Claudio Fannieri

Would be a very good signing, quality player, is this just a guess or do you have some inside intel on this one?

Horribly sad and devastating news of Shakey’s passing and at a relatively young age. Will never be forgotten and forever loved by us Foxes fans for his contribution to some of the greatest times in our clubs history. RIP Shakey once a 🦊 always a 🦊

Scored as did Jeff Schlupp against Wolves in a friendly, so doesn’t look like a move is imminent

Something has crossed my mind on this transfer, I wonder if Vardy’s injury is medium to long term, the club has been pretty vague as to the nature of the injury and regards his return. Could Ayew be seen as relatively cheap option to cover his absence. Especially when you consider his pressing stats etc and the fact that Daka couldn’t hit a cows arse with a banjo and Cannon doesn’t seem to be impressing. I wouldn’t be at all shocked if we do sign him that it is then announced that Vards injury is more serious than first anticipated. I am getting peak Brendan vibes on this one and the club are keeping it under wraps until a replacement is signed.

Zian Flemming from Millwall would be a decent addition, good physical presence, scores goals and is versatile

Absolutely brilliant pod, I thought you all captured the frustrations with the club at its current stage perfectly.

If there is any shred of truth in this what an utterly utterly uninspiring move. I really hoped we would have used promotion to attract young exciting talent from Europe and the cream of the EFL, with a smattering of young PL fringe players on loan with options/obligation clauses. I am at a loss to what our recruitment strategy is this summer. Absolutely honking

Just a thought, but I wonder if we did show interest at the time as an alternative to Decodova Reid, it will have been highly likely we had 3 or 4 options of a similar profile and it could be that the Ayew enquiries did take place but didn’t progress. Doesn’t stop journos reporting it especially if it helps an agent mate keep his client’s name in the public domain to smoke out interest from other clubs.

If it is a 16 point deduction and that is a very big if then that means the breaches have been of catastrophic levels and surely the ownership and senior management can brush that under the carpet and expect to carry on, the atmosphere and already fractured relationship with the fans will be in my opinion irreparable. But

The one bit I do really wonder about is what has Cooper been given as a target for the season and his mandate as Manager, is it too keep us up at all costs, is it to be competitive and develop a team of relative younger players even if that means another season in the championship. The issue is dependent on whether his appointment is based on longer term targets or very much short term defined objectives will very much change his perception in regards to the use and development of younger prospects and his view on our recruitment policy. let’s be honest if his future employment depends on us staying up then his focus will be on safer, older, been there seen it and done it characters than being brave and putting his faith in younger more exciting players who will make lots of mistakes and need to grow. if cooper is playing it safe and our recruitment is fairly uninspiring it’s highly likely the objectives he has been given, will be influencing his decision making.

Kalvin Phillips on loan with obligation to buy if we stay up

I would imagine by the back end of the season a few of the players may have become frustrated by the rigid structure that Enzo implemented, I am sure at the beginning it was different and an air of something that many wouldn’t have experienced. I think the players will enjoy playing more off the cuff and be able to play with more freedom to express themselves. Some of the patterns of play under Enzo at times were superb however due to the philosophy and structure it also led to us quite often playing with the handbrake on and over time that will frustrate players as much as it did the fanbase.

I think he will most likely end up with a championship loan where he gets lots of minutes and opportunity to shine.

It does feel a bit chaotic, you would kind of hope that during the recruitment process you would agree with the new incoming manager that the strategy and recruitment would largely align with the general direction of travel of the club so that the summer plans were largely seamless and unhindered.

Hi pal you seem to have the inside track on some bits and pieces in relation to the club and from a lot of your recent posts I detect a real concern and negativity regards Cooper,, is this drawn out from just opinion or is it stuff that you are hearing from decent sources as to his methods and strategy etc.

I love my club always have and always will but have to say at this moment I have never felt so disengaged and disconnected not to the club but to the people who own and run our club. We have just been promoted and this pre season should be one of optimism and excitement and yet it just feels so meh and uninspiring with a significant points deduction on the horizon due to financial mismanagement and ineptitude of fairly epic proportions. The fanbase are becoming nothing.more than just paying customers that the commercial decision makers continually look for new ways to bleed dry, as shown with the season ticket card and then charging £10 to watch a pretty meaningless pre season friendly. To go from a club that was pretty much the envy of every club for how we operated both on and off the pitch to what we have now become, makes me sick to my stomach. I will never turn my back on Leicester City Football Club it is in my blood, bit the club in its current guise no longer relates to the club just a handful of seasons ago let alone the one I grew up supporting. Top needs to wake up and take a long hard look at the direction of travel, his family have proven in the past that they have the basis and formula that creates an atmosphere of togetherness and one where the fanbase feels connected and valued. Too many decisions made at the moment are reactionary following negative feedback, he needs to employ people who have the ability to recognise the type of decisions that will create negative reactions and not make them, rather than having to somewhat backtrack retrospectively, to try and repair the damage. Top, Whelan and Rudkin are so stale and the club needs a revamp, fresh ideas and innovative management to create new revenue streams that doesn’t rely on bleeding the fanbase of every last penny whilst creating a vulture where failure is accepted and rewarded through blind loyalty. The club continues to become more and more of a closed shop offering nothing more than lip service to the numerous fan groups. Top referred to being a mere custodian and it will always be our club, at this moment in time that comment couldn’t be further from the truth.

Fabrizio Romano said it was pretty much a done deal Cantwell is going back to Norwich for around £6m, more likely he is going back to replace Sara, maybe we have an agreement in place and Norwich want to get their replacement sorted before the Sara move is announced.

Given his friendship with Baraclough I am surprised he hasn’t ended up involved with the club at academy level.

I am far from being one of Rudkin’s fans and in my opinion he should have lost his job for what has happened at the club over the last 2/3 years in relation to relegation and the PSR issues. However also I have never met the man and just because I feel his time has surely come to an end, doesn’t also necessarily mean that he doesn’t have a human side and that as fans we don’t necessarily see the good that he does. the article whilst most definitely a PR piece, offers insight from people who have worked directly with him and offers a differing perspective that perhaps whilst he should be moved on, he also isn’t the devil incarnate. @LinekersLugs if there is an internal civil war brewing then Top needs to step up and put an end to it, if that means removing one or both then so be it, he cannot allow personal ego’s or vendettas destroy the club.

A player who has improved by not playing, if he does move on this summer, it will be the third manager who has decided there are better options ahead of him. In reality I think he was signed predominantly for his physical profile at a time when we were conceding goals from set pieces for fun, however there would appear other flaws in his game that people have identified that means he has dropped down the pecking order. The lack of interest from any premier league clubs last season and the fact that if he does leave this summer, it’s likely to be on loan to a championship club speaks volumes for the level he is actually at and another damning indictment of the recruitment under Rodgers in that transfer window and the lack of due diligence from the club to sanction.these deals. All 3 signings have offered very little in the way of a meaningful contribution.

Might be that we are shipping out McAteer and Wanya on loan or selling them. We would potentially have Nelson, Mavididi, Fatawu, Decodova Reid, Soule as our attacking midfield options and that is without taking into account Alves and Golding who have also featured in pre season.

Madness as a sale will be pure profit, only issue could be wages and any bonuses if he hasn’t asked for a move away. surely a reasonable up front fee plus some performance related add ons and hefty sell on % ensures we save face.

I don’t have an issue with the Weghorst move in the slightest as long as the financies are sensible. He is a great professional, team player and has genuine quality, current Dutch international and offers something very different to our current strikers. Whilst he hasn’t set the world alight with his goal scoring record since he came to England, he has always looked an absolute handful to mark, his link up play is very good, his pressing and work rate is first class whilst offering a real physical presence in both boxes. overall seems a sensible addition to the squad if it happens.

I can see us extending his contract for at least a couple of years but maybe cash in on him next summer if he does ok on loan.

A certain Danny Ward played for Liverpool so not sure that is necessarily a given that he will be a roaring success or a world beater 😀