davieG Posted 24 December 2017 Posted 24 December 2017 Dutch club De Graafschap are interested in signing very talented Leicester City Nigerian striker Layton Ndukwu in the January transfer window, as per reports. According to gelderlander.nl, manager of the Eerste Divisie side Henk de Jong and technical manager Peter Hofstede spent last weekend in England to monitor Ndukwu. Leicester City U23 were not involved in any competitive match last weekend but the teenager was in action for that age group against Tosin Kehinde's Manchester United in the Premier League 2 on Monday. And three days ago, Ndukwu inspired Leicester City to a 7-1 thrashing of Barnsley in the Premier League Cup, scoring his side's fourth goal just before half-time. The 19-year-old Ndukwu has caps for England at U16 and U17 level. Retired Nigeria international Wasiu Taiwo, famous for scoring for the Super Eagles in the 1995 US Gold Cup, played for De Graafschap during the 1996-1997 season.
brucey Posted 24 December 2017 Posted 24 December 2017 Surely he can get a better loan offer than the Dutch second tier?
urban.spaceman Posted 24 December 2017 Posted 24 December 2017 Could be a great experience for him. Let him go on loan like Moore has to Leuven.
Grebfromgrebland Posted 24 December 2017 Posted 24 December 2017 It'll be a transfer at the end of the season as his contact expires. If we want to keep him we need to offer him a contract by end of year as in Jan he is free to talk to other clubs.
Stevosevic Posted 24 December 2017 Posted 24 December 2017 Dutch 2nd tier? Wasn't he supposed to be the best thing out of our academy in a long time?
brucey Posted 25 December 2017 Posted 25 December 2017 From running the Dutch article through Google Translate it says he's going there for "a training period" whatever that means. A trial? Real shame if we let him leave on a permanent. Ndukwu just followed the Dutch club on Instagram an hour ago, so obviously some truth in this.
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 29 December 2017 Posted 29 December 2017 I've watched U23s a few times this season in the Checkatrade and he's clearly got something. Clearly most talented footballer in the group. Only 19 and I'd be surprised if we don't offer him a new deal and see how he develops.
dormelcfc Posted 29 December 2017 Posted 29 December 2017 He is going on a trial there for a couple of weeks in January. Similar to what Raul Uche did at Leuven earlier in the season.
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 30 December 2017 Posted 30 December 2017 Wouldn’t it make sense to send him to big Nige rather than a second division Dutch side?
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 30 December 2017 Posted 30 December 2017 19 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said: Wouldn’t it make sense to send him to big Nige rather than a second division Dutch side? Probably a better standard of football in the Dutch second division?
sylofox Posted 30 December 2017 Posted 30 December 2017 22 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said: Wouldn’t it make sense to send him to big Nige rather than a second division Dutch side? Nige don't have a great record of playing the kids.
TheMightySystem Posted 30 December 2017 Posted 30 December 2017 23 hours ago, dormelcfc said: He is going on a trial there for a couple of weeks in January. Similar to what Raul Uche did at Leuven earlier in the season. With Uche wasn't it a trial to see if they want him on loan? Is it the same in this case as I would hate to lose him as he has looked good recently. I guess the good thing about having Puel is that if a young player is good enough he will play, if he isn't then he won't. Giving me faith in whatever decision is taken with the younger players which I didn't get from Ranieri or Shakespeare (Not saying they are bad managers just when it came to youth they seemed hesitent to play them).
Bluearmyfox28 Posted 1 January 2018 Posted 1 January 2018 On 30/12/2017 at 12:10, sylofox said: Nige don't have a great record of playing the kids. He’s played Moore in most of the games?
gurru991 Posted 9 January 2018 Posted 9 January 2018 I'm a bit worried that his contract runs out this summer. It appears that he is one we should keep.
Foxxed Posted 10 January 2018 Posted 10 January 2018 He's been decent in the u23s. I wouldn't want to sell him. A loan would be decent.
sphericalfox Posted 11 January 2018 Posted 11 January 2018 I'd be surprised we haven't offered him a contract. Must have a busy agent.
Ric Flair Posted 11 January 2018 Posted 11 January 2018 31 minutes ago, sphericalfox said: I'd be surprised we haven't offered him a contract. Must have a busy agent. His contract was up last summer and we only extended it by a year which seemed odd given his supposed talents. Could come back to bite us if he decides to go elsewhere.
Gerard Posted 12 January 2018 Posted 12 January 2018 If we valued him I'm sure we'd get him to sign. The reality is though he's probably not valued at the club as they suspect his potential is about League One level IMO.
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