Popular Post Fergus2222 Posted 1 August 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2022 3 minutes ago, AllGoneTitsSchlupp said: tbf it only took you till your second post for the big 6 club arrogance to come out, nice one. this won’t happen unless you’re chucking us 9 figures You'll take 80m and you'll enjoy it 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcFc_Smiv Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 31 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said: Losing Fofana, Youri and Kasper on the eve of the season would be calamitous with so little time to find and bed in replacements. This has been a thoroughly depressing transfer window tbh. And let's face it, even if we get £100m for Fofana, we still have a huge issue with FFP and having too many first team players so I'm not sure we'll be able to go out and buy 2 or 3 top players with the money. What a mess. Two of them aren't disastrous, and one of them looks like if he does go is going to bring in a large sum of money. Tilly's cameo yesterday was similar to large parts of last season, great player who can produce the sublime but too often slows us down and gets caught on the ball. We have players within our squad who can fill the void and promote a more positive style of play, although not as technically gifted. Schmeichel is a legend and I'd be gutted to see him go, but Iverson would be more than capable of coming in and doing a decent job. He either makes the spot his own or gives us time to bring in a replacement. The way some talk of him on here is were going to be starting with a competition winner between the sticks. Fofana would be a big loss but from what was said last night it's clear we don't have any intention of selling and we don't need to sell which is why Chelsea will have to stump up big. Are they ideal losses, not at all. Are they the end of the world, nowhere near. Time people start to have some trust that a professional organisation ran by those who have overseen one of our most successful periods of history are capable of doing right by us. Just don't let Rodgers have a say in any of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 40 minutes ago, Sunbury Fox said: Losing Fofana, Youri and Kasper on the eve of the season would be calamitous with so little time to find and bed in replacements. This has been a thoroughly depressing transfer window tbh. And let's face it, even if we get £100m for Fofana, we still have a huge issue with FFP and having too many first team players so I'm not sure we'll be able to go out and buy 2 or 3 top players with the money. What a mess. Don't wish to be too downbeat but maybe we have to accept our time in the spot lights is over. We have massively over achieved for the last few years and it's been a great journey but all good things come to an end eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 6 minutes ago, Fergus2222 said: You'll take 80m and you'll enjoy it Safe to say he isn't for sale, but he will be gone if a stupid offer comes in. I think it will take more than £80 million for a player we paid £35million for when no one had heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergus2222 Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 Just now, kenny said: Safe to say he isn't for sale, but he will be gone if a stupid offer comes in. I think it will take more than £80 million for a player we paid £35million for when no one had heard of him. I think 85 gets it done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 3 minutes ago, Fergus2222 said: I think 85 gets it done There is no way Fofana leaves the club this summer for under £100 million. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Haywood_6 Posted 1 August 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2022 We need to play this smart. Reject all bids for Fofana this summer. Ok we've not made any new signings but when we put our best team out - we still have a good side to be top half this year. By next summer it will be clear he's the best CB of his age in the world and we slap 100 million on him. We get rid of all the deadwood players who's contracts are expiring (without naming them all - that's quite a lot right?) And we begin rebuilding with a huge injection of cash. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, filbertway said: There is no way Fofana leaves the club this summer for under £100 million. No club in the world would pay that so he doesn't leave. If he agitates for a transfer so soon after signing a new contract most will think a lot less of him. Edited 1 August 2022 by An Sionnach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 3 minutes ago, Haywood_6 said: We need to play this smart. Reject all bids for Fofana this summer. Ok we've not made any new signings but when we put our best team out - we still have a good side to be top half this year. By next summer it will be clear he's the best CB of his age in the world and we slap 100 million on him. We get rid of all the deadwood players who's contracts are expiring (without naming them all - that's quite a lot right?) And we begin rebuilding with a huge injection of cash. This 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ely fox Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 18 minutes ago, Fergus2222 said: You'll take 80m and you'll enjoy it I agree 80 would do it people getting very carried away saying it would take 100 million or more !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basildon Fox Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 Just now, Ely fox said: I agree 80 would do it people getting very carried away saying it would take 100 million or more !! Underselling one of our key assets. Sound business model. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 19 minutes ago, LcFc_Smiv said: Two of them aren't disastrous, and one of them looks like if he does go is going to bring in a large sum of money. Tilly's cameo yesterday was similar to large parts of last season, great player who can produce the sublime but too often slows us down and gets caught on the ball. We have players within our squad who can fill the void and promote a more positive style of play, although not as technically gifted. Schmeichel is a legend and I'd be gutted to see him go, but Iverson would be more than capable of coming in and doing a decent job. He either makes the spot his own or gives us time to bring in a replacement. The way some talk of him on here is were going to be starting with a competition winner between the sticks. Fofana would be a big loss but from what was said last night it's clear we don't have any intention of selling and we don't need to sell which is why Chelsea will have to stump up big. Are they ideal losses, not at all. Are they the end of the world, nowhere near. Time people start to have some trust that a professional organisation ran by those who have overseen one of our most successful periods of history are capable of doing right by us. Just don't let Rodgers have a say in any of it I hope you’re right but replacing the few world class players we have and which separate us from the also rans in the league with decent and capable replacements until Rodgers gets to spend the windfall on a bunch of his picks is not and will never be anything but a formula for decline and disappointment 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleckneymike Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 If selling little Wes meant keeping Maddison and Barnes for longer (2+ years) would people settle for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 5 minutes ago, Ely fox said: I agree 80 would do it people getting very carried away saying it would take 100 million or more !! The club will not sell Fofana for £80m. That's a lowball offer and he has five years left on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxInTheBox89 Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 Why are people so insistent of selling our best players. 100m in the bank is counter intuitive if we replace Fofana with a less gifted footballer which is very likely. Football is about winning football matches not the size of your bank balance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 15 minutes ago, An Sionnach said: No club in the world would pay that so he doesn't leave. If he agitates for a transfer so soon after signing a new contract most will think a lot less of him. That's it. We don't want to sell. We don't have to sell. So any club that wants him will have to pay something so ridiculous that we can't turn it down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taupe Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 There's the game of football and there's the business of football. Perhaps sadly, the latter is about bank balance and influences the former. Fofana has a price. The club would sell, make no mistake, if that price was offered. Stands to reason. Think of the price as £200m if you like, just to appreciate the point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filbertway Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 5 minutes ago, FoxInTheBox89 said: Why are people so insistent of selling our best players. 100m in the bank is counter intuitive if we replace Fofana with a less gifted footballer which is very likely. Football is about winning football matches not the size of your bank balance We have to keep buying to sell, it's as simple as that really, if we want to compete at the top end of the table consistently and not just for 3/4 years then we need to be comfortable in being a club that players can join who are not quite ready for the elite clubs. If a stupid offer comes in, you take the money and you reinvest it in more young and talented players and keep the conveyor belt moving. If we try and hold onto a batch of players then we'll very quickly stop moving forwards and start going in reverse 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton Fox Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 8 minutes ago, fleckneymike said: If selling little Wes meant keeping Maddison and Barnes for longer (2+ years) would people settle for that? Maddison would have to sign a new contract for that to happen which is no guarantee, we sell Wes then we could be forced to sell Maddison a year later and your question goes out the window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe's Fox Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 (edited) Fofana will still be worth over £80 million next summer. No sell. Edited 1 August 2022 by Sharpe's Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grebfromgrebland Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 Agreed. We've exceeded the maximum amount of time we have without selling a major asset and we run out of cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 31 minutes ago, Fergus2222 said: I think 85 gets it done Let's see. We have no reason to sell and he is on a long contract. lve already earned the club £5m extra on the fee and I'm a nobody on the internet. It's often forgotten amongst football fans that it is the selling club that sets the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkey123 Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 If he’s not pushing for a move, believes he is progressing and has a strong relationship with brendan; why would we sell him this window ,when he’s contracted until 2027? Based on performances he’s going to be worth even more by the end of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 1 August 2022 Share Posted 1 August 2022 9 hours ago, South Shire Fox said: Palmers made it to the big time 😂 Good for him, he's a good kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fergus2222 Posted 1 August 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 1 August 2022 5 minutes ago, pmcla26 said: You boys dicked around over £55m for Kounde for months and months... what makes you think that you'll dish out another £30m on top of that for Fofana? No options left. We're desperate. We're going to chuck 80m at you instantly. It'll be done within 48 hours 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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