Man Utd want Drinkwater for £30m in January

[J.Lisemore]

If Drinky wanted the deal to go through, then it would. This is obviously a non story but a 30m transfer fee is nothing to our owners nowadays, there's no way we'd sell for that unless he really did want to leave. 

[st albans fox]

7 minutes ago, J.Lisemore said:

If Drinky wanted the deal to go through, then it would. This is obviously a non story but a 30m transfer fee is nothing to our owners nowadays, there's no way we'd sell for that unless he really did want to leave. 

I don't agree completely 

 

drinky is as important (probably  more) to us as Riyad. We have no 'ready replacement' for either. Both are contracted long term and just as we refused to allow Riyad to leave unless someone came up with the dosh, the same is true with Danny. 

 

If if he told the club he wanted to go to yanited, he would be told '£55 m or you stay' and the deal needs agreeing early jan - and it will only go through before the deadline if we get a replacement in'.  I expect we would accept 50m

[J.Lisemore]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

I don't agree completely 

 

drinky is as important (probably  more) to us as Riyad. We have no 'ready replacement' for either. Both are contracted long term and just as we refused to allow Riyad to leave unless someone came up with the dosh, the same is true with Danny. 

 

If if he told the club he wanted to go to yanited, he would be told '£55 m or you stay' and the deal needs agreeing early jan - and it will only go through before the deadline if we get a replacement in'.  I expect we would accept 50m

It's very much player power now, if Riyad wanted to go (was quoted as saying he'd only leave for certain clubs) then he would have. I'm sure there would be negotiations on prices but if a player wants to leave, more often than not they get their wish. I doubt we'd get more than 40for Drinkwater. I know he'a English and all that but we did see Kante go for 32.

[st albans fox]

33 minutes ago, J.Lisemore said:

It's very much player power now, if Riyad wanted to go (was quoted as saying he'd only leave for certain clubs) then he would have. I'm sure there would be negotiations on prices but if a player wants to leave, more often than not they get their wish. I doubt we'd get more than 40for Drinkwater. I know he'a English and all that but we did see Kante go for 32.

 

Deeney stayed at watford

Keane stayed at burnley

silva stayed at sporting

payet stayed at west ham

 

on long contracts, clubs can afford to demand big fees or 'feck off'

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

21 hours ago, Benji said:

 The lad has always come across as feeling a bit let down that he wasn't Scholes' replacement and I imagine there would be a huge temptation to go there and prove people at the club wrong.

I think he's done that over the past two years. He, and most of the other players, seems very happy. Frankly, the players who came up through other clubs know how different the locker room is in Leicester. The European players, less so: Kante is learning Leicester was not the typical club environment in the Premier League.

 

If LCFC is in Europe or contending for a Top 6 spot in January, I don't expect anyone to leave, except marginal players wanting more playing time.

[st albans fox]

If there is any truth in the rumour then drinks needs to get his ear lobes protected for when vichai grabs them!!

[jammie82uk]

1 hour ago, J.Lisemore said:

It's very much player power now, if Riyad wanted to go (was quoted as saying he'd only leave for certain clubs) then he would have. I'm sure there would be negotiations on prices but if a player wants to leave, more often than not they get their wish. I doubt we'd get more than 40for Drinkwater. I know he'a English and all that but we did see Kante go for 32.

Kante would have gone for more but 32 was his release clause 

 

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[Manwell Pablo]

Why are you lot even discussing this.

 

Do you not find it odd this "rumor" has surfaced about 5 days before we play them. 

[norwichfox]

2 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

Do you not find it odd this "rumor" has surfaced about 5 days before we play them. 

Not really, I think it's quite typical of Jose/Man Ure mind games, doubt there is a shred of truth to it, it's all about the timing and clearly, we have them more than a little worried.

[Manwell Pablo]

Just now, norwichfox said:

Not really, I think it's quite typical of Jose/Man Ure mind games, doubt there is a shred of truth to it, it's all about the timing and clearly, we have them more than a little worried.

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