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Linked with him before but one of our relegation rivals want him as well 😂

@Ric FlairThis is fantastic, a must-read analysis of Woyo:

Based on the stats, fits the profile of defender RVN seems to want - confident on the ball, physical and has good pace. JJ’s pure defensive stats aren’t too bad, but his decision-making has been poor and he doesn’t have the same pace or passing ability to get him out of trouble.

Di Marzio is a highly respected source, so looks legit.

Cheap right back, checks out

Sounds like we won't be making any signings until after the PSR announcement given the speculation around it putting off players potentially plus wanting to keep the PL onside by not taking the piss and spending lots of money.

Milan definitely were reported to be at the time.

I'm not going to dig into whether major clubs wanted those players but a lot of this is hindsight bias. We wanted to compete with the top 4, and paid wages accordingly. Failure was recruitment - they simply didn't perform to what we expected, and we know what happened next.

That's exactly what I was thinking with the reference to 'cheap full backs'. A factor in the removal of Cooper was his criticism of PL officials, so the club are clearly doing what they can to keep them sweet.

There is hindsight bias to some of this - Daka and Soumare were two of the most sought after talents in Europe. Even the players that worked out we had to pay higher wages to attract them in the first place. But agree, the scouting suffered under Rodgers - he had too much power in the end and Rudkin was happy to give it to him.

This article suggests it's not a done thing yet that he's off: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-plans-personal-9851292 But feel with City at the moment, it's expect the worst and hope for the best!

Fofana is one example. We beat Milan to his signature, and wages would have been part of the reason why.

Agree - our scouting suffered under Rodgers. I feel it has been better under Glover but then our problem has been a lack of a proper DoF. We keep switching strategies as we change managers, so we end up with players that don't fit. We need to stick to a style/approach chosen by the DoF and pick a coach to suit it, not the other way round.

Not defending the board but the fact we offered higher wages meant we could attract those targets to Leicester - we have to pay a premium vs. London clubs. But then they tend to have the benefit of higher revenues.

Aarons going to Valencia.

Sounds like the deal with Cruzeiro has fallen through. Still don’t think we’ll get him.

And you thought this week couldn't get worse...

Yeah, let's see where we are at the end of the month. Confident we'll make signings, but whether we get his targets will be key.

Yeah. And RVD appeared like he's not surprised and in the loop, which is contrast to Enzo and Rodgers.

Quotes here: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-press-conference-live-9848424

He sounded fairly positive in today's press conference so that's promising. Emphasised it takes time to bring the right players in.

He's a cheap full back so...

PSR makes it very difficult clubs like Leicester with lower revenues to sustainably compete for the top positions. But the board has played a challenging set of cards very badly.

Get the impression this could well become a legal battle between whether we have £105m allowable of losses or £83m?

Top's admission of being annoyed about having to pay Cooper millions in the payoff tells me that he's placing the blame on Rudkin for making a bad appointment. He's delegated too much to people he trusts, and they're letting him down. Also, the lack of spending this month suggests he wants the club to be sustainable, producing more homegrown players rather than paying higher amounts, so he doesn't want to put more money in. On both counts, for failing to take action against Rudkin and not putting more money in, we need change.