Mahrez - Chelsea/Arsenal

[Foxes1]

Either Chelsea or whoever wants him puts a bid in for him and if its not enough we tell them to go away. Alternatively if Mahrez doesn't want to stay he puts in a written transfer request in and he leaves subject to a substantial bid coming in, all he or his agent seems to be doing is pissing us about.

[HighPeakFox]

10 minutes ago, Foxes1 said:

Either Chelsea or whoever wants him puts a bid in for him and if its not enough we tell them to go away. Alternatively if Mahrez doesn't want to stay he puts in a written transfer request in and he leaves subject to a substantial bid coming in, all he or his agent seems to be doing is pissing us about.

Or - devil's advocate and all that - nobody is doing anything outside of the media and twitter etc, and a story has been created out of nothing, whilst they quietly try to renegotiate his current contract. Not likely I admit, but nothing will be quite as it seems.

[st albans fox]

L'equipe reporting that we knocked back an offer of £30m from arsenal and that they will come back with higher offer.

 

[foxfan92]

Just about to post a link to that

 

http://sportwitness.co.uk/arsenal-finally-submit-30m-offer-ready-another/

 

hopefully we we reject that too

[EnderbyFox]

£30m can just about get you Bolasie  try doubling that 

[EnderbyFox]

£30m can just about get you Bolasie  try doubling that 

[lgfualol]

That's an insult. 30m for the player of the year when we were bidding that amount on that Orc from Watford.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

On the basis that Stones was £47m and Pogba£89m, then we should be looking at £55m plus for Mahrez. If he is genuinely unsettled and wants to go and that is impacting us I think we should take around the £60m and strengthen with that accordingly - CAM and RB?

[Nick]

We can't let him go but if we were to anything less than 50 million quid would be really silly of us.

[tsintskaro]

this guy cant even write Mahrez's name correctly 

lequipe consultant  what a source 

 

[Benji]

Stones goes for £47m and penny pinchers have the audacity to offer £30m?  Hilarious if true and outrageously arrogant.

[dylanlegend]

Arsenal are such a joke of a club. Are they living in 2002? It's no wonder they can never sign anyone.

 

its the equivalent of us bidding £8.5million for Deeney

[ian_marshall]

The fact of the matter is he has 3 years left on his contract with no release clause, so Leicester can sell at their discretion and the club don't need him to sign a new contract (although this would be ideal). As such the only party that benefits from a new contract is Mahrez as his salary will increase in line with the higher earners at the club. 

 

The way I see it is that he has 3 options; refuse to sign a new contract and remain on this existing terms for the next 3 years but be massively undervalued in comparison to his peers, sign a new contract on increased terms and commit his future to the club, or hope that another club is prepared to meet city's valuation of him and a deal can be agreed for him to move. If it's the latter, city hold all the cards and should be looking for an above market fee. Whilst he might think the grass is greener on the other side he and his agent really aren't in a position to force the issue. 

 

If I was him I'd be looking to sign a new contract at city which will probably only add an additional year to his contract but more important secure him increased terms and hope that my form over the course of the season is good enough to attract another top team to stump up the kind of money secure a transfer away. If he doesn't take this course of action and the club dig their heels in preventing him from moving, should he have a poor season this year he could well find that the salary figures being bandied about right now aren't an option for him in a years time whether that be from city or elsewhere especially if other players excel.

[AyewJoking]

On 09/08/2016 at 12:21, The Railway Man said:

Going nowhere.

if i want careers advice i'll ask for it!

[dannythefox]

Can't be doing with players that don't want to be here if it's true 50m is the asking price. 

[AyewJoking]

3 minutes ago, dannythefox said:

Can't be doing with players that don't want to be here if it's true 50m is the asking price. 

31m is the taking price then......

[m4DD0gg]

1 hour ago, lgfualol said:

That's an insult. 30m for the player of the year when we were bidding that amount on that Orc from Watford.

hahaha orc!

 

he does look like he belongs in world of warcraft!

[Ted Maul]

Sounds as though Arsenal may actually be having a go here. If he really wants the move, just make sure you take them to the cleaners, Rudkin.

[st albans fox]

Reputable journo says meeting today between Rudkin and begougham 

 

interesting that all the stuff about arsenal bidding etc comes out afterwards

 

 

[Max Power]

I'll change my name to King of duty free if we start whacking bids in for a load of Arsenal players. £22m bid for Sanchez tomorrow. 

[dannythefox]

2 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Sounds as though Arsenal may actually be having a go here. If he really wants the move, just make sure you take them to the cleaners, Rudkin.

Yes I agree if they want him lets finally make a club pay what the player is worth for once.

[GLC]

This is the same Arsenal who bid 30mil for Lacazette after Lyon turned down 32mil from West Ham.......... Mahrez is worth 50mil at least! 

[RoyFox]

30 minutes ago, ian_marshall said:

The fact of the matter is he has 3 years left on his contract with no release clause, so Leicester can sell at their discretion and the club don't need him to sign a new contract (although this would be ideal). As such the only party that benefits from a new contract is Mahrez as his salary will increase in line with the higher earners at the club. 

 

The way I see it is that he has 3 options; refuse to sign a new contract and remain on this existing terms for the next 3 years but be massively undervalued in comparison to his peers, sign a new contract on increased terms and commit his future to the club, or hope that another club is prepared to meet city's valuation of him and a deal can be agreed for him to move. If it's the latter, city hold all the cards and should be looking for an above market fee. Whilst he might think the grass is greener on the other side he and his agent really aren't in a position to force the issue. 

 

If I was him I'd be looking to sign a new contract at city which will probably only add an additional year to his contract but more important secure him increased terms and hope that my form over the course of the season is good enough to attract another top team to stump up the kind of money secure a transfer away. If he doesn't take this course of action and the club dig their heels in preventing him from moving, should he have a poor season this year he could well find that the salary figures being bandied about right now aren't an option for him in a years time whether that be from city or elsewhere especially if other players excel.

This

[Fox 4 Life]

50m absolute minimum. They won't pay it,have a horrible feeling we will settle at 40m.

[tsintskaro]

Even Arsenal fans are making fun of this lequipe consultant

 

 

" he calls himself "Le Spectre" and predicted Vincent Janssen would sign for PSG sooooo..... "