Ndidi stays

[Buzzell]

Happy with this. Especially if we can get him playing back to his best.

[AjcW]

£25m to replace him, or £25m on a highly rated winger who we could sell for triple that.

Feels like sensible squad management to me.

[trabuch]

Happy enough.

[ClaphamFox]

If we get 2017-2021 Wilf back, this is great news; if it's the 2021-23 version, not so much. It's a risk, but probably a justifiable one given that there's no transfer fee and our budgetary constraints mean that we'll need to pick up a few on free transfers to balance out those we have to fork out on.

[sly1]

Good lad

[Tommy Fresh]

2 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Feel very indifferent about this. 
Obviously I don’t know what’s gone on but it’s like he’s a look elsewhere and not been impressed with the interest and decided to settle for us. 
Not the player he was 3/4 years ago. 
It’s like we’re resigned to the fact that there’s no possible way of getting anyone better. 
Time will tell next season but I hope he finds some form but I’m not that confident he will. 

Yeah heaven forbid he's actually taken his time to decide what's for the best personally before committing to a contract for the next few years

[Cincinnati Fox]

Don’t mind this. Would have spend a lot of £ to replace him and still has potential sell on value if he rediscover form.

[whoareyaaa]

Good news

[Tuna]

 

[StriderHiryu]

Delighted to have Ndidi back on board. He had a few seasons where he was below par, but keep in mind that was due in part to injuries but also his wife miscarrying. Players are human beings and things like that affect us all.

 

Here's how Ndidi compares to a player we are interested in:

 

O'Riley is probably the better player, but Ndidi outscored O'Riley and I think the Championship is significantly more competitive than the SPL.

 

If we signed a player with Ndidi's stats for 20M, we'd be excited and saying the player looks like a good signing. We just got someone with those stats for free!

Some feel like he won't be played as far forwards, which is possible, but note that N'Golo Kante was used quite far forwards by Deschamps at the Euros and he won man of the match twice in doing so. Winning the ball high up the pitch in the Premier League is a valuable commodity to have.

 

 

[jock2612]

Sensible !! Really good news . Hope he stays fit.

[fazzyfox]

There will be no need for a settling in period, he knows us, we know him, he knows the league, we know what we're getting. Yes, you can expect him to miss a chunk of games each season and that is usually followed by a period of rustiness upon return but if we get a good 65%-70% of a season out of him each year and Hamza's around to cover then it's a position (presuming back to DM but ) that we don't have to worry about now.

[CosbehFox]

15 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said:

I mean if he went, we'd have to replace him and it's doubtful we'd get anyone as good for free so we'd be having to lay out £20-£30m.

 

Makes sense.

A rare occasion of LCFC being smart with the amortisation PSR stuff to be honest 

[goose2010]

if we go down becomes a sellable asset too or if he stays we know he can be class in the championship so i dont see why anyone would be against this.  

[Grebfromgrebland]

2 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Delighted to have Ndidi back on board. He had a few seasons where he was below par, but keep in mind that was due in part to injuries but also his wife miscarrying. Players are human beings and things like that affect us all.

 

Here's how Ndidi compares to a player we are interested in:

 

O'Riley is probably the better player, but Ndidi outscored O'Riley and I think the Championship is significantly more competitive than the SPL.

 

If we signed a player with Ndidi's stats for 20M, we'd be excited and saying the player looks like a good signing. We just got someone with those stats for free!

Some feel like he won't be played as far forwards, which is possible, but note that N'Golo Kante was used quite far forwards by Deschamps at the Euros and he won man of the match twice in doing so. Winning the ball high up the pitch in the Premier League is a valuable commodity to have.

 

 

Looking at that you'd think Ndidi is an attacking midfielder and O'Riley the DM!

[KingsX]

15 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

his family is pretty settled in the area and young kids too

 

He's put down roots and is ready to hang up his shingle

 

[lanefox]

Won't be distracted by Kele anymore 

Edited 12 July by lanefox

[Lambert09]

My main thing with Wilf, is that when he was churning out some of the best defensive stats in the game, he didn’t once push for a move. 

 

At a time when his stock was incredibly high and things were starting to go well for us, he decided to stick with us and go through with our project. Had he left perhaps we wouldn’t have gone on to europe again. 
 

Most players see us as a stepping stone and I never felt like that with him, just that he was happy to be here and to be part of our success. 

 

Something that imo Ndidi doesn’t get the credit that he deserves from our fans for. We are quick to moan about disloyal players disrespecting the club but not to acknowledge someone who has shown us great amounts of loyalty. 

Edited 12 July by Lambert09

[kenny]

4 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

Delighted to have Ndidi back on board. He had a few seasons where he was below par, but keep in mind that was due in part to injuries but also his wife miscarrying. Players are human beings and things like that affect us all.

 

Here's how Ndidi compares to a player we are interested in:

 

O'Riley is probably the better player, but Ndidi outscored O'Riley and I think the Championship is significantly more competitive than the SPL.

 

If we signed a player with Ndidi's stats for 20M, we'd be excited and saying the player looks like a good signing. We just got someone with those stats for free!

Some feel like he won't be played as far forwards, which is possible, but note that N'Golo Kante was used quite far forwards by Deschamps at the Euros and he won man of the match twice in doing so. Winning the ball high up the pitch in the Premier League is a valuable commodity to have.

 

 

I think he will be deployed higher up the putch just like season.

 

Cooper has already stated that he has studied what went well from last season and Ndidi being pushed forward was inspired. He was key to disrupting the opposition particularly when they try and play out from the back.

[coolhandfox]

Winks and Wilf are a PL CM pairing.

 

Great news.....

[Tommy G]

Good move this. Positive transfer business so far, someone must of replaced Rudkin! 

[Mark]

4 minutes ago, goose2010 said:

if we go down becomes a sellable asset too or if he stays we know he can be class in the championship so i dont see why anyone would be against this.  

Last two managers want a ball playing defensive midfield and have been trying to find different positions for him as he can’t pass the ball, and if he’s sellable asset why did one want him on a free 

[Lad1966]

And if we do sell him on, he will be pure profit💰💰💰

[HighPeakFox]

[Dr The Singh]

25 minutes ago, phoneticerror said:

Bag of magic beans and a can of red bull.

That doesnt sound like a Rudkin deal, the bag would be a lorry full and the can would be a years supply