Maddison

[fox_up_north]

I'd quite like to see him go abroad, do well then and stick 2 fingers up to Southgate, who still picks the likes of Foden and Mount over him. 

[Claridge]

One of our best ever, behind mahrez and vardy at the moment of the last 20 yrs, but when we win the fa cup and he signs a new contract will be with them👀

[st albans fox]

5 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Doesn't matter. No contract extension signed then you're sold whoever you are. We can't mess about and be dictated to. We could  be c100m down on players walking out the door 

as we’ve seen with youri, it can be difficult to move a player on if a club they want to move to doesn’t come in with an offer 

[Grebfromgrebland]

Have we actually try to move him on though when he had a high value? I'm pretty sure there would have been takers.

 

I haven't heard of any bids being accepted.

 

[ARM1968]

This will just be a move to get Madders on a longer deal, increase his transfer fee and agree that we will sell if someone meets our valuation. We just won’t tell him it’s $1 billion dollars. 

[LFox99]

I just can't imagine Madders at a big club for some reason... I think he quite enjoys being the main man/ star here, he wouldn't get the same treatment elsewhere but that's just me being delusional

[Ric Flair]

On 12/02/2023 at 13:47, Corky said:

Wage bill will reduce significantly in the summer anyway with players out of contract and not renewing.

That will quickly get replaced by new signings though, unless we do what I'd hope we'd do which is target young up and coming players or players whom coming to us represents a big wage increase anyway but without us paying £90k a week as standard.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

41 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Does this not just link in with what Rodgers said the other day? In that they've done all they can to convince him and there's nothing more the club can do. Sounds like to me they've put the contract on the table...

Yep 👍 

 

obviously I hope he signs a new contract but if not we really have to sell him this summer and get as big a fee as possible 

 

we can't let another Tielemans situation happen 

[Hamilton Fox]

1 hour ago, les-tah said:

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[Hack]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

He’s not signing unless we go crazy in the summer and spend far beyond our current means.

 

I don’t begrudge him a move, just make it a bloody good one where you are going to win a lot of stuff. 
 

Moving to a Spurs or Newcastle would leave a bitter taste. A Manchester City move, then who could begrudge that.

I have a feeling that the rebuild will have him involved, so as he feels it will be his team as much as it will be Brendan's. 

[LCFCCHRIS]

31 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

This will just be a move to get Madders on a longer deal, increase his transfer fee and agree that we will sell if someone meets our valuation. We just won’t tell him it’s $1 billion dollars. 

 

[Harboro]

43 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That will quickly get replaced by new signings though, unless we do what I'd hope we'd do which is target young up and coming players or players whom coming to us represents a big wage increase anyway but without us paying £90k a week as standard.

Any idea what sort of wages this winters signings have come in on?

[steveherbe]

2 hours ago, moore_94 said:

 

That's not Maddison, it's David Platt from Coronation Street ain't it?

Edited 14 February 2023 by steveherbe

[Red Squirrel]

 

He's an elite player, besides his god given talent, he's added consistency over an extended period. He's 26 and in the prime of his career if we were in his situation most of us would be wanting to test ourselves at the highest level. He's probably already financially secure for life (so long as he doesn't buy any more embarrassing Armani gear) Whilst Leicester are in the top 20 clubs in Europe in financial terms and we've won a fair amount of silverware we are not Real Madrid or Barcelona which is the size of club befitting his talent. 

 

 

[HybridFox]

Don't think there's much we can do in persuasion. It depends if his heart is in it or not. Ideal situation we can hope for is we maintain this upturn in form for the rest of the season (potential cup win who knows) and maybe just maybe Madders will stick around for another crack at the European table.

 

Big ask though, particularly as Tete is even just a loan deal at the moment. Taken us this long to find a player like that and we may not be able to keep him

[Gamble92]

It's not even a discussion. He's made his mind up last summer and given the club another year out of loyalty because that's the kind of lad he is.

 

I'm just really saddened that with better management on all levels of the club, we could have easily been in a situation where we are fighting for top 4 and got every chance of signing him and Youri to longer deals. 

[cruzFOX]

I’ve resigned to feeling like we’re gonna lose him to the highest bidder. Newcastle can go do one they have a very unhealthy obsession with him which is just weird.

plus they have the cash but are too stingy to pay too dollar. I hope man city don’t get him as they will just suck the souls out of him. Turn him into a grealish 2.0

Personally I’d like him to go to Madrid. I’d normally say Barca but think they club is in a bit of a mess.

[Ric Flair]

If the rumours are true that we have another years option on him then I can see why he'd sign a new contract but with an agreement he can go for a particular fee (got to be at least £80m) in the next 18 months.

[Ginger_Filbert]

‘Sign him up, sign him up, sign him uuuppp’

[st albans fox]

15 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

If the rumours are true that we have another years option on him then I can see why he'd sign a new contract but with an agreement he can go for a particular fee (got to be at least £80m) in the next 18 months.

If we have an additional year option then we invoke it and his price is 60/80m depending on him staying fit and his england situation 

 

if he signs a new deal then it would probably be on the understanding that we would sell him summer 2024 

[FrankieADZ]

if we can get him to sign a new deal that would be great but i still feel we need to be looking for a madders replacement in the summer

[UHDrive]

1 hour ago, st albans fox said:

If we have an additional year option then we invoke it and his price is 60/80m depending on him staying fit and his england situation 

 

if he signs a new deal then it would probably be on the understanding that we would sell him summer 2024 

I'm hoping the club does this. I'm all for bringing young players into the squad but over the summer we'll be losing too many mature players as it is and hence we need to retain a proven attacking midfielder in the squad with a view to properly scouting a replacent over the next 18 months whilst the rebuild continues inbetween that period.

[st albans fox]

So we’re pushing for him to sign a new deal whilst he has an issue which limits his training and he’s now had another scan to try and see what’s going on 

 

Unbelievably,  that sounds totally legit for us! 

[Mickyblueeyes]

14 hours ago, Phenom said:

What did he say?

“He told me to do press-ups because Youri has bigger biceps than me,” Maddison says. “I see myself as the captain of this team without the armband.

 

“I’m 26 now and I’m one of the most experienced players, especially in the Premier League in the group we’ve got at the minute, so I do it anyway. Most weeks I’m doing that in the warm-up and in the changing room, getting the lads going.

 

“It’s something I feel I have a responsibility to do as one of the more senior players, whether I have the armband or not.”

 

 

[Nalis]

It baffles me how opposition fans seem to think there is a problem with his attitude because of a minor incident linked to not playing for England.

 

Cant think of many players with a better attitude in the whole league let alone for us, seems like a decent guy too.