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When this eventually goes through, it will be the usual undisclosed fee no doubt leaving us all guessing any amount from £5m + add ons to £10m with sell on clause. Why can't football fees be more transparent?

I still think £10m for a 16 year old L1 player, who has potential, and that's all it is at the moment, is a decent price. If he'd made the odd cameo in the Prem like say Max Dowman, I'd accept £10m is quite a low valuation. Would Leicester be willing to pay £10m for an unproven 16 year old from L 1 if they were in the Prem and what would the reaction to that be on here, irrespective of whether or not we had the same resources as Man. City.

I agree he has potential, but he's 16, a league 1 player. He didn't really do too much in the Championship, albeit with rubbish around him. I'd rather get £10m with add ons for him now than risk a decline over the coming season. You can't deny the lad a chance to progress under Maresca and all the top players he'll learn from.

What are you disagreeing with, his valuation or JR putting in a sell on clause. I can't think of many L1 players who would sell for £10m at 16.

Jeez, he's 16 and done nothing really yet. £10m is a great price IMO provided we add in a sell on clause of 25% or more.

One of the reasons we came straight back up last time was the quality in the squad - I can't remember every player, I think we had Matty Fryatt, Steve Howard, Matt Oakley, Andy King, Jack Hobbs, Alexander Tunchev, Michael Morrison, maybe Lloyd Dyer and no doubt others I've forgotten.

Nobody is paying £15m for a below average Championship standard midfielder. It's not his fault JR agreed such a silly fee and I do think he generally tries. He's a bit of a confidence player, which must have been dented over the last two seasons. If, and it's a big if, we could get £10m for him (even at a loss) we'd have to snap someone's hand off at that figure, as his value will only fall if he remains.

Hope he ends up somewhere like Bodø/Glimt where he can freeze his nuts off, rather than having the playboy lifestyle at Monaco.

I tend to agree. When Enzo took over he spent the pre-season drilling the team into his style of play, but he was dealing with ex Premiership players with good technical ability - Vardy, KDH, Winks, Ricardo, Vestergaard, Praet, Iheanacho as well as bringing in Hermanson, Mavadidi, Fatawu and Doyle who all complemented the system. Martin will be working with a completely different bunch of professionals who may not have the technical ability to play the style he wishes and therefore he'll need to bring in numerous players to compliment his system of play. We all know that promises made at board level regarding the transfer kitty available are rarely adhered to.

This has to be one of the lowest points in the club's history. However, I'm not sure what people are expecting him to say in an interview. Yeah I'm scraping the barrel coming here, I know the club is on a downward spiral and I'm not sure I can change things and so on. Yes, it's spin and his past history of success doesn't inspire me, but come on, let's judge him on his words when the action starts.

I'd have loved to have known what questions he was asked at his interview and his answers. First Question Russell, may I call you Russell? Jon and I know fvck all about running a football club and even less about what makes a successful manager, tell us why you'll be successful here. Remember anything you say we'll accept as the truth.

Whose to say it's a fantasy - it might be in the contract. That's why it's taking so long - can't agree if it's just the one or both he can have delight with.

I'm not a fan of possession based football and there were many games under Enzo's leadership that bored me. However, it was successful for that season. Why, because Enzo had enough quality players to make the system effective. Enter Russell Martin - same doctrine with far less quality available, even with a good transfer window, high technically gifted footballers aren't going to join a L1 club. So I think we'll see the same philosophy he's adopted at every other club he's managed, yet within the first 6 weeks frustration creeps in because the players can't apply his philosophy and it all goes pear shaped with us sitting mid table, angry fans and players who don't know what they are supposed to be doing.

If you listen to his interview with Lineker this is the exact patter that Top and Rudders wants to hear. Solid, pragmatic managers who know how this League works was the requirement, but no we go for the smooth operator.

Like any manager who comes to Leicester I'm open to giving him a chance - but in all honesty this has to be one of the least inspiring appointments (if true) in our history. Trouble is, it appears Top and Rudderless are never accountable for their incompetence. I will, however, hold my hands up and say I was wrong, should some miracle occur and Martin turns out to be decent.

Smooth talker yes, poor operator though.

It's bad enough that they are trying to persuade Martin to be manager, but I bet he's been tempted by silly wages and a promise of a squad rebuild. If he's gullible enough to know these promises are unlikely to be met, then more the fool him. Or it could be that he sees it as another good pay day. Martin is likely to be appointed with insufficient funds to rebuild the squad and we're left with a set of players incapable of playing possession based football adequately. Mid table mediocracy awaits.

Trouble is Top likes someone who talks the talk and is impressed and obsessed with this possession based football. Both Marti and RM will come across as very convincing in an interview because they are smart talkers. However, we need someone who can walk the walk and for me, out of the realistic candidates available, that has to be Challinor.

No, that's his excuse when things go t1ts up

Players let him down though.

Top and Rudderless seem hell bent on alienating the fanbase. I can't think how either of them see this as an appointment that will bring the club and fans closer together. They are either thick or deliberately on the wind up.

Let's give it a couple of games to make sure

What is it about RM that makes him an obvious choice for the chuckle brothers? Apart from a play off win against Leeds he's done FA. They've seen first hand how a decent team dismantles his style of play, 9 - 1 over the two games under Enzo. His last outing was a disaster, yet those sat in their ivory towers seemed hypnotised by his gift of the gab.

He's probably about the 12th name on their list. They'll start working their way down it soon, crossing names off like Klopp, Slot etc until they are left with Rowett in the middle of July, who will then stick two fingers up at them as he's accepted a job at Lincoln

I can only think that people who want RM as manager are anticipating Lucy P may do something erotic at half time in front of the West Stand every home game.