Babylon Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Or Nigel Pearson says privately 'I'm desperate to sign Shinji Okazaki', the owners then say publicly 'We want to sign an Asian player' and finally we sign Shinji Okazaki. The owners saying they want us to sign an Asian player could quite conceivably have happened after and potentially in response to Pearson targeting Okazaki. Ok... if you want to think that's the way it went then that's fine.
bmt Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 I would be very happy with this. Another option, been playing at a good level, and in his prime. A good marketing exercise in Asia which I feel is well needed at the moment too. I would personally be happy with what we've got already, but adding an extra would be a great positive. Besides, it's not us personally paying for it so we shouldn't worry too much about that.
Rusko187 Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Trust in Pearson, it's rare he makes a bad signing. If he thinks this guy is worth the money than so be it.
psychonaut Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 If he helps us stay up this season who cares about his sell on value - we'll be paving the steps of the KP in gold!!
thegaffa Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Ross McCormack went for £11m and is not in the same calibre of this fella, so for me the money being talked about for him would be a great deal in my opinion
Bagworthblue Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Or Nigel Pearson says privately 'I'm desperate to sign Shinji Okazaki', the owners then say publicly 'We want to sign an Asian player' and finally we sign Shinji Okazaki. The owners saying they want us to sign an Asian player could quite conceivably have happened after and potentially in response to Pearson targeting Okazaki. Signing asian players is right at the core of the Thais growth strategy. Your scenario above is about as likely as me getting struck by lightening sending me over the victoria falls somehow managing to survive before successfully fighting off a group of hungry tigers to arrive back at my hotel room and find out i've just won the euro millions jackpot!
ronnup Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Ross McCormack went for £11m and is not in the same calibre of this fella, so for me the money being talked about for him would be a great deal in my opinion This sort of comparison is meaningless.
Narborough_fox Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 This sort of comparison is meaningless. Why is it? Okazaki has 43 international goals, for a better country, compared to McCormack who has 2. There is only a year difference in age and we're getting Okazaki for £4million cheaper. If anything it's the perfect comparison because it shows just what you can get for your money if you go abroad.
Mark_w Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Signing asian players is right at the core of the Thais growth strategy. Your scenario above is about as likely as me getting struck by lightening sending me over the victoria falls somehow managing to survive before successfully fighting off a group of hungry tigers to arrive back at my hotel room and find out i've just won the euro millions jackpot! Well I strongly disagree. I think it's quite conceivable that Nigel Pearson would want one of the best strikers in the Bundesliga, a division I believe Rob Mackenzie said our scouts specifically target last summer, for less than £10m without any prompting from our owners.
ronnup Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Why is it? Okazaki has 43 international goals, for a better country, compared to McCormack who has 2. There is only a year difference in age and we're getting Okazaki for £4million cheaper. If anything it's the perfect comparison because it shows just what you can get for your money if you go abroad. Because a players value is completely subjective and had no baring infant sort of comparible scale these days.
dbtcity Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 A few reports on twitter are linking him with everton
VLC86 Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 A few reports on twitter are linking him with everton A few reports are wrong.
benpicko Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Granted he's no Cambiasso, but my point was i'd rather spend that kind of money on someone who has potential to improve or someone who we could get 7/8 years out of. What if he fails? He'll be 30 years old next year and we'll have a bloody hard time shifting him. But I suppose quick success is what everyone craves nowadays. Yeah, good point. How about that Croatian striker who scored 21 goals in 18 matches last season, I think we could probably get him in. Only 24 too
psychonaut Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 This is a cracking signing. Period. If he turns out to be gash in this league then we'll probably recoup half of what we paid anyway. Not to mention the dollar from the lorry loads of shirts we'll sell out east with his name on the rear.
Guest Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Nobody has said he's too old, but that they would prefer someone younger with sell on value. No, a team needs a mix of players. and to be successful we are better with players at their peak. 29 is a great age for a footballer. Sell on value is irrelevant when you are no longer a selling club. 32 is certainly not too old and if we were selling it'd be before the last year of his contract so 30 or 31. Get a grip! Don't see why we need to shell out 10m on someone who has never played PL football and is nearing the end of his career. He's no where near the end of his career - you're confusing him with Cambiasso who everyone wants to keep on. 29 - 32 can be the best years of a players career. And why you only want players who have prem experience beats me. Surely they'd be either old, or rejects from lower level prem teams. I don't care how minted we are, I'd still rather have players who are likely to increase in value, rather than decrease. It's just a good business model. I'm sure we'll return to that once / IF we become more established. No, we want to win. If we go your route and sell players when they have added value we'll always be in danger of relegation. A feeder club for others. I'd rather get a good player and ride him until he's not good enough to be in our team then sell him for whatever we can get. Let's be a successful club rather than a feeder club. The TV deal allows us to make a loss on our purchase price and turn that into success.
Bamba's Babes Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Yes! More than needed. I was scepticle in January but I have been awoken to his value. Will he be worse than Wood or Nugent? Nein. #upgrade
SlaneyLCFC Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 This is a cracking signing. Period. If he turns out to be gash in this league then we'll probably recoup half of what we paid anyway. Not to mention the dollar from the lorry loads of shirts we'll sell out east with his name on the rear. he's not signed yet?
Nick Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Brilliant signing if confirmed. Two footed (can head the ball too despite being a short fella), runs all day, great touch, fantastic athlete. Couldn't care less that he's 29 he'll score 14+ goals next season.
Guest Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Brilliant signing if confirmed. Two footed (can head the ball too despite being a short fella), runs all day, great touch, fantastic athlete. Couldn't care less that he's 29 he'll score 14+ goals next season. This is the type of post we should be seeing. He could be our best striker next season. In fact ulloa and Vardy may become squad rotation players with Kramaric and Shinji starting
Nick Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 https://www.clubcall.com/leicester-city/fee-agreed-for-asian-star-1773253.html
talking_goldfish Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Personally, I think Okazaki would be a solid signing for us, 7 and a half million is hardly breaking the bank and it gives us an Asian player our (brilliant) owners crave... win win! The fact is, signing players from abroad is always going to be a risky strategy, but we've not had too many duds so far (and I think Kramaric will be like a new signing after a full pre-season with the team). Brilliant signing if confirmed. Two footed (can head the ball too despite being a short fella), runs all day, great touch, fantastic athlete. Couldn't care less that he's 29 he'll score 14+ goals next season. My thoughts exactly, this guy will be full of running and most importantly he can play with both feet. I bet he can't wait to get started in the Premier League and I cannot wait to see our attacking line for the coming season - Vardy, Ulloa, Kramaric, Okazaki, Nuge - LETHAL!
lgfualol Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Will he want to be first choice though. If he is starting for Mainz then will he want to join a team to be on the bench? I dont want to see Kramaric pushed down to 4th choice if that is the case.
MPH Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 Will he want to be first choice though. If he is starting for Mainz then will he want to join a team to be on the bench? I dont want to see Kramaric pushed down to 4th choice if that is the case. whhatever he wants... Nigel will tell him he needs to fight for his place. Competition of high quality strikers can only be good for the team... Unless like those ice skating girls one of them pays someone to beat their knee caps with a base ball bat.. then that would be terrible...
Dan Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 This never played premier league nonsense is invading too many threads. Who cares? He's been playing at the top level. Cambiasso, Vardy, wasyl, mahrez, Ulloa almost all of our top perforners last season had never played premier league If everyone used the mentality "they've never played in the Premier League" as a reason to not try someone then the league would have a shortage of players in a few years. Ross McCormack went for £11m and is not in the same calibre of this fella, so for me the money being talked about for him would be a great deal in my opinion Whilst true you've got to look at that McCormack deal as the exception rather than the norm. Happy for us to gamble on players from Germany. Better value.
Mark_w Posted 25 June 2015 Posted 25 June 2015 According to the Japanese football forum I've just visited, this article suggests we're unsurprisingly the club who are in for him. Google translate is shit though. http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/world/news/1497239.html
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