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Can the get one free be one of Faes, Vestergaard or Winks?

Seems coincidental that Torino have shown an interest in both Okoli and Nelson I think you would be more likely to see Okoli go there than Nelson, but Nelson's agent is playing it clever to draw up interest in his client when he knows Leicester need to sell.

Elijah Just looks like a decent player for New Zealand. From what I have read he is being linked with a number of clubs including Celtic and Rangers. Not sure if the lure to come here would be very big but if the price was right he might be worth a punt

Somehow he had a clause where he is here until next Summer! I hope to god we get shot. As for Skipp, still to this day unsure of what the method was to bringing him in when we all knew we needed another striker. Anything we can get on the books now for him, same as the other leaches hanging on. I hate to say it, it's gonna be a long season

I genuinely feel like this move will give such a lift to the group of players he leaves behind. Always struck me as 'its all about me' and that he was bigger than he was cos he had been capped by England and played a bit in the Prem, now just for VK and Faes to leave Good riddance

to Saudi Arabia for £100m please!

Probably old debt, like most things in the club at the moment

It is crazy when you think back at all those seasoned pros we had at that time - Tony Warner, Marc Edworthy, Chris Powell - they all played their part at that point even with the likes of Mattock, Kerrea Gilbert and the likes. completely on the same page as you Ric about building around those young players, been impressed with Briggs and Carr in the last couple of seasons and have been crying out for Lorenz to get a chance since October last year!

14 Assists and 7 goals and voted player of the year and players player of the year. Would be a good addition imo

Annoys me how idle journalism is now - one article has Monga aged 19

Its down to each individual fan how they feel, weve kept the faith in the past but perhaps the use of the phrase should of been used as weve been in worse situations. The board have no choice, either sort it now or its curtains, they dont deliver now, they know there is no coming back

Frustrations have got to a point for some fans, forums are set up to say how you feel about individuals or the club as a whole, but in my view we have a select few that are narrow minded and seem to have forgetten some of the more pivotal things that have happened within the club under this ownership and need to remember they support Leicester City, not King Power or John Rudkin. Top has to win back the fans for the past two years, I think he knows this now from the fan reaction of late and the constant issues. I dont believe KP selling will be for the best for us at this stage. For some of us, we have witnessed this club nearly going bust before Mandaric got us out the sh** and yes, we have seen us drop into League One before, but we have worked our way back out of it, with a good infastructure and the right people in the right places - something we seriously lack now. Like any business, you go through fits and spurts where things are good and things are not so good, its heightend more in this instance because of the fan base expecting a change of direction following the more recent successes of playing more regularly in European competitions. We are entitled to that, but there are so many issues away from the football side that hamper us. I think there is an extent of that Top acknowledged this with moving to reshape the inner workings of the club by appointing McCarron, however I do feel he hasnt got the support in the business aspects the way his dad did with Susan Whelan. Like her or not, she was very highly thought of by alot of people at Leicester, without her, I believe we wouldnt have been able to get transfer fees like we did for Maguire, Mahrez and Fofana without her business acumen. Vichai brought her in for a reason, he knew what he was doing. I also feel Top needs to be more present, coming in every so often isnt helping, he needs to be more hands on, if people aren't doing their job - get rid! Like any football club, season upon season, you have to evolve, I for one, feel we havent evolved in the right way away from the playing staff (but this wont be left without saying something). We have lost key people in the football club in the past decade for various reason and replaced them with either mediocrity or not at all, the buck stops with the board in this instance - Replacing Steve Walsh with Martyn Glover is an example, the same person (Walsh) I would argue should have been moved into the DOF role after the title win in 2016 instead of losing him to Everton. We are now on our 10th Manager in 10 years, in that time we have won the FA Cup, Community Shield, made a European semi-final and won the Championship again, but all with stuff going on in the background which has been of detriment to what happens on the pitch. Agents working deals where sub-par players are on high wages, people interferring with the management of the football team and being forced into taking heavy bank loans from Australia due to the main source of income for the owners not making what it should during covid and losing control of it. I think some fans forget we existed before 2015/16 too, that we were something of a yo-yo club, everyones favourite pub team, full of players who didnt make the cut elsewhere and became cult heroes playing here (much like the PL title winning side), who made a few cup finals and picked up the odd good result away at some of the bigger boys. There is a selection of supporters who believe we should be a Champions League Club, thats where everyone wants to see their team, of course, but we have to be realistic, we are Leicester City, we are not a London Club, we are not in the North of the country, so the appeal to foreign players is not there in the way it would be for the likes of Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, etc - we have to accept we recruit within our means, go back to the blueprint of buying and flipping for a good profit. I dont understand why we deviated from that in the first place! The signings of the likes of Daka and Soumare and paying them such high wages for doing little or nothing at all. I do feel having Seagrave will be a future recruitment tool, the facilities will speak for themselves. Ultimately the buck has to stop with the board, they oversee and know everything, they control the ins, the outs and everything in between. The players unfortunately bare the brunt because they are the 11/16 who are on the pitch week in and week out, but who they are and why they are here stem back to us being poorly ran from the top (no pun intended). The players themselves just simply havent been good enough for the past two years, recruitment has stunk the place out, minus Fatawu money invested in players has been crap(although he hasnt really shown his ability in the past season), some of the better players we have had have been on loan (Jordan James/Buonannote) or come here as a stepping stone (El Khannous) or infact come via the academy. As many have said a reset is needed, we have to build from within the academy i feel, bring in maybe 6-7 experienced players and utilise the academy. We have spent all this money on top of the range facilities and coaches, we need to start reaping the rewards. If we end up where season upon season for the next 2-3 years we see academy lads come through and move on for profit, in order for us to get back to where we were, so be it - its the way it is now. It could be Monga and Nelson this year, perhaps Page and Aluko the year after, but it's how we spend the money after that which will ultimately see us head in the right direction. Personally, As I was with Cifuentes last season, I will remain on the fence about Martin, he has a reputation, but he also has a tough task of a major reset here with this group of players which clearly has toxicity in it. It doesnt mean I wont support my club, I just wont expect an immediate turn around. A philospohy many Leicester fans stick to - Keep The Faith.

From what i hear from mates who are Arsenal fans, a lot will pin on Nwanieri moving out on loan as to how much senior game time Monga will get, a loan back was an option, but from what they could gather Monga's camp was keen on getting away from us - think of that what we will! Either way the kid is going to be playing for them this coming season

You'd like to think so, we have just been so unpredictable in the last couple of years, as fans we just do not have a clue if we are coming or going.

Kasper Ricardo Morgan Huth Fuchs Kante Tielemans Izzet Mahrez Lookman Vardy

Read yesterday Manchester City have also discussed Motsi internally as a prospect to bring in.......

I think a lot will pin on player departures in the early part of the window, its the same with Ben Nelson, City dont want to be hung out to dry and lose players who would be seen as regular starters or who would represent pure profit from the business aspect of things.

I do think we are at a stage where beggars cant be choosers, but looking at who I can see is available from the Championship (happy to be corrected) Jeff Schlupp - used as a utility man which could become important Lewis Baker - experience, was Stoke skipper until just recently Joe Bryan - left back highlighted last season as a problem area Marcus Forss - had his issues with injuries, but could be worth a punt experienced players who can offer support to a predominantly young squad.

Think the top three are always likely to draw interest, its highly likely agents may be enticing clubs to take a closer look, while the latter names are not too fussed as they know they are under contract and will probably get a move regardless. Spoke to one of JS mates (ex academy player) he isn't moving unless the club choose to cash in, he's just got engaged and him and his partner are settled

Is he Wasserman represented as well?

Same!

have a mate who's a coach at sheff utd and Hamza is well thought of there by Wilder, could just all be smoke and mirrors but bottom line a firesale is happening here and he may well end up part of it

Unsure what his salary will be and I doubt he will be likely to take a pay cut, think he will be off to Sheff Utd along with Harry Souttar as we can't afford to have him on the books

It's nailed on to kick off with the marathon fitness session against Leuven at Seagrave. I can see it being along the lines of two 11s playing on the same night one at Harborough and one at Anstey, followed by Newport, Birmingham and finishing with a French/Italian side at home before the season starts.

His social media posts which may have come across as generic had people hounding him, fan frustrations are part of football but I think there is a line and if a player is a confidence player for example, that could have a negative effect. I totally agree that the entire squad put their guard up towards the end of the season and the attitude stunk, for example Winks at Portsmouth lashing out. This does all root back to recruitment and the up-above mis-management