loki679 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 10 minutes ago, KaKa said: Is it that people have forgotten this is how things work because we pretty much stopped buying players under Mike Ashley? 'Hi Leicester, we reckon we could do a deal for James Maddison. What's your thoughts?' 'Hmmm, important player, we'd be looking for north of £60m but we could structure things if it would help.' 'WE BID FIVE HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzaschicken Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 19 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said: Not bidding the full asking price straight away and negotiating? Yeap clearly 50m lets meet in the middle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I just don't see why Leicester would let him go unless it's absolutely daft money. If it's going to take more than £50m, then would we go there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, TRon said: I just don't see why Leicester would let him go unless it's absolutely daft money. If it's going to take more than £50m, then would we go there? Yeah, they’d have to have a great replacement in mind. In that case I’d rather hack their emails and find out who that would be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, joeyt said: Easier for you to admit defeat here Suppose it had to happen at some point. Joey just trying to crack one of his jokes and now fighting not to be lumped in with the prontonises and airplanes leaving the atmosphere of the world. You had a good run, chap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Just now, POOT 2.0 said: Negotiations are one thing...but you don't go in with a starting bid of half the asking price. And they're not. This is made-up, unsubstantiated crap from know-nowt journos. No way we're opening bidding at 50%. How else would you start negotiations? We know they're not going to accept it, but what would be interesting is to see if Leicester put a price on him. I doubt they will tbh, they'll probably just reject the bid outright and leave it to us to keep coming back with higher offers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, wormy said: Suppose it had to happen at some point. Joey just trying to crack one of his jokes and now fighting not to be lumped in with the prontonises and airplanes leaving the atmosphere of the world. You had a good run, chap. Worried I'm going to get the Stifler Stuarts treatment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said: Negotiations are one thing...but you don't go in with a starting bid of half the asking price. And they're not. This is made-up, unsubstantiated crap from know-nowt journos. No way we're opening bidding at 50%. How do you know it's 50% of their asking price? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said: This is made-up, unsubstantiated crap from know-nowt journos. No way we're opening bidding at 50%. Percy and skysports? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I'm starting to feel like no one wants to play ball with us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 2 minutes ago, joeyt said: Worried I'm going to get the Stifler Stuarts treatment There is president fot it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 We desperately need more goals in the team. Maddison scored twelve and assisted eight in 35 games last season. This lad is exactly what we need and would lessen the impact of not getting a top class right winger. It wouldn't suprise me if Maddison wants to leave Leicester. It's a world cup year and he isn't a guaranteed starter. £40 million is most likely an opening bid to see if he's interested and if Leicester are a willing seller. They allegedly do need to sell to buy, but who knows if that'd means Maddison is for sale. If there's encouragement we'll surely be back with a second bid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbee909 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Ask Man City how the Cucurella deal is going Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 minute ago, The Prophet said: We desperately need more goals in the team. Maddison scored twelve and assisted eight in 35 games last season. This lad is exactly what we need and would lessen the impact of not getting a top class right winger. It wouldn't suprise me if Maddison wants to leave Leicester. It's a world cup year and he isn't a guaranteed starter. £40 million is most likely an opening bid to see if he's interested and if Leicester are a willing seller. They allegedly do need to sell to buy, but who knows if that'd means Maddison is for sale. If there's encouragement we'll surely be back with a second bid. It is going to take something north of £50m to shift him, and it could be closer to £60m. We could probably get Paqueta for less, but I guess maybe he really doesn't want to come. It's a lot of money for Maddison, but you are getting one of the best attacking midfielders in the Premier so can see the attraction from our POV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 The Athletic are also reporting £40 million for what it's worth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, The Prophet said: The Athletic are also reporting £40 million for what it's worth. Guess Hope has bad sources then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Just now, POOT 2.0 said: I don't...that's the point. A rumoured £35m bid but Leicester want £70m. That's 50%. But my point is...it is unsubstantiated crap from jounos and also that the club wouldn't bid £35m for a player that the selling club values at £70m. Negotiations have to start somewhere, correct. But you'd never bid half the asking price in any deal. Because you'd not be taken seriously. My point is that the numbers being banded around don 't make sense. Especially considering the real professionals we now have at our club. Haven't seen £70 million mentioned anywhere regarding what they want for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixx Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Would be a statement signing for sure. If we’re picking the best players of teams that are better than us it sends a clear message. Don’t remember much from Leicester last season - did he ever play in a midfield three? Did he maybe play in a bit of a withdrawn RW role? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 The truth is that we have no idea what it'll take to shift him other than that it's north of the £40 million we've bid. We must have had some form of encouragement to bid in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 7 minutes ago, The Prophet said: The truth is that we have no idea what it'll take to shift him other than that it's north of the £40 million we've bid. We must have had some form of encouragement to bid in the first place. When we were linked a week or two ago we were guessing £50-60M. The thinking was that they needed to sell somebody and Tielemans was the most likely but he only had one year left and so would probably go for £30M or so. Given that Tielemans is still there Maddison seems very available. Fofana going for a large fee could scupper the deal I guess. At the time, there was talk of Spurs being in for one of Maddison, Paqueta or Zaniolo. A lively debate, but a fair few were preferring Maddison if only for the HG stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 I don't know about this one tbh. I just can't see Leicester being prepared to sell him unless it's for stupid cash. For that sort of money I would prefer to go for someone where there is a realistic chance a deal will get done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fantail Breeze said: I’ve told you this twice now and you’re not understanding it, so I’ll just assume you’re a bit dim and never will. The total sum of the transfer is different to the structure of the deal, which is the problem. Bidding £1m with £34m in instalments over 15 years would be underbidding. Before you get too excited, that’s a hyperbole example to try and help you understand and I’m not suggesting that’s exactly what we did. Hmmmm. It seems strange that in most of those deals, Botman, Carlos in January, Harrison and Maddison since, it was the bottom line that was the issue, as much if not more so than the structure......unless of course you think Leiceater would let Maddison go for 35mill if it was all up front. Edited July 30, 2022 by madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 This thread was a write off after page 3. There’s no chance he’s coming here. We won’t bid enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 He would be a game changing signing. Very classy player, and scores goals. Also a bit of a prick, which we need in our side in my opinion. There wouldn't be many midfield trios in the PL better than... Maddison Joelinton Bruno Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxedup Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 29 minutes ago, KaKa said: Haven't seen £70 million mentioned anywhere regarding what they want for him. We got £85m for Maguire, we’ve had interest from Man U, Spurs, Arsenal and the numbers banded about were in excess of £70m. It will honestly take something north of £60m to even get us thinking about it. He’s just too valuable to how we play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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