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Now imagine that exact scenario with someone who isn't as good with the ball at his feet? Because that is how he will be asked to play

The stats may be similar (and lets be honest way to simplistic to get much info from) but anyone who actually watches can easily see how much more comfortable Mads is on the ball and the actual better quality of his passes

Played 0 games last season

Just watch the newest episode of DanDaDan The exorcism scene with Hayashi was ****ing brilliant, even better when I rewatched the song in English and it turns out it is Dragonforce

£30m for Coady, Wilf and Mads Get a bid in for this kid now

I imagine Brondby will getting at least £1m from it (probably more)

West Ham have definitely forced our hand into relaxing our asking price for Mads

£18m is disappointing, hopefully we have some good add ons and a good sell on clause in that deal He definitely has the potential for a big move in a couple of years

He was still actually injured wasn’t he? He never fully got over the injury which is why he needed the surgery I thought he was very good last season up until that point, so it wasn’t like his form fell off a cliff if he was playing whilst injured

Fixed it

The EFL don’t decide the points deduction anyway it is an independent commission so it doesn’t matter how they feel thankfully

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/marti-cifuentes-reveals-clock-tower-10405423 Marti Cifuentes reveals Clock Tower dream and Premier League plan to defy Leicester City cycle A run of relegation, promotion, relegation has seen Leicester City regain their crown as England’s defining yo-yo club. That’s now 26 jumps between the two divisions, 13 each way. No side in the country has more. Marti Cifuentes’ ultimate task as the club’s new manager is to escape that cycle at a time when it’s never been more difficult to do so. The last two sets of promoted sides have all come straight back down. With every season it happens, the 17 surviving clubs get a big slice of the Premier League pie with which to improve their squads. And so every season it becomes tougher for the new boys. As he prepares for his competitive debut as Citymanager this weekend, it means Cifuentes essentially has two seasons to prepare for. He needs to get the club promoted but also think about how he can do so in a way that will help keep them in the Premier League. So while he puts together his gameplan to take on Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday afternoon,he is thinking long term too. The idea is to build an identity within the team and then develop the academy to take it forward. “I need to say that the conversations with the club and with the owner were very clear,” the Spaniard tells LeicestershireLive. “The main target is to go back as soon as possible to the Premier League. That’s the kind of ambition that a club like Leicester should have. “The focus is to build something, a clear identity, a way of playing football, that should help us to get there in a strong position. It’s not just about getting there as soon as possible, but getting there and being as strong as we can. “It’s a reality that it’s been challenging for teams that actually have been extremely dominant, as with Leicester two seasons ago, in a league like the Championship that is a tough one to get 97 points. “That’s a big challenge. My job as a manager is to find the balance to how we get the short-term results while we build the long-term identity and long-term results if possible. It’s always there in the back of my head. “That’s why for me it’s very important to achieve this with two things. The first one is a clear way of playing, with an identity and philosophy. “And in that sense we’re going to try to be an attacking team that scores the goals, that is dominant through the games, that tries to win the ball back as soon as possible, that has structure and a clear way to play but can adapt because every opponent will be different. It’s not the same to lead 3-0 in the 91st minute than to be 1-0 up away, you need to master both scenarios. “And the second part of it is how we can help the academy, to help the young players, to build this identity that sustains the club in the future.” The job in season one is promotion and it looks more difficult than two years ago, when City, but for a spring wobble, stormed to the title under Enzo Maresca. Cifuentes arrived in mid-July, and so preparation for the campaign began more than two months after most other Championship sides. While City may still have one of the best squads in the division, it’s one that’s not been freshened up in the transfer market, nor one that is settled. It could look very different come September. Finally, there’s the matter of the points deduction. The severity of the punishment and when City might receive it is unknown, but if it does arrive, it’s another obstacle for Cifuentes to overcome. Still, that’s not stopped him envisaging a trip to the Clock Tower, venue for a promotion parade, next May. “Definitely I’m a demanding person, I want to win all the games,” he says. “That’s something I want my team to represent. “I’ve already had two seasons in the Championship. It helps me to understand the dynamics of the league. It’s a special league, this one. “We’re talking about more than 50 games if you have a good cup run. It’s an extremely intense league that told me everybody needs to be connected. “If you drop a little bit the level, you can lose to any other team, even if first is playing last. If suddenly there is a result that no-one expects, this is the league where it happens, and it happens every season. “It’s up and down during the season, so you need to be ready. That’s why it’s so important, the togetherness, and that the whole team is ready to contribute. “I’m not thinking much that it’s impossible to know where we’re going to be at the beginning of May. Hopefully we’ll be at the Clock Tower, that will be a good signal. “But my target at the moment is to beat Sheffield Wednesday. Every night when I go to sleep, I’m thinking about Sheffield Wednesday. My full focus is just to win the next game while we develop this identity.” With City still trying to get players through the exit door, Cifuentes has a big squad to work with as things stand. It’s also a varied squad. With 38-year-old Asmir Begovic signed and with 16-year-old Jeremy Monga now a fully-fledged senior player, there’s a 22-year age gap across the group. Does that mean Cifuentes has to be two different managers, one that earns the respect of the experienced heads while also cares for the up-and-coming talents? Not quite. “The challenge of being a manager, trust me, is that you need to manage all of them in a different way,” he says. “If you have 25 players, that’s 25 different ways of managing. “You might talk about the experienced players or the young players, but every person is different. “Someone needs love, someone needs stick, someone needs a bit of both, someone needs a hug, someone likes to talk football every day, someone doesn’t want to speak so much. That’s the challenge of being a good manager, you need to be ready for all of them.” There’s the supporters to manage too. Because of the heights from which the club has fallen, because of the perceived lack of accountability and communication from the top over that demise, and because of a myriad of other issues, it’s not a particularly happy fanbase at the moment. But Cifuentes, as the fresh face at the club, has the goodwill of the supporters. He says: “The fans, I understand the feelings after going down, it’s always difficult, but I’m sure they will understand it’s a fresh start for everybody and it’s an opportunity for everybody to show up. “We’re going to try to create a team to perform in a way they feel proud. Hopefully we will be together in this journey.” It’s a journey they hope will lead to a 14th top-flight promotion. And then, once the yo-yo’s up, they’ll hope Cifuentes can prevent it from unravelling again.

From what I remember he was very good on the ball but very slow Almost like another Vestergaard

Busy day, I was asleep

He was already a blue, muppets

Has to be activated by then

I have seen it mentioned on Twitter that his release clause apparently ends on 15th August Does anyone know where that came from?

Will be quite funny if selling Nunez to Al-Hilal allows Liverpool to spend more on and sign Isak from Newcastle Would proper wind up the Newcastle fans that their owners have effectively done it with themselves, after most of the good strikers in this window are gone as well

Can probably get away with it in a friendly but not in an official game

Van Nistelrooy also has a decent history of falling out with people, I still think it was probably him making it bigger than it was He also fell out with Buonanotte over boots ffs