James_lcfc

West Ham have other targets and Roma can't afford him. He'll end up here, it's just going to take a bit of time as he waits for a better offer. Just liked Ndidi did I guess and people weren't particularly up in arms about that.

Really looking forward to seeing how he fares this year. He's got so much ability, so much so that his 18 G/A probably represents a slight underachievement for him at Championship level. Still found a lot of the stick he got on here at times to be utterly baffling. Big season for him incoming.

Need more blind optimism in here. The contract has already been signed!

Apologies, wasn’t a particularly serious post. ….but he is aging in professional athlete terms and we can’t rely on him forever.

Well even £35m would make him one of the most expensive GK’s ever. In the top 5 I think? Depends what you class as ‘silly money’ I guess.

Nah, a spine of Ward, Faes, Ndidi and an aging Vardy will be fine mate. Stop worrying

I guess none of us would be particularly surprised by this. Love Mads, one of my favourites of the current squad, but £45m would be good business I think.

No he probably isn’t too keen on coming here. But if he does, a lot of it would be down to the PL and the potential exposure. He’ll be extremely motivated to do well. I wouldn’t worry about his commitment levels, genuinely.

Age, injuries, salary all a big issue. ...but he is exactly what we need at the moment. Almost couldn't make a better signing for this season.

Was just about to post the same - I'm not much of a Youtube highlights guy, but definitely like the look of him.

Isn't that like £35k/week? Someone needs to tell big Matias that we've got squad players on double that!

I think he's comfortably better than any of our CB's too. Just shows how opinions in football can differ pretty massively I guess. Social media and the media in general has swayed a lot of people's opinion on him though I think.

Would you do it for an extra £20k/week? If you back yourself and do really well in the PL, you are suddenly a pretty global star. He'd probably rather go to Roma still, but I think we'd at least be a consideration...for a few minutes anyway!

Until the fat old lady sings!

Always in the winning teams in the small sided games though isn't he. Proving us all wrong, one photo at a time.

He's had a good career in the end, fair play to him. Loads of Championship appearances and a decent amount at PL level too. Always thought he'd end up a lower league player at best when he was with us. Didn't rate him at all.

No, I agree - Never looked particularly fit. I was impressed with what I saw though. Looked strong and was always quick to get a powerful and accurate shot off. Fully fit and sharp I think he'd be a real asset.

Stress fracture in his back I think it was. The club knew about it beforehand so he was obviously one they wanted for the future. Or to help Everton with their PSR because we're nice. One or the other.

You need threads like this to get you through the Summer. Same every year. The excitement, the hope, the drama, the posters shitting themselves. Great stuff.

To be fair to a lot of posters on here - The reaction to Winks was from the perspective of being a top half PL team, which we'd sort of got used to No need to eat too much humble pie until we see how he fares this season!

Yeah, suppose that's possible. Would be a bit of shame to just abandon now. Especially as we've re-signed Vestergaard and have Mads in goal. I'm not particularly wedded to any system, just think a bit of continuity would be nice if possible!

Love watching Ndidi playing deep and coming to receive the ball from defenders under pressure. It was my favourite part of the relegation season.

Fourth loan to a football league club. He's had two play-off finals and a league win in his other three. Expect Norwich to do well if he signs for them!

16 minutes of senior football and only just back after over a year out with a serious injury. I'm all for championing academy graduates, but people are asking a bit much if they are expecting him or Alves to contribute this season. It's going to be a real grind and possibly not even the best place for their development this year. Better off going out on loan.

Roma bigger and more fashionable than us, obviously. ..but the PL and potentially bigger wages might have a bit of pull. Blue tinted glasses maybe, but it depends on the player.