyone's got to deal with ffp and has a limit. Selling clubs don't hold the cards. Without it there probably would be a bidding war for Maddison. That's gots its pro's and cons. Wonder if the Saudi league keeps going the way it is if ffp is revisited. If the Saudi league keeps taking talent from here then eventually FFP may need scrapping/relaxing in order to keep the PL competitive. Who knows, maybe that's a part of the plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsonsWonderland Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 He might have to do a Damien Duff and play in the championship before the window closes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 56 minutes ago, RobsonsWonderland said: Damien Duff Still winds me up an unreasonable amount how much Duff celebrated when he scored against us. Like he'd won the fucking world cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geogaddi Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 He is a typical Spurs signing , very good player but not elite , they will finish 6th or 7th next season with a team full of Maddison level players . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Wish they would hurry up and get him to end the worlds dullest transfer saga. Sick of hearing about the bastard now like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 First decent source for this in a while Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Good, really can't see where he fits in to our team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Geogaddi said: He is a typical Spurs signing , very good player but not elite , they will finish 6th or 7th next season with a team full of Maddison level players . He’s definitely elite. A team full of “Maddison level” players would probably win the league (or at least come close). Edited June 26, 2023 by McCormick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 No player we buy this summer will be as good as Maddison… unless of course we buy Maddison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Sean said: If the Saudi league keeps taking talent from here then eventually FFP may need scrapping/relaxing in order to keep the PL competitive. Who knows, maybe that's a part of the plan. 4D chess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 10 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Good, really can't see where he fits in to our team. Agree 100% Also strangely excites me as we know we are getting someone we see as potentially better ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said: Good, really can't see where he fits in to our team. I'm just sick of hearing his name tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 189 pages for nothing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Jack27 said: 189 pages for nothing Or in that time we moved beyond him being the best addition we could make, is a nice way of thinking about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zero Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 34 minutes ago, McCormick said: No player we buy this summer will be as good as Maddison… unless of course we buy Maddison. What brand you smoking bro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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