Finnegan Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 Boudebouz would surely cost half of that 40m, absolutely tops.
weller54 Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 3 minutes ago, Beliall said: 10 mil + mahrez. send the sulky sod to wales Lush!
Babylon Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 33 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Boudebouz would surely cost half of that 40m, absolutely tops. Probably, but then you might not get the sort of player we want. Someone creative that can also fill the hard working role of Okazaki, Sigurdsson is hard working as well as being a top talent.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 1 hour ago, maddog said: Got this fear we might end up selling Mahrez for less than we pay for Sigurdsson. Which would be an outrage as far as I'm concerned. Given Mahrez being almost 2 years younger and having silky silky skills. That said, Sigurdsson is a more consistent performer week in week out than Riyad, though Riyad is capable of brilliance the Icelander cannot reach. If we sell Mahrez Gylfi won't be joining us. Sidewards step if we sell Mahrez.
FoxinNotts Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 3 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: If we sell Mahrez Gylfi won't be joining us. Sidewards step if we sell Mahrez. Mahrez is gone IMO. Very little chance he'll be here at the end of this window. In fact, no chance.
Sharpe's Fox Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 Offer £35 million to either gerrimin or make Everton shell more out. Can't see any downside
Gerard Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 47 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said: Just get it done 40m is fine. No chance, £30m is plenty. No top clubs want him and there's no way we get our money back a year or two down the line if we sell him. Surely for £30m-£40m we can get almost any player in the world apart from the obvious?
AmarteyAndChill Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 10 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Mahrez is gone IMO. Very little chance he'll be here at the end of this window. In fact, no chance. Well Gylfi won't join us then. Basically a pointless sidewards move as both clubs love selling their best players. By selling Mahrez it sends a statement that we are not serious about trying to break into Europe & wont be able to attract the best players from 10th-17th.
volpeazzurro Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 6 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: Well Gylfi won't join us then. Basically a pointless sidewards move as both clubs love selling their best players. By selling Mahrez it sends a statement that we are not serious about trying to break into Europe & wont be able to attract the best players from 10th-17th. I understand what youre saying, but theres no point in keeping him if he doesn't want to stay. Another season with him like last year would only serve to devalue him even more. In an ideal world he'd stay one more year, play out of his skin and if he still insisted in going, perhaps one of the big boys might just come in for him. Personally if Barcelona is his understable objective thats precisely what I'd do in his boots. Why sign a long contract with a much lesser team like Arsenal. If he could do it for us again I think he'd get far more noticed. It requires a big change in attitude from him however but that's what distinguishes the really top players from the also rans.
m4DD0gg Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 23 minutes ago, Gerard said: No chance, £30m is plenty. No top clubs want him and there's no way we get our money back a year or two down the line if we sell him. Surely for £30m-£40m we can get almost any player in the world apart from the obvious? 40m is the new 20-30m though. Not saying its the right thing to do by any stretch.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 4 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said: I understand what youre saying, but theres no point in keeping him if he doesn't want to stay. Another season with him like last year would only serve to devalue him even more. In an ideal world he'd stay one more year, play out of his skin and if he still insisted in going, perhaps one of the big boys might just come in for him. Personally if Barcelona is his understable objective thats precisely what I'd do in his boots. Why sign a long contract with a much lesser team like Arsenal. If he could do it for us again I think he'd get far more noticed. It requires a big change in attitude from him however but that's what distinguishes the really top players from the also rans. People on here thinking Gylfi can be persuaded to join Leicester after he's just seen Mahrez leave..
Thracian Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 35 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: Well Gylfi won't join us then. Basically a pointless sidewards move as both clubs love selling their best players. By selling Mahrez it sends a statement that we are not serious about trying to break into Europe & wont be able to attract the best players from 10th-17th. I'm not at all convinced that Mahrez is irreplaceable especially on last season's overall form when we still showed ourselves capable of competing against the best. With Gylfi, Iheanacho plus an exciting winger from somewhere just in case Gray's not as good as he keeps suggesting I really think we'd be stronger overall, especially with the centre-back situation already strengthened and two or three others already potentially adding back-up in our squad.
AmarteyAndChill Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 Just now, Thracian said: I'm not at all convinced that Mahrez is irreplaceable especially on last season's overall form when we still showed ourselves capable of competing against the best. With Gylfi, Iheanacho plus an exciting winger from somewhere just in case Gray's not as good as he keeps suggesting I really think we'd be stronger overall, especially with the centre-back situation already strengthened and two or three others already potentially adding back-up in our squad. from gylfis point of view. Why would he join us if we sell Mahrez? The only way we can convince Gylfi to join us is by keeping our best players and telling him we are serious about Europe. That's a hard conversation to have when you've just sold your 'best' player.
Guest Col city fan Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 6 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: from gylfis point of view. Why would he join us if we sell Mahrez? The only way we can convince Gylfi to join us is by keeping our best players and telling him we are serious about Europe. That's a hard conversation to have when you've just sold your 'best' player. I fear you are over analysing things. Sigurdsson will most likely go to the club that pays him the most. Like nearly every player. So many fans have this romantic notion that players are bothered about this that and the other. Whether Mahrez stays at the club will matter much less, I fear than if Everton are willing to pay Gylfi 30k per week more than we are.
lgfualol Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 34 minutes ago, AmarteyAndChill said: People on here thinking Gylfi can be persuaded to join Leicester after he's just seen Mahrez leave.. This is pretty true. The rest of our team can barely control a simple pass. Sigurddson will stay well clear.
Thracian Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 1 minute ago, AmarteyAndChill said: from gylfis point of view. Why would he join us if we sell Mahrez? The only way we can convince Gylfi to join us is by keeping our best players and telling him we are serious about Europe. That's a hard conversation to have when you've just sold your 'best' player. All teams evolve and the importance is to keep getting stronger with shuffling of the pack. It's not as if Mahrez's like or even impending departure is in any way expected. And if we can replace a player who rated about 6/6.5 our of 10 on average last season with two guys who can average 7/7.5 out of 10 and be responsible for more goals between them (which seems logical, even likely) then I really can't understand the pessimism especially as I'd also say we'll get the bonus of an improved team spirit seeing as Mahrez seemed less than wholehearted last season.. The worst thing for me would be to sell Mahrez for £35m and not get class replacements and, seeing as our owners have enough money not to take chances I don't think I'd release Mahrez until the replacements were signed. Gylfi can be convinced well enough of our ambition assuming we can back our sales pitch up. And, in the medium term, I'd back us against Everton who are clearly no less vulnerable to losing key players than we are. The secret is not to think you won't lose top players but to have contingency plans which make us stronger still.
surrifox Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 7 minutes ago, lgfualol said: This is pretty true. The rest of our team can barely control a simple pass. Sigurddson will stay well clear. He'll be leaving Swansea not Real Madrid - I doubt he'll even glance in the rear view mirror when he's out of there for the last time
Scotch Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 1 hour ago, Gerard said: No chance, £30m is plenty. No top clubs want him and there's no way we get our money back a year or two down the line if we sell him. Surely for £30m-£40m we can get almost any player in the world apart from the obvious? In terms of resale, you're right. We won't get £30m/£40m back from him in a few years BUT he is the sort of influential player that could easily make that up in prize money over a year or two... The goals and assists that he could potentially add would push us a few places up the table which can have massive financial repercussions. Having said that, £40m does sound steep but just adding that resale value isn't the only way a player can generate money for a club.
Manwell Pablo Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 Of course it's steep. Hes experssed no interest in leaving and is their best player, conceivably they'd be down now if it weren't for him, id imagine they are very reluctant and have no reason to sell unless its top dollar.
breadandcheese Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 I would have loved us to sign Sigurdsson but for that price, it's time to move on and look at other options.
1972 Fox Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 3 hours ago, AmarteyAndChill said: Well Gylfi won't join us then. Basically a pointless sidewards move as both clubs love selling their best players. By selling Mahrez it sends a statement that we are not serious about trying to break into Europe & wont be able to attract the best players from 10th-17th. You do realise that we don't want to sell Mahrez or any of our top players for that matter? We are no longer a club that needs or wants to sell our best players but Mahrez has publicly expressed his desire to move on. If a big club comes in with an offer that suits all then it is best that he goes and we do our best to continue building our squad with quality players that want to be here. It won't be the last time that a player leaves that we don't want to lose. Players always come and go, that's football. It also happens at bigger clubs than us. Regarding Sigurdsson, I would love us to sign him but I've stated before that I don't think he'll come here.
coolhandfox Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 So we spend 30m and 18m on untested PL players last year, but people bulk paying 40m for a proven PL match winner! Even for 40m it's a no brainier for me.
weller54 Posted 26 June 2017 Posted 26 June 2017 6 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: So we spend 30m and 18m on untested PL players last year, but people bulk paying 40m for a proven PL match winner! Even for 40m it's a no brainier for me. He won't come here... But IF he did it would transform us!
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