Yunus Akgün

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, Claridge said:

Too be fair it wasn't a very good reply, you said he wouldnt' rotate and i Meant not swap ends. My bad

Glad you clarified, I was thinking my ages was catching up with me.  

[DezFox]

What I find annoying is if true we a getting an obligation for about 8.5 mill on a player that has had a poor pit part season in turkey and we can’t shift players on that have have played in prem. if I was a Gala fan, this guy seems the tk fit the very definition of deadwood. To think they could get 10 mill euros for him, i couldn’t quite believe it 😂

[st albans fox]

41 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Neither would be that much for FFP, it would be the transfer fee divided by the length of the contract per year.

But we could effectively be paying a premium for not paying anything this season ?   Would FFP allow that ?  A very suppressed loan fee with an inflated obligation fee to compensate ??

[miles2lcfc]

I remember most people on this message board saying what a nightmare signing Akanji would be. Couple of weeks later, Pep signs him, wins triple and an integral part of one of the best clubs sides we’ve ever seen.  On that basis, give them £10m 😆

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

Ak-gün

 

 

[The_77]

7 minutes ago, DezFox said:

What I find annoying is if true we a getting an obligation for about 8.5 mill on a player that has had a poor pit part season in turkey and we can’t shift players on that have have played in prem. if I was a Gala fan, this guy seems the tk fit the very definition of deadwood. To think they could get 10 mill euros for him, i couldn’t quite believe it 😂

I think there’s something loss in translation and that we’ll have an option to buy at 8.5M that will trigger his release. 

[StriderHiryu]

2 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

I do like that we are essentially getting the lad that Tete has replaced at Gala 🤣

We are in the Championship though, not the Premier League. Tete may have been amazing in this division, I suspect he would be.

 

If we get promoted we may be lumbered with some players who were good in the Championship, but not in the Premier League, but it's an understandable risk to take.

[DezFox]

32 minutes ago, The_77 said:

I think there’s something loss in translation and that we’ll have an option to buy at 8.5M that will trigger his release. 

I’d be fine with it then. 👍

[TheFiveTime]

Will I be watching Akgun underneath the hot sun?

[FoxesWalk]

Any info on this @Sambiasso? Some pretty convincing looking Turkish sources saying this is done, but it’s hard to know what, if anything, to take from that

[DezFox]

I think we are all hoping it’s lost in translation but I seriously thinking after what I have read that this is obligation. 🤮

[longy]

What if he's absolutely class and we've got ourselves a gem? 

 

I know that wouldn't be very Leicester City like but I trust Enzo's eye on potential players coming in over my own reservations.

 

IN ENZO WE TRUST.

[ROB-THE-BLUE]

54 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Ak-gün

 

 

Squad number 47

[Jimbo]

Foxestalk

 

Good player - Watch YouTube highlights reel, talk as though you've an indepth knowledge of the player, watched him "quite a few times" get all excited - turns out to be poor

 

Bad player - Watch YouTube highlights reel, talk as though you've an indepth knowledge of the player, watched him "quite a few times" stay away, not happy - could only mean this guy is gonna be a world beater surely?? 

[DezFox]

1 minute ago, Jimbo said:

Foxestalk

 

Good player - Watch YouTube highlights reel, talk as though you've an indepth knowledge of the player, watched him "quite a few times" get all excited - turns out to be poor

 

Bad player - Watch YouTube highlights reel, talk as though you've an indepth knowledge of the player, watched him "quite a few times" stay away, not happy - could only mean this guy is gonna be a world beater surely?? 

I get this, but given or current financial position, our need for an instant return to prem, current wage layout and past mistakes of signing players for too much money. Pair that with the fact that his own club fans consider him under performing deadwood. You can see why this is being questioned, especially if it’s an obligation to buy? 
 

is it too much to ask to be excited by a transfer and think we got a good deal. Just feels along time since that happened. 

[LinekersLugs]

2 hours ago, Chelmofox said:

Not sure is that a good thing or not to be honest. 

He is well connect 

 

its better than Rudkin Trying to buy a player at the horse races in Paris 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[LinekersLugs]

10 minutes ago, ROB-THE-BLUE said:

Squad number 47

Brilliant 

[STUHILL]

As a few others have said, reminds me of Knockaert from those videos. Looks slow but comfortable with both feet and will turn and twist players and chip in with a handful of goals too. I think he has potential to be a fan favourite similar to Knockaert in the Championship, but struggle to make the step up to the Premier League. 

[STUHILL]

£8.5 million seems 2-3 million high, but in the grand scheme of things, I think there is a bit of an over reaction to that fee. 

[sacreblueits442]

59 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

But we could effectively be paying a premium for not paying anything this season ?   Would FFP allow that ?  A very suppressed loan fee with an inflated obligation fee to compensate ??

...if the total fee is 10m euros which include a loan fee, then I would suspect we are liable for the loan fee in this financial year and the balance paid next season!!!

If we do go up, then such a outstanding balance would be negligible.

[FoxesWalk]

2 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...if the total fee is 10m euros which include a loan fee, then I would suspect we are liable for the loan fee in this financial year and the balance paid next season!!!

If we do go up, then such a outstanding balance would be negligible.

Probably also includes conditional clauses (e.g. number of appearances, whether or not we get promoted, etc.) 

[sacreblueits442]

13 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

Probably also includes conditional clauses (e.g. number of appearances, whether or not we get promoted, etc.) 

...even if it does not, we desperately need to fill the role!!!

 

[Lillehamring]

2 hours ago, Aleksz said:

Oh yeah no doubt about it. In my opinion the Piroe ship sailed once it became relatively clear Kel was going to stick around as they’re very similar in profile.

 

Was just an example of a loan to buy vs buying now.

I don't think either of these elements is nailed on - but it has nothing to do with this thread so i won't start that debate....

[MPH]

1 hour ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Ak-gün

 

 

 

Let’s hope he can hit the target

[Jimbo]

9 minutes ago, DezFox said:

I get this, but given or current financial position, our need for an instant return to prem, current wage layout and past mistakes of signing players for too much money. Pair that with the fact that his own club fans consider him under performing deadwood. You can see why this is being questioned, especially if it’s an obligation to buy? 
 

is it too much to ask to be excited by a transfer and think we got a good deal. Just feels along time since that happened. 

I think there could be something lost in translation. If I remember correctly Turkish reports were reporting an "obligation" to buy Under when he came here, which later turned out to be an "option". Plus we'll never know the true value of the transfer anyway.

 

Also, €10m isn't a lot of money these days but I'd like to think it's lower than that anyway, and as others have said, that could be the total value of the package including loan fees. On the subject of wages, he's a young guy playing in Turkey, he'll be on 15-20k per week. Compare that to Castange's 65k a week and it really isn't a lot. 

 

I get that it's a bit underwhelming, especially if the Galatasaray fans aren't upset to see him go, but Turkish fans are highly demanding and let's not forget they almost expect to be in the champions league every season.

 

There is no such thing as a good deal anymore, finding a Mahrez isn't going to happen every single year, and when you do, especially in this country, they get hyped up so much that one of the big heads is going to get ripped off. Look at Caicedo, good player but British transfer fee record good? I don't think so. English clubs are always going to pay higher fees, clubs in the continent know what money we have, and we're seen as a bigger club now, so they'll add 20% on to any fee they'd quote to anyone else. 

 

I'm a bit "meh" about this transfer, but I'm not going to write him off. 2 weeks ago I'd never even heard of the fella, and there won't be many on here who can actually say with any truth, that they've watched a fair bit of Turkish football.

 

Everyone goes off a highlights reel and decides we're signing the next Maradona or just takes what fans say from his current club and decides he's garbage, neither of which give us any idea of how he'll fit the system.