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On the plane back to Parma on Thursday

Want a right-back? “We haven’t been opening up on positions we’re looking at. It’s not the best thing to do. We’ll keep that on the inside, and what is possible. It’s better to keep it indoors.” Confident of deals? “The most important thing was that from the conversations we had before I signed, we’re aligned with that, and we know what is possible and what isn’t. It has to be the right one. We have a responsibility to get the right players in.” New player in before Saturday? “It could happen but we have to wait and see how things are happening. It’s why the focus is on performing and winning. After that, it’s about signing players.”

Cannon? “He’s one on the list for us. We keep a close eye on him. Tom’s situation is closely assessed. There are decisions to be made on that. It’s still a possibility (he stays at Stoke). But we’re looking at what is best for his situation and what is best for the club.”

Ruud Van Nistelrooy Pre-Match Press Conference vs Crystal Palace Man Utd in round four of FA Cup? “I was hoping for a home game against a team in the league below us maybe. But the first team that got out was United and we were second. It’s going to be the third time for United v Leicester in three different competitions. It will be special to go there.” Coulibaly? “We cannot confirm any news on any new player. Let’s see how things develop.” Want a right-back? “We haven’t been opening up on positions we’re looking at. It’s not the best thing to do. We’ll keep that on the inside, and what is possible. It’s better to keep it indoors.” Confident of deals? “The most important thing was that from the conversations we had before I signed, we’re aligned with that, and we know what is possible and what isn’t. It has to be the right one. We have a responsibility to get the right players in.” Cannon? “He’s one on the list for us. We keep a close eye on him. Tom’s situation is closely assessed. There are decisions to be made on that. It’s still a possibility (he stays at Stoke). But we’re looking at what is best for his situation and what is best for the club.” Performances? “We said we want to continue the performances into the FA Cup and it showed progress in different areas. Our performance was good. We addressed the individual mistakes we have to cut out and we don’t get away with in the Premier League. They occurred for both QPR goals and we have to get better there.” More important to get results? “Every game you would rather play bad, get lucky and win. In the short term, we need points. But in the long term we need to perform better and to the maximum capability of the players. That’s what we want to show in the next two games.” Palace? “I look at their squad and the qualities they have within the team, from back to front and that is a Premier League side. We have to be aware of that. Very strong centre-backs and very good wing-backs, players up front who can change the game in a matter of seconds. It’s going to be a tough one for us. We want to show what we’re about.” Difficult to balance need for results vs putting identity on teams? “I think it can go hand in hand. The players are the identity. To get the most out of the players is the biggest job for a manager. I just want the team to play as well as they can. My identity and with the player profiles we have, they can go hand in hand and we are building with that.” This squad got enough to stay up? “It’s not a maybe. I see their characteristics and qualities. They are there. When I first signed, I believed it was possible with this squad to stay in the division. We need luck. Losing Mads and Abdul were big blows. We’ve shown over the past six weeks that we’re making progress together but we need to get points.” You're not used to relegation battles. What qualities are you drawing on? “It’s very interesting that if you’re trying to win a league or a cup, you’re trying to get the maximum out of yourself and the team. It’s similar at the other end of the league. It doesn’t change. Getting the best out of yourself every day, it’s the same. My first three seasons in the Dutch championship were fighting relegation. At United and Real Madrid, the principle of doing sports to perform on a daily basis and that is everywhere, it doesn’t matter where you are.” Vestergaard? “He’s part of team training today. We’re expecting he can be there on Wednesday.” Any fresh injuries? “No news on injuries.” Pressure of next two games? “The pressure is fantastic. You have to embrace it and be happy to be able to show what you’ve got in these key moments. Every second in this league, we have to show we are competing.” What do you want from fans? “It’s very important that we show what we’re about and what we want and how bad we want this. It will reflect in the stands. I was at the Brentford away game and it was hard. The connection with the away fans, but then there was the West Ham and Brighton games and it changed. The reaction is there from the crowd, but it’s our responsibility to keep that going.” New player in before Saturday? “It could happen but we have to wait and see how things are happening. It’s why the focus is on performing and winning. After that, it’s about signing players.”

https://www.sky-sport.ch/fr/articles/kimmich-ronald-araujo-wout-faes-kobbie-mainoo-voici-les-infos-transferts-de-la-semaine/ Wout Faes will leave Leicester City this summer! It is a Sky CH exclusive: Leicester City and Wout Faes will leave each other at the end of the 2024/2025 season. Currently penultimate in the Premier League, the Foxes are going through a particularly difficult period and this sporting instability leads to a direct consequence on the club's financial balance sheets. In the event of relegation, a massive degreasing of the team's cadres will be applied. What's more, the financial necessity is already pushing English leaders to anticipate the disaster and therefore to establish the first discussions with the players likely to be sold, a list of which is part... Wout Faes. Under contract until June 2027, the defender has reached an agreement with Leicester City to facilitate his departure in the event of an interesting offer. An exit voucher granted that inevitably arouses the interest of several Italian and German clubs... Enjoying a real international popularity rating, the Belgian is targeted by Lazio Roma for next summer, which would consider the arrival of the native of Mol in the Italian capital as a real market opportunity if the relegation to the Foxes Championship were to be confirmed. If we follow this scenario linked to the possible relegation of the English club, Wout Faes could then leave the Premier League at half the price compared to its market value, i.e. twenty million euros according to the assessment of the reference site Transfermarkt. An attractive price of about ten million euros that could attract clubs other than the Laziali, already in pole position in this file... So, will Wout Faes choose the Lazialis to give a new impetus to his career or will he prefer a championship like the Bundesliga where mobile defenders enjoy more space in the animation of their game in order to develop offensive football?

I think I would prefer KWP for £4m more… Probably want quite bigger wages though

I like him but with how weak we are defensively and with how little he and Soumare really contribute to that side of the game I don't think it is suitable at all for us to use them as a pair Once Wilf is back it needs to be him with one of Soumare or Winks

Stutter penalties are quite unfair really

Would absolutely take him back if we could get him

I wouldn’t want him going for either an option or obligation I don’t think we would be getting a good transfer fee to make it that worthwhile for us when there is currently a decent chance we could need him (or another striker) in the Championship ourselves next summer I would rather we left the decision to sell until the summer when we know which league we are in, there would still be plenty of interest in him then

Sheff Wed and Luton are also interested apparently

I personally wouldn’t bother loaning him out anywhere on a loan to buy Leave him at Stoke or only let him go to Sheff Utd or Sunderland as a straight loan

League One team at home

We would finally have someone in our attack who can actually win headers from goal kicks since Fatawu got injured I love this kind of low risk signing Annoyingly FBRef is comparing his percentile stats to midfielders even though he is a winger but if you compare his per 90 stats this season to Fatawu last season he is quite close in most, and better in a few! Cyriaque Irié on the left, Fatawu last season on the right

Surely Amani Richards will be back with us soon so we can find him another loan? Found nothing about him being sent back and his loan was until the end of the season

Todays Results - Saturday 11th January FA Cup 3rd Round: Tom Cannon (7.4 + 1 goal - 76 mins) - Stoke City 2-1 Sunderland AET Amani Richards (not in squad) - Exeter City 3-1 Oxford United

Surely he has finally realised we need to start Facundo and Bilal together as often as possible going forward If he really wants to drop one of the 3 from today for someone like Ayew or McAteer it should be Mav

But the club wanted to develop him as a centre back? It was him at the time who didn’t want to do it (and still ended up becoming one)

Pretty sure it has been said that Bassey left because at the time he was a left back but we wanted to develop him as a centre back and he didn’t want that so sodded off to Rangers

Ruud Van Nistelrooy Post Match Van Nistelrooy on game “A performance where you can score six goals is always a good performance. It’s not easy, especially against a QPR side that’s very well managed, on and off the ball and on a great run of form. To be able to score six against them is a compliment to the team.” Full-strength team? “I shared with the players that exactly six weeks ago, we started working together. A lot has happened. Immediately we have to step into the Premier League together, implementing new ideas, the way of playing, the way of training, the way of training, the way we do things in the different phases of the game, getting to know each other there and also off the pitch. “I wanted to continue in that development with the team and not make too many changes in that sense. I feel we are in a process where we are getting better, doing things better, and in a certain way. That’s why I wanted to continue that.” Everybody can go again vs Palace? “When you have the advantage of being 4-2 up early in the game, you can start to take players off. That was a big benefit for the games to come. The triple substitution in minute 58, it means that we can keep players fresh and get others in good minutes. Kasey came back on after his injury, so that’s the complete package. I’m delighted with the game today.” Vardy scored on his birthday - fresh for Wednesday? “He gets older in numbers but he doesn’t look like he gets older! When I see him every day in training, the way he handles the 90 minutes over the past weeks… Today the 60 minutes were perfect really. He’ll be fresh again on Wednesday.” Buonanotte and El Khannouss? “The third goal I enjoyed the most. It was a great move with a lot of movement and co-ordination that we try to work on. When things come off like that, it’s a great satisfaction. Both players are young, very talented and gifted. Two assists for Bilal and Facundo with a goal and an assist on the free-kick, for them it was a productive day as well.” Justin? "I think JJ had some criticism and he handled it in the perfect way, not only by scoring two but having an excellent performance off the ball, on the ball as well. He deserves that. He’s very reliable in that sense of how he lives his profession, how he works and how he trains. I’m happy he could play like this today Coulibaly? "We can tell [you] things when it's 1000% sure on new players. At the moment, there's no news." Want a new right-back? "I've said before, I won't go into details on positions. It's important to keep those cards in front of you as a club and manager. When deals are done, the players can be presented, then it's the time to talk about it." Growing more confident on deals? “We're working on different possibilities, in different positions. Some are in different situations, but hopefully we can [get deals done]."

Bet there were some great limbs in Plymouth end for that

If only we had even just 1 kid on the bench, absolutely perfect opportunity for some decent minutes

5-2! JJ

Winks off for Skipp Vardy off for Daka

I suppose Ruud / the club are making it very clear they don’t want him