Scotch Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 39 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: We don't want a decent prospect, after much disappointment , we need the real deal. I would expect that for 45 million. We simply cannot afford to do a Perez again. Sorry, but aren't you the guy who constantly pushes for us to integrate more young prospects into our squad? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristianity77 Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Foxy_Bear said: Sorry, but aren't you the guy who constantly pushes for us to integrate more young prospects into our squad? I guess what hes saying is that pushing young prospects into the squad is fine when you consider it costs next to zero in money to do so. But spending a lot of money on a maybe probably isn't the best way to spend if we are going to have champions league next season. We probably need 1 or 2 that can hit the ground running so to speak. Edited 25 April 2021 by kristianity77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 8 minutes ago, kristianity77 said: I guess what hes saying is that pushing young prospects into the squad is fine when you consider it costs next to zero in money to do so. But spending a lot of money on a maybe probably isn't the best way to spend if we are going to have champions league next season. We probably need 1 or 2 that can hit the ground running so to speak. Spending a wad of money doesn't guarantee anything really though, nor does it automatically get you a player who can or will hit the ground running. Whatever the club are doing in terms of transfers I'd simply stick to that given how well it's working. Whether a player costs £15m or £30m I wouldn't read too much into that in terms of a barometer of success. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 1 minute ago, Muzzy_Larsson said: Spending a wad of money doesn't guarantee anything really though, nor does it automatically get you a player who can or will hit the ground running. Whatever the club are doing in terms of transfers I'd simply stick to that given how well it's working. Whether a player costs £15m or £30m I wouldn't read too much into that in terms of a barometer of success. If we spend 30 or 40 million on another disappointment there will be hell to pay. This time we have to get it right . There are few attacking wide players of proven quality around but we have to find one. There are no more Barnes' in our youth squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayday Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 Might be wrong here but ain’t Barcelona got to find funds quick?, that would rule out a loan to buy option, Wolves are also interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 1 minute ago, An Sionnach said: If we spend 30 or 40 million on another disappointment there will be hell to pay. This time we have to get it right . There are few attacking wide players of proven quality around but we have to find one. There are no more Barnes' in our youth squads. Barnes when in our youth side wasn't a Barnes, he was a pretty average 10, didn't start playing on the wing until he went on loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 Just now, dayday said: Might be wrong here but ain’t Barcelona got to find funds quick?, that would rule out a loan to buy option, Wolves are also interested. not necessarily there would be a loan fee and a reduction in the wages they would be paying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 13 minutes ago, Jimmy said: Barnes when in our youth side wasn't a Barnes, he was a pretty average 10, didn't start playing on the wing until he went on loan Barnes is a bit of a mixture really and I would describe him as a wide striker. We need a real wide man like Albrighton. Marc is still doing a great job but is into his thirties. It ain't going to be easy to find the right player but it is vitally important we get it right this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 20 minutes ago, dayday said: Might be wrong here but ain’t Barcelona got to find funds quick?, that would rule out a loan to buy option, Wolves are also interested. Last time we made an offer it was an obligation to buy at the end of a 2 year loan, if Barcelona loan him out they will probably want it to be an obligation again so that they can borrow against guaranteed funds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 26 minutes ago, Muzzy_Larsson said: Spending a wad of money doesn't guarantee anything really though, nor does it automatically get you a player who can or will hit the ground running. Whatever the club are doing in terms of transfers I'd simply stick to that given how well it's working. Whether a player costs £15m or £30m I wouldn't read too much into that in terms of a barometer of success. Not much value for a club like ours to spend much more than £30m on a player. The only place we can compete with the elite clubs is on the football pitch. Spending £40-50m on one player and he would have to be exceptional as if he flops due to underperforming or injuries then it costs a fortune as you can't move them on. If he excels then the profit will still be limited unless he becomes a genuine world class player. Not much upside and I prefer buying them young and no more than £30m so there is plenty of upside. The players we've been linked with this summer all fit the model with plenty of scope for improvement but young enough to develop further. Trinicao £29m Soumare £20m Edouard £15m 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 6 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: Barnes is a bit of a mixture really and I would describe him as a wide striker. We need a real wide man like Albrighton. Marc is still doing a great job but is into his thirties. It ain't going to be easy to find the right player but it is vitally important we get it right this time. Trinicao sounds very good for us. From what I understand he's a skilful, tricky winger type who is different to Barnes whose assets are more power, pace and directness. It's good to have different types of players in the team and sounds like he and Barnes would compliment each other well by each bringing something different to the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGLCFC Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 Playing 3 at the back means we don't play with natural wingers. We would have to revert to a back 4 to accommodate 2 wingers and that means one of Fofana, Soyoncu or Evans is benched. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry96 Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 Forget trincao it’s all about Samuel chukweze. Join his Nigerian boys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 38 minutes ago, Jimmy said: Barnes when in our youth side wasn't a Barnes, he was a pretty average 10, didn't start playing on the wing until he went on loan I think that's a bit harsh on Barnes, regardless of position he was always a player destined for great things, in a similar way that Chilwell was before he broke into the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 13 minutes ago, MGLCFC said: Playing 3 at the back means we don't play with natural wingers. We would have to revert to a back 4 to accommodate 2 wingers and that means one of Fofana, Soyoncu or Evans is benched. We'll use both 3 and 4 at the back next season. There'll be 55+ games, enough for all the CBs to get plenty of minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 Part of me would love to see Trincao here, I mean we were so keen, we offered a fantastic deal only for the Barca effect to be more enticing. We must really see something in this kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewquayFox Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 All these prospective signings depend on where we finish, 2nd or 3rd and we get a decent sum of money from UEFA for qualifying for the CL, maybe we had €20 squirrelled away to purchase Ünder (which we won’t judging by his use & performances) Slimani & Gray off the wages bill with some money coming from the sale of them (€10million maybe) the sale of Ghezzal (his stock is rising) James & maybe Choudhury plus Morgan, Fuchs & Jakupovic not getting new contracts. Fingers crossed we keep all of our first team players and maybe bring in 2 or 3 with 1 of them being a marquee signing.. Up the City... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 36 minutes ago, Harry96 said: Forget trincao it’s all about Samuel chukweze. Join his Nigerian boys ...I have posted about him before!!! Not pulling up any trees this season, 26 appearances 3 goals and 3 assists. I suspect that the appearances includes quite a few substitute performances, he can play both sides as well as CAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 I wouldn’t be surprised if we reignite interested in Chukwueze at Villarreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 KDH putting in another good shift this afternoon so central midfield well covered. I really only see wide attack and another striker obviously needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 Foden really is some player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayfox26 Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 1 hour ago, Harry96 said: Forget trincao it’s all about Samuel chukweze. Join his Nigerian boys All well and good until AFCON comes round and we lose half our team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxes_rule1978 Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Foden really is some player. Pep had faith that he could take over from Silva, seems that he was right to have. Looking some player and I’m glad that it will benefit England too. I doubt we have a chance of signing him though... Edited 25 April 2021 by foxes_rule1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 (edited) Chukwueze is shit Edited 25 April 2021 by Stadt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 25 April 2021 Share Posted 25 April 2021 4 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said: Pep had faith that he could take over from Silva, seems that he was right to have. Looking some player and I’m glad that it will benefit England too. I doubt we have a chance of signing him though... Not so sure, once Man City have to move to the SPL as part of their punishment, you never know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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