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James Maddison (now playing for Tottenham Hotspur)


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Not sure we ever expected to sign him tbh.

You certainly don’t go in for a player of that quality with such a low bid.

Think we may have been using the process to demonstrate to another team/player that we’re only willing to bid so much and will walk away.

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24 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Still got to wonder why we bid so low, not sure who was advising them on that one.

The only thing I can think of is agents trying to manipulate circumstances re: his availability so as to get a bigger contract.

 

There was absolutely no way he'd ever be sold for £40 million.

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3 minutes ago, toon25 said:

The only thing I can think of is agents trying to manipulate circumstances re: his availability so as to get a bigger contract.

 

There was absolutely no way he'd ever be sold for £40 million.

 

He is available, Leicester have never said he isn’t. We just weren’t willing to pay the asking price.

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1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said:

Still got to wonder why we bid so low, not sure who was advising them on that one.

Who knows what we really bid tbh but clearly the club has a set amount of cash that they can spend and there are several positions that we need to strengthen.  Maybe it was also to test Leicesters resolve, as they do need to sell in order to buy.  Also maybe they were hoping to turn Maddisons head so he would ask for the move.

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Most pundits see Leicester dropping down the league this year. Their 2022 form is midtable and no better.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/premier-league/jahrestabelle/wettbewerb/GB1/saison_id/2022

 

Leceister may have opened negotiations but that doesn't mean he's going to sign. I wouldn't assume this is over just yet. They may have to fight off interest from another big club.

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If we offered Leicester what they wanted for Maddison we wouldn't be able to buy anybody else.

Maybe they just dont want to go all in one one player as opposed to strengthening two positions. Its a balancing act.

Though personally that's the road I'd go down because that gets us to another level and we can worry about forwards we actually want down the line, a line signing a Maddison enhances, not make-shift ones. Get a striker on loan on top of that and it would have been great business.

 

 

 

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