Claudio Fannieri

Palace explored the option earlier in the summer, probably after they sold Olise to Bayern and realised pretty damn quick it was too difficult a deal to do. So please don’t tell me that Zaha, his agent and Gala didn’t already know the potential challenges/pitfalls, but perhaps they saw us as naive or a soft touch and thought they could milk us for every penny. The very fact he wasn’t training and it was being reported he was set to join etc shows we hadn’t done our due diligence.

Which is why in our current state we should have employed a manager with a remit to rebuild the club around the talented academy players you have named, and a clear pathway to first team football for future prospects, yes it would probably mean relegation this season, but it would be a far better blue print for long term sustainable success than what appears to be gong at present which appears to be an absolute scattergun approach with little or no strategic thinking. The academy will only be successful if we can continually develop and provide good opportunities for players such as Nelson, Braybrooke and Alves, they need to be given genuine 1st team opportunities that will send the message to the rest of the academy players and future prospects and players that their futures are best set with Leicester City and not somewhere else.

Given the reports coming out it seems the deal had gone a long way down the line before someone actually realised that might be an issue. Surely that question would be one of the first questions asked before then exploring potential workarounds and loan fee structures etc.

But the club should have taken all this into consideration and when having conversations with Zaha’s representatives asked if they had considered the tax implications of returning and what if any impact that would have to any wage demands etc.

I am sorry but surely you would undertake some level of due diligence to understand the implications of bringing Zara back and what financial implications that may have to closing out such a deal.

fair point but we had or did sell Maddison, Barnes, Castagne and Hirst which would have been over £80m which could have been believed or even confirmed would be sufficient at the time. Had we not sold anyone then I would agree Enzo and his agent would be beyond naive to not foresee a financial issue, however given what was raised through sales it is feasible that the club believed we would be ok and therefore didn’t tell Enzo until they had realised the problem was bigger than initially envisaged.

As I have said previously I think the link to names such as Zaha, Hzolek and the Greek lad have been leaked to make it look like we have pushed the boat out to try and sign top talent, when in reality we will narrowly miss out due to the complexity of the deals or conveniently gazumped like we were with Soule. We will then end up with Ayew and Bergwijn. I have zero faith in the manager or the people who run the club on a daily basis, do we honestly believe that BDR, Ayew, Bergwijn etc were on the list of prospective targets for Enzo, I very much doubt it, Cooper is a massive downgrade and will drag this club down ably assisted by Rudders and Top.

If those our key defences for breach then it’s absolutely fecking embarrassing, how about you sacked Brendan after the Brighton or Spurs thumpings when it was clear to see we were heading for relegation. We sullied and dallied did nothing until it was way too late and then cry about it as though that should be mitigation. Top read it once, then read it again and again until it registers the absolute mismanagement of that season and the implications and then make the appropriate decision to remove the executive or executives who failed to act and stop some if not all of this from happening.

If wasn’t a serious post

Be careful people are being jailed for posting far less on social media 😂

A double deal of this magnitude would come close to eclipsing the signing of Tom Lawrence and Nick Powell during the great escape season 😂

If we get relegated and it’s a pretty poor showing I guarantee Cooper will not be around next season, this is not an appointment made with one eye on next season. It was a cheap option and one that wouldn’t rock the boat or challenge the chief decision makers. They can merrily carry on regardless, it is sickening that the club don’t want Managers that will push for the highest standards across all football operations. we had it with Enzo and as soon as we needed to appoint his successor instead of going for a manager of similar ilk and standards such as Potrer or Corberan the club shit it’s knickers and went for a yes man.

Lowe stepped down, basically explained he loved Monday to Friday but had grown to dread match days. Timing is a strange one, you would kind of hope to have this conversation at the end of last season. The

This transfer window is fecking mental, we now have Forest’s old manager and it would appear we have now copied their recruitment plan to be linked to 1,145 players during the transfer window

I was very disappointed when we appointed him but then kind of got my head around it and wanted to support him and see us succeed, however the last 3 performances and results have reaffirmed my concerns that he is massively out of his depth and this is an appointment that is seemingly already sucking the energy, confidence and momentum built up from last season.

Financially it isn’t the horrific deal some are making it out to be. The reason we are paying such a high fee is because Gala are covering his wages due to tax implications and so if he were on £100k and we paying his wages that would be £5.2m of the outlay. It is actually quite a sensible deal in the sense of how it has been structured. If the club can pull it off it would be a statement signing.

Percy is being fed stuff by the club to show we are trying to be ambitious and sign decent quality, what I also notice is in the articles Percy is very much down playing the report and stating we have bid, as with Soule he was very careful in his choice of words

I am telling you we will not sign this guy and not sure we had any intention, we are getting ourselves linked and having interest and bids leaked to make it look like we are being ambitious, when in truth I don’t think we are remotely interested in investing in players of this ilk and cost.

Another day and another link to a player, would be great to get one or two over the line, my fear is we keep getting linked to these names but when push comes to shove we don’t get the deals done and it’s just postering by the club to look ambitious to then end up with last minute squad filling dross as panic buys and cheap options, a bit like our managerial appointment. Loads of names linked then went for cheap, cheerful and rank average.

The club took the cheap and cheerful option in replacing Maresca. We had banked £10m quid that we hadn’t factored into our budget as we weren’t expecting him to leave. So we should have used a proportion of that to secure the best manager we could attract, instead we plumped for an out of work Manager who was the only one prepared to join and not challenge for change or wanting more control, we basically took a punt on someone the club thought would be a yes man and accept the current status quo. What an absolutely appalling way to conduct business, we should be scouting managers and coaches now for future appointments so when a change is required we move fast and decisively, I don’t think we have a any kind of succession plan or list of target managers that we monitor, I think we lose or change a manager and then wait for someone to approach us or apply and take it from there.

KP have given us the greatest moments us Leicester fans could have ever wished and dreamed for, however that doesn’t give them a free pass or exemption from challenge or criticism, of course clubs have to progress and move with the times, but the club has moved in a direction that has largely disconnected itself from the fanbase and lost what was a very special bond between club and supporters. In addition to this the club has taken strategic decisions in relation to the football side that led to a catastrophic relegation and significant breaches of FFP & PSR which will highly likely lead to another relegation and yet despite these failings there has been zero changes to the people who are the key decision makers. Following our relegation tough decisions needed to be made and a top to bottom review and challenge as to the strategic direction of the club. There had to be a reset, it seemed in Enzo we had someone who would challenge the club and he had a plan and strategy and we looked to be heading in some sort of positive direction, Enzo has now gone and let’s be honest we look like a an absolute clown show. Which shows there is next to no long term strategic planning within the current administration. They are no longer fit for purpose. Either Top has to make some very ruthless decisions and bring in experienced football leaders or it’s time to sell up, because if we continue with this current regime, our next relegation will see us out of the top flight for many a year to come.

And here we go, no further movement then what an absolute shambles.

I can see Stevie G being our next manager if / when Cooper leaves which I predict will be before the end of the January transfer window, perfect route back from Saudi football to the English game

That is pretty damning, I can see a Vardy led player power meeting with Top to remove Cooper in pretty quick time, the results and performances have progressively worsened the longer he has worked with the players. I wouldn’t be shocked to see us 3-0 by half time next Monday night and all the hope and positivity from last season completely sapped away.

Would be amazing to land this player but given recent evidence of how these kind of things turn out wouldn’t be shocked if it’s another load of piss and hot air and we end up signing Weghorst on loan on Friday just in time to play against Spurs. My scepticism as to how the club have been operating and being linked to players, makes me feel like we are happy to be linked to some of these players, to then miss out but it looks like we are being ambitious and having a go when in truth I am not sure we anything more than a stalking horse enjoying the links to deflect from a fairly deflating summer to date.