Kelechi Iheanacho

[weller54]

11 minutes ago, crisp packet said:

As of 1st July, is this classed as a new season? Perhaps may see some movement...?

Prescription for Rudders.... 

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2 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Also saw on twitter that Everton may be interested. Assuming lukaku is leaving then Everton and west spam have no primary striker and he will be assured playing time. He looks at us and sees vardy. Vardy is always going to be top dog this season so he will have the nagging doubt that if he comes here, he may spend time on the bench. I'm sure other clubs could gazuump us on packages and deals but it will come down to where the player wants to go and perhaps he will decide that means where he more likely to play as the main man. Whilst Everton and West Ham could still bring another player in later this window, we already have our main man here. I think that could be our problem on this one. 

 

A more positive interpretation is that he might see it as a mouth-watering prospect playing in partnership with Vardy, and it seems likely that would be offered to him.

 

It has been suggested on here that Iheanacho favours the Okazaki role, and he would be playing it in tandem with the most lethal striker of his type.

 

 

[FrankieADZ]

40 minutes ago, crisp packet said:

As of 1st July, is this classed as a new season? Perhaps may see some movement...?

yeah i think the 1st is classed as the start of the new season, id be surprised, alot of clubs including us have already signed players, but hopefully we hear something in the next week or so on the deal,

[lcfcsnow]

I think we're going to regret the lack of ambition on the manager front as a top manager will sway decisions of the better players we need, can see us losing out. If we have to resort to Deeney that just sums us up.

[NotTheMarketLeader]

1 hour ago, lcfcsnow said:

I think we're going to regret the lack of ambition on the manager front as a top manager will sway decisions of the better players we need, can see us losing out. If we have to resort to Deeney that just sums us up.

Yes I did raise this point as did others when Shakes got the gig.

 

I hope it doesn't come to be the case but I fear it may do.

 

That aside when are these tight Thais we have going to start throwing their money around like Everton? 

 

I feel we are being left behind by this lot in terms ambition.

[Babylon]

6 minutes ago, NotTheMarketLeader said:

Yes I did raise this point as did others when Shakes got the gig.

 

I hope it doesn't come to be the case but I fear it may do.

 

That aside when are these tight Thais we have going to start throwing their money around like Everton? 

 

I feel we are being left behind by this lot in terms ambition.

Everton will make all that money back when they sell their two want away players.

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

Lads, loads of clubs are in for him, he could go anywhere at this stage, but as previously said, City need to get another striker in before they let him go.

[NotTheMarketLeader]

16 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Everton will make all that money back when they sell their two want away players.

Yes indeed.

 

We have made a bloody fortune over the last year or two; amounts in excess of what Everton will realise for those sales.

 

Their billionaire seems a little more adventurous than ours at present.

 

I remain a little concerned of how things have panned out transfer wise over that period.

[lgfualol]

10 minutes ago, NotTheMarketLeader said:

Yes indeed.

 

We have made a bloody fortune over the last year or two; amounts in excess of what Everton will realise for those sales.

 

Their billionaire seems a little more adventurous than ours at present.

 

I remain a little concerned of how things have panned out transfer wise over that period.

Helps having Steve Walsh pulling strings. Did we even replace him?

[jammie82uk]

12 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

Helps having Steve Walsh pulling strings. Did we even replace him?

Yes he was replaced by Eduardo Macia 

[Johnthefoxrayner]

9 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

Helps having Steve Walsh pulling strings. Did we even replace him?

No doesn't seem so. Rudkin has got to pull his finger out of his backside and get working 

[lgfualol]

2 minutes ago, jammie82uk said:

Yes he was replaced by Eduardo Macia 

I thought he had a high role but didn't think of him as a replacement. Tbf, Ndidi and Maguire are good signings since he joined. 

[eddylcfc]

4 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

I thought he had a high role but didn't think of him as a replacement. Tbf, Ndidi and Maguire are good signings since he joined. 

 

Macia was the sole reason we signed Wilf.

 

Apparently he has an outstanding wealth of knowledge and contacts all over the globe.

[Mike Oxlong]

On 22/05/2017 at 21:19, Costock_Fox said:

No, purely because I can't stand a season or two of "That Inamatcho lad is shit" from the utter bellend who sits behind me.

 

The moron calls Slimani "Pepperami" which isn't funny in the slightest and also call him Salami.

 

Few things worse than people thinking you're a cooked meat

 

I get called Oxtongue

[weller54]

4 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

 

Few things worse than people thinking you're a cooked meat

 

I get called Oxtongue

Bet you're ham-fisted too? 

[Babylon]

31 minutes ago, NotTheMarketLeader said:

Yes indeed.

 

We have made a bloody fortune over the last year or two; amounts in excess of what Everton will realise for those sales.

 

Their billionaire seems a little more adventurous than ours at present.

 

I remain a little concerned of how things have panned out transfer wise over that period.

Everton got £132m in prize money last season and we got £112m and £66m (£178m total). So last season we only banked £46m more than them in prize money.

 

The season before we made £93m and Everton made £83m from TV money.

 

So we've only made £56m in prize money more than Everton over the last two seasons. I'm pretty sure they are going to bank more than that on Lukaku alone.

 

 

[Matt]

3 hours ago, lcfcsnow said:

I think we're going to regret the lack of ambition on the manager front as a top manager will sway decisions of the better players we need, can see us losing out. If we have to resort to Deeney that just sums us up.

I think we're lacking ambition letting Steve Walsh go last summer and STILL having Rudkin here!

 

I'm sorry I don't believe the 'closer to my family' bull about the Steve Walsh move, look I'm a very matter of fact person and fact is he did move closer to his family but fact is England is a small country, tiny, he probably doesn't even have to be that close to the club, could work from home, and besides his job would involve travelling around anyway, if we offered him a promotion, a big pay rise I think we could have swayed him, the only other problem I can see/imagine is he didn't see eye to eye with Claudio something that at the time arguably we could have sorted out.

 

Anyway sorry for rambling on and hijacking the thread into a totally different discussion.

[RoyFox]

4 minutes ago, Matt said:

I think we're lacking ambition letting Steve Walsh go last summer and STILL having Rudkin here!

 

I'm sorry I don't believe the 'closer to my family' bull about the Steve Walsh move, look I'm a very matter of fact person and fact is he did move closer to his family but fact is England is a small country, tiny, he probably doesn't ever have to be that close to the club, could work from home, and besides his job would involve travelling around anyway, if we offered him a promotion, a big pay rise I think we could have swayed him, the only other problem I can see/imagine is he didn't see eye to eye with Claudio something that at the time arguably we could have sorted out.

 

Anyway sorry for rambling on and hijacking the thread into a totally different discussion.

Correct; reporting to Rudkin, friction on players Walsh recommended and Ranieri ignoring Walsh's due diligence before bidding didn't help (Kaputska) at all.

[VLC86]

24 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

 

Few things worse than people thinking you're a cooked meat

 

I get called Oxtongue

Not Oxschlong?thats bad mate.

[Stevosevic]

17 minutes ago, Matt said:

I think we're lacking ambition letting Steve Walsh go last summer and STILL having Rudkin here!

 

I'm sorry I don't believe the 'closer to my family' bull about the Steve Walsh move, look I'm a very matter of fact person and fact is he did move closer to his family but fact is England is a small country, tiny, he probably doesn't even have to be that close to the club, could work from home, and besides his job would involve travelling around anyway, if we offered him a promotion, a big pay rise I think we could have swayed him, the only other problem I can see/imagine is he didn't see eye to eye with Claudio something that at the time arguably we could have sorted out.

 

Anyway sorry for rambling on and hijacking the thread into a totally different discussion.

Spot on.

 

 

[FrankieADZ]

24 minutes ago, Matt said:

I think we're lacking ambition letting Steve Walsh go last summer and STILL having Rudkin here!

 

I'm sorry I don't believe the 'closer to my family' bull about the Steve Walsh move, look I'm a very matter of fact person and fact is he did move closer to his family but fact is England is a small country, tiny, he probably doesn't even have to be that close to the club, could work from home, and besides his job would involve travelling around anyway, if we offered him a promotion, a big pay rise I think we could have swayed him, the only other problem I can see/imagine is he didn't see eye to eye with Claudio something that at the time arguably we could have sorted out.

 

Anyway sorry for rambling on and hijacking the thread into a totally different discussion.

have to agree with you there, we heard the sort of disagreement between Walsh and CR from the start when CR was against signing Kante but Walsh was all for it, 

 

same no one at the club had the balls to get rid of Rudkin and promote Walsh tbh

[Wymsey]

Can imagine this guy being in two minds, currently.

 

He wants to go to a big club in a decent city - it's known West Ham are interested in him but are they really a 'big' club (despite how they're trying to convince others that they are all the time)?

 

We're a big club, of course, after the title-winning season, but last season may have made him more cautious in coming here and whether the club can become regular top-4/5 contenders.

 

Who knows.

 

 

[Bert]

44 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Everton got £132m in prize money last season and we got £112m and £66m (£178m total). So last season we only banked £46m more than them in prize money.

 

The season before we made £93m and Everton made £83m from TV money.

 

So we've only made £56m in prize money more than Everton over the last two seasons. I'm pretty sure they are going to bank more than that on Lukaku alone.

 

 

They've also now got one of the wealthiest owners in the game. 

[GLC]

36 minutes ago, Matt said:

I think we're lacking ambition letting Steve Walsh go last summer and STILL having Rudkin here!

 

I'm sorry I don't believe the 'closer to my family' bull about the Steve Walsh move, look I'm a very matter of fact person and fact is he did move closer to his family but fact is England is a small country, tiny, he probably doesn't even have to be that close to the club, could work from home, and besides his job would involve travelling around anyway, if we offered him a promotion, a big pay rise I think we could have swayed him, the only other problem I can see/imagine is he didn't see eye to eye with Claudio something that at the time arguably we could have sorted out.

 

Anyway sorry for rambling on and hijacking the thread into a totally different discussion.

100% spot on! I have no idea why we didn't promote Steve Walsh to DOF! 

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Leicester desperate to pip Premier League rivals to the signing of Man City striker Kelechi Iheanacho

Man City boss Pep Guardiola is willing to offload Iheanacho this summer as part of his Etihad rebuild

 

Leicester are trying to move swiftly for Kelechi Iheanacho to shake off rival Premier League interest in the striker.

Man City boss Pep Guardiola is willing to offload Iheanacho this summer as part of his Etihad rebuild.

The Nigerian international,20, is wanted by Foxes boss Craig Shakespeare despite interest from Southampton and West Ham too.

Shakespeare has already brought in Harry Maguire from relegated Hull and now ready to bid £20million to get Iheanacho too.

The Premier League Foxes are also in talks to sign Newport's teenage academy keeper Rhys Davies for £100,000.