Ndidi to Liverpool

[dannythefox]

60M and they can have him.

[ARM1968]

1 minute ago, dannythefox said:

60M and they can have him.

No they can’t. 

[teblin]

No thank you!

[st albans fox]

11 minutes ago, mad biker said:

One thing we do know for certain is that our owners will only sell IF they think it`s good for the club, no team can simply take our players, "so called" big club or not they will get the same response as Man City,  SOD OFF  :-)

 

presumably his contract is only around 30k/week

 

it’s one thing refusing to sell him but surely he should be offered a salary commensurate with his importance to the team?  I hope we are pushing this rather than waiting for his representatives to approach us. I think wilf is the kind of person who would appreciate this in the future. 

[mad biker]

Agree, think a new improved contract is a must and would guess it`s something that is uppermost in our thoughts.

[Foxxed]

Not even for 100 million. He's brilliant. He's young. He's improving with every match. Let his contract run down and if we can't better another offer then fair enough.

[gurru991]

2 hours ago, dannythefox said:

60M and they can have him.

I personally would not sell him for 60 mil ... He is young and only going to get better 

 

[hackneyfox]

From Bentleys:

there was a nice bit on Football365 Mediawatch about this rumour yesterday, gives a nice insight to how the press generate their clicks these days:


Anatomy of a transfer story

‘Exciting transfer news: Journo confirms LFC want to ‘break the bank’ for 21-year-old DMC’ was the headline on Empire of the Kop on Monday morning. Who doesn’t like ‘exciting transfer news’? Well not Mediawatch when it’s a load of old genitals.

Their piece begins:

‘Liverpool are keen on Leicester City’s battling midfielder Wilfried Ndidi.

‘Thats according to journalist Ajibade Olusesan, who writes for Nigeria’s top newspaper New Telegraph.’

The reports have come from Nigeria and Wilfred Ndidi is Nigerian, so we are conditioned to believe that there may be some truth in this claim. Bring him on. He is rather good at tackling and running around and sh*t.

We go to the New Telegraph and they seem pretty certain, their headline declaring ‘Liverpool to break the bank for Ndidi in June’. Nailed on.

And then we read on as far as the end of the second paragraph and learn:

‘According to reports in England which was monitored by our correspondent, Klopp views Ndidi as an excellent addition who offers something that no-one else at the club can do.’

Ah, so the Nigerian journalist who ‘confirmed’ that Liverpool want to sign Ndidi has actually just read about it in English reports. Oh.

But maybe those English reports come from Paul Joyce, Dominic King or somebody else with excellent Liverpool contacts?

Well, no. They actually come from a football news bunny on the Express website who shamelessly pens a headline of ‘Liverpool to move for Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi in the summer – report’.

He does sound awful sure in his opening paragraph…

‘LIVERPOOL will target Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi this summer as manager Jurgen Klopp looks to bolster his midfield.’

But then we come to the sixth…

‘And Website Rush The Kop claim a deal could be in the pipeline.’

Oh. And off we go again to a website that had entirely escaped Mediawatch’s consciousness prior to this fine Monday morning.

Their Friday headline? ‘Liverpool could look to Nigerian international for summer transfer.’

Well they could. But only if it is ‘confirmed’ by a top Nigerian journalist.

[jayfox26]

9 hours ago, Wookie said:

We bought him for about £15m so if we make £10m profit we should sell

I doubt in today's market we'd sell our best centre mid for £25m. And as I always say, its not about his market value, its about his value to our club. Who are we going to get better than him for £25m?

[Cincinnati Fox]

I think Man Utd will be in for him in the summer

[gurru991]

1 hour ago, jayfox26 said:

I doubt in today's market we'd sell our best centre mid for £25m. And as I always say, its not about his market value, its about his value to our club. Who are we going to get better than him for £25m?

He is $60 mil all day, everyday  & at todays exploding market values that is probably too cheap.

Worth way more to us !!

Edited 18 February 2018 by gurru991

[brucey]

We'll have paid 25m for him (after including all add ons, i'm sure he's fulfilled most of them). And that was when he was a relative unknown from Belgium.

 

Our players get new contracts with pay rises at 21, Gray turned 21 first and had his sorted, Chilwell + Ndidi have now turned 21 too and will get theirs this summer. This story must be partially agent driven. Either way we aren't selling. His current market value is 60m+ according to those football observatory people, we'll want significantly more than that - probably 80m+ but even then only if he actually tried to push for a move (which he won't). 4 years left on current contract with no release clause.

Edited 18 February 2018 by brucey

[Redouane]

30 million for a 21 year old on the rise? Yeah, no. 

 

I'd like to see the Nigerian's reactions on FB when the offer gets rejected (if it does)

[Nick]

15 minutes ago, brucey said:

We paid 25m for him (including all add ons, i'm sure he's fulfilled most of them). And that was when he was a relative unknown from Belgium.

 

Our players get new contracts with pay rises at 21, Gray turned 21 first and had his sorted, Chilwell + Ndidi have now turned 21 too and will get theirs this summer. This story must be partially agent driven. Either way we aren't selling. His current market value is 60m+ according to those football observatory people, we'll want significantly more than that - probably 80m+ but even then only if he actually tried to push for a move (which he won't). 4 years left on current contract with no release clause.

Great post.

[The whole world smiles]

Wilfred Ndidi is deeply religous, his wife though attractive is not your typical wag, she is the kind of woman me or you could pull in fan club on a particularly good night! What I'm trying to say is he does not come across as the type of bloke to chase money, fast cars and fast women. He comes across as incredibly hard working decent young bloke. He seems to love it here so maybe just maybe we can convince him to sign a new deal and keep him for a few years.

[st albans fox]

22 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

Wilfred Ndidi is deeply religous, his wife though attractive is not your typical wag, she is the kind of woman me or you could pull in fan club on a particularly good night! What I'm trying to say is he does not come across as the type of bloke to chase money, fast cars and fast women. He comes across as incredibly hard working decent young bloke. He seems to love it here so maybe just maybe we can convince him to sign a new deal and keep him for a few years.

Probably all true but I suspect he has an agent who doesn’t go to church and has a very expensive wife ................

[brucey]

2 hours ago, st albans fox said:

Probably all true but I suspect he has an agent who doesn’t go to church and has a very expensive wife ................

His missus is a very down-to-earth and low maintenance university student. I think she studies something like Politics/International Relations at a UK university.

Edited 18 February 2018 by brucey

[sylofox]

30/40m and we thought man city were low balling us. Fvck off you red robbing cvnts.

[Edingleyfox]

I'm sure I read that his agent said there was nothing in the Liverpool rumour.I don't think he will go in any event but you can be sure there will be interest in him at some point over the summer.Not to mention Mahrez Vardy and Maguire in other words the backbone of the team.Would not put a price on Ndidi he is still on a long contract and is developing well with us.

[Marutimon]

On 17.02.2018 at 15:22, Wymeswold fox said:

Are they signing someone from Leipzig, who plays in a similar role, with a deal alreafy agreed in the summer?

Naby Keita is not a defensive midfielder and has never played as one for Leipzig.

 

For lack of better qualification he's like a deep lying attacking midfielder. He has defensive stats like the best defensive midfielders and attacking stats like the best attacking midfielders. There is no way any rational coach would limit him to a purely defensive midfielder role. 

 

He's basically the full package - the closest thing there ever was to him was Michael Essien prime, but Naby Keita is a classy dribbler.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Fuuuuuuck off Loserpool

[Fightforever]

liverpool your never getting him you council rat chavs

Edited 18 February 2018 by Fightforever

[oxtonfox]

Will has been great this season and I hope he stays with us. For me he should be the player of the season unless his form drops off alarmingly. Clear top tackler in the Premier League according to Opta well ahead of Ngolo who I think is number two. I don't think he's the absolute top level yet, he needs to work on shooting but as others have said Klopp can do one, he has players coming out of his ears in that position.  

[Bozman]

He needs a new  contract sorting and signing before the vultures come asking in the summer, dangle him the carrot now before he gets unsettled.

He needs to be right up there with the top earners, so give him the money and a new 5 year deal with no clause...

[urban.spaceman]

I think we proved with Mahrez that we're no pushovers. £30m is a pisstake. The way this market is going (BECAUSE of clubs like Liverpool and Man City), anything under £100m from this summer onwards is insulting. 

 

Also, there's no way that we'll let more than one crucial part leave per window.