Gerard Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 1 minute ago, PAULCFC said: Take it! No, make them pay the asking price or near as damn it. They're more desperate to buy than we are to sell.
Babylon Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 Just now, Dames said: On the flip side of this they would know the player wants the move and as the window progresses Chelsea would be coming back with a higher offer. The club should have immediately began planning then but instead heads were buried in the sand hoping other clubs would forget about our players and not bid. Its a completely amateur approach that's going to leave us struggling all season as 2 of our most creative players will be gone. Someone upstairs is going to have some explaining to do. I don't think you've read what I put. What more planning can they do? You create a list of possible replacements, you can touch base to check their availability. But those things can change daily, someone who was available yesterday might not be available today. We can't just go out and sign people presuming that someone offers what we want, it just doesn't work like that. You can only progress your own replacement so far before it relies on getting the transfer out sown up. If we've set a £40m asking price and they are offering £15m, how far down the line can the club realistically get a replacement?
DatfoxesKid23 Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 1 minute ago, Gerard said: No, make them pay the asking price or near as damn it. They're more desperate to buy than we are to sell. we don't know that he could have wanted to leave for a long time and kept it quiet
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 2 minutes ago, DatfoxesKid23 said: we don't know that he could have wanted to leave for a long time and kept it quiet Well why sign a contract with us then?
PAULCFC Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 3 minutes ago, Gerard said: No, make them pay the asking price or near as damn it. They're more desperate to buy than we are to sell. But what is the asking price?
Foxes1 Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 5 minutes ago, DatfoxesKid23 said: we don't know that he could have wanted to leave for a long time and kept it quiet Well he should have said then at least we would have had time to get a replacement in.
Gerard Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 1 minute ago, DatfoxesKid23 said: we don't know that he could have wanted to leave for a long time and kept it quiet I couldn't give a monkey's what he wants. He's on £90k a week for four more years, it's for Leicester City to determine the price not Chelsea. They'll be desperate to get this over the line with the amount of games they'll play this season and only two CDM's in the squad. Drinkwater ticks a lot of boxes with them from the position they want to filling their home grown quota and knows Kante better than anyone. Make them pay the full amount or near as damn it.
Burmesefox Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 1 minute ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: Well why sign a contract with us then? Out of a thank you? He knows signing a new contract makes him more expensive and therefore benefits us.
Gerard Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 3 minutes ago, PAULCFC said: But what is the asking price? £40m
Dames Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 4 minutes ago, Babylon said: I don't think you've read what I put. What more planning can they do? You create a list of possible replacements, you can touch base to check their availability. But those things can change daily, someone who was available yesterday might not be available today. We can't just go out and sign people presuming that someone offers what we want, it just doesn't work like that. You can only progress your own replacement so far before it relies on getting the transfer out sown up. If we've set a £40m asking price and they are offering £15m, how far down the line can the club realistically get a replacement? Its when you have the foresight to dip into your own pocket and find and improvement/replacement regardless. The initial £15m was to unsettle DD and get the ball rolling the player wants the move and Chelsea want him so a compromise on fee will be met at some point, its what always happens. What I'm also saying is that if that initial offer was 3 weeks ago why don't we have another CM yet? There is just no foresight or plan to anything and if the club aren't careful we'll lose all our best players and end up in a relegation scrap again. I feel that the club have just tried to delay the inevitable by burying their heads in the sand and now its coming back to bite us big time.
jayfox26 Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 Is it just me or have chelsea been really underhand. They could have signed Drinky and Mahrez weeks ago giving us ample opportunity to replace them. But now we have a situation where we have 2 unhappy players who want to leave and if we sell them we will find it tough to replace them. It just seems the top teams want to make the gap even bigger between them and everyone else. If i was the owners id just say nobody is for sale now, you should have sorted these transfers weeks ago.
mazarron fox Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 Just now, jayfox26 said: Is it just me or have chelsea been really underhand. They could have signed Drinky and Mahrez weeks ago giving us ample opportunity to replace them. But now we have a situation where we have 2 unhappy players who want to leave and if we sell them we will find it tough to replace them. It just seems the top teams want to make the gap even bigger between them and everyone else. If i was the owners id just say nobody is for sale now, you should have sorted these transfers weeks ago. What and have 2 players who don't want to be here and resent us with fans on their backs too? That's sound policy moving forward?
RobHawk Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 2 minutes ago, jayfox26 said: Is it just me or have chelsea been really underhand. They could have signed Drinky and Mahrez weeks ago giving us ample opportunity to replace them. But now we have a situation where we have 2 unhappy players who want to leave and if we sell them we will find it tough to replace them. It just seems the top teams want to make the gap even bigger between them and everyone else. If i was the owners id just say nobody is for sale now, you should have sorted these transfers weeks ago. Chelsea have ****ed themselves over so badly this transfer window, i doubt they'd care. If theres no movement for them today - they will be very light until January! More reason for us to say no!
Burmesefox Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 3 minutes ago, Gerard said: £40m there was no asking price. He isn't for sale. Offers have come in and until one is attractive enough or the situation arises that makes the club reverse their decision then he is a Leicester player.
jayfox26 Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 1 minute ago, mazarron fox said: What and have 2 players who don't want to be here and resent us with fans on their backs too? That's sound policy moving forward? So we should just leave ourselves short of players just because chelsea throw the money around at the last minute and leave us ****ed over. Nah mate **** that. Would rather keep them even if they are unhappy than help them chelsea scumbags. We got screwed with kante and they are doing it again.
Gerard Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 1 minute ago, Burmesefox said: there was no asking price. He isn't for sale. Offers have come in and until one is attractive enough or the situation arises that makes the club reverse their decision then he is a Leicester player. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/16/chelsea-edging-closer-signing-leicester-midfielder-danny-drinkwater/ ITK's on here have confirmed it as well FWIW.
Great Boos Up Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 We wanted 40 million but we are adding on your first insulting bid of 15 on that price too so you can pay for the player and the insult.
Burmesefox Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 7 minutes ago, Gerard said: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/08/16/chelsea-edging-closer-signing-leicester-midfielder-danny-drinkwater/ ITK's on here have confirmed it as well FWIW. still means nothing imho. It says LCFC are ready to ask £40m.
Gerard Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 Just now, Burmesefox said: still means nothing imho. It says LCFC are ready to ask £40m. I'm not arguing with you, I only know what is public knowledge. I've read several media outlets claiming £40m is the price and some ITK's on here have confirmed it.
Ian S Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 Just don't sell ,far too late,tough luck Danny but knuckle down and get on with it. I am sure your thigh injury will be better soon.
Burmesefox Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 Just now, Gerard said: I'm not arguing with you, I only know what is public knowledge. I've read several media outlets claiming £40m is the price and some ITK's on here have confirmed it. knowledge or conjecture?
st albans fox Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 The basic point here is that Chelsea can easily afford 40m for DD and 50m for riyad. So why the drawn out negotiations- clearly they are trying to be too clever. We should just tell them it's too late now and to fook off
yorkie1999 Posted 31 August 2017 Posted 31 August 2017 6 minutes ago, st albans fox said: The basic point here is that Chelsea can easily afford 40m for DD and 50m for riyad. So why the drawn out negotiations- clearly they are trying to be too clever. We should just tell them it's too late now and to fook off They are using them as last resorts if they can't get their real targets in. Drinkwater and mahrez must know that they'd be very lucky to play for chelsea, they buy world class players which, although they're good enough for us, they're not world class.
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