Mahrez to Man City shock

[brucey]

32 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

We should publicly set a deadline for any sale of Mahrez. Why should we leave ourselves in the the lurch because Mahrez is an unprofessional cockwomble? He and Man City both need to know that we won't sell on the cheap (less than 80 million) and later than the beginning of pre season. I'd genuinely rather see Mahrez playing for the reserves in the Checkatrade trophy than sell him for less than 80 million. It might seem harsh but I don't care about Mahrez's career, I care about LCFC. 

 

If he sits in the reserves for a year he definitely won't be sold for anything above 30m. Then he goes on a free thereafter.

Losing out on 60m+ that could be used to strengthen the team, in order to prove a point, isn't in the club's best interests.

[ARM1968]

I don’t think they want him. 

[yorkie1999]

1 hour ago, SecretPro said:

Uneducated guess. It just seems too quiet to me, plus the fact that he withdrew his request, plus the fact he's recently moved further south, plus the fact we have got a quality RB in. I just have a gut feeling he's not that arsed about leaving at present. ITKs keep making out it's done - where's the evidence? The major papers would be on it like shit on a stick over here of true, especially as he would be the record signing for Britain BEST club. 

 

But, if you put the facts to one side for a moment, where's the evidence to say he's staying?

[4everfox]

7 minutes ago, brucey said:

If he sits in the reserves for a year he definitely won't be sold for anything above 30m. Then he goes on a free thereafter.

Losing out on 60m+ that could be used to strengthen the team, in order to prove a point, isn't in the club's best interests.

Neither is selling for less than what Van Donkey went for, thus sending out the message that LCFC are a club to be taken for a ride. You could even argue that we shouldn't sell him for less than what Coutinho went for (120 million) since Mahrez is a better player than him. And we wouldn't be losing anything close to 60 million technically, since he signed for 400k. 

 

Considering all this I stand by what I said, would rather he destroyed his own career for the next two years in our reserves before signing for Saint Etienne on a free in 2020 than sell for less than 80 million, as a bare minimum. 

[brucey]

4 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

Neither is selling for less than what Van Donkey went for, thus sending out the message that LCFC are a club to be taken for a ride. You could even argue that we shouldn't sell him for less than what Coutinho went for (120 million) since Mahrez is a better player than him. And we wouldn't be losing anything close to 60 million technically, since he signed for 400k. 

 

Considering all this I stand by what I said, would rather he destroyed his own career for the next two years in our reserves before signing for Saint Etienne on a free in 2020 than sell for less than 80 million, as a bare minimum. 

I don't particularly care about Riyad's future career either. Just pointing out that if you care about LCFC, depriving the club of an incredibly large amount of funds to 'send out a message' isn't a good idea. The 60 million is already plonked down on the table in front of us, so it is real money that we are losing. We'll still need to buy a Mahrez replacement to actually play in the PL if he rots in the reserves, that will cost a lot more than 400k. Future recruits won't join us if they think we might destroy their career on a whim. There's a fine line between being known as not a selling club, as we are now, and being known as a club who will throw our toys out to prove a point. I'm glad Rudkin will be more sensible than that.

[Almo-Fox]

14 minutes ago, brucey said:

I don't particularly care about Riyad's future career either. Just pointing out that if you care about LCFC, depriving the club of an incredibly large amount of funds to 'send out a message' isn't a good idea. The 60 million is already plonked down on the table in front of us, so it is real money that we are losing. We'll still need to buy a Mahrez replacement to actually play in the PL if he rots in the reserves, that will cost a lot more than 400k. Future recruits won't join us if they think we might destroy their career on a whim. There's a fine line between being known as not a selling club, as we are now, and being known as a club who will throw our toys out to prove a point. I'm glad Rudkin will be more sensible than that.

letting mahrez rotting in the reserves are u sure mate 

go and tell pep that u will get a straight answer 

[Stevosevic]

48 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

I don’t think they want him. 

I would be delighted if this was the case. 

[NewquayFox]

I would imagine it’s all done and dusted but and if it’s a big but I would be happy to see him in a Leicester City shirt next season, Man City seem to be the only club interested and that means another lower than expected offer..

[NotTheMarketLeader]

59 minutes ago, ARM1968 said:

I don’t think they want him. 

This would not surprise me. 

 

He pissed about for half a season as a non trier (again) and showed himself to be very unprofessional in the last 6 months.

 

£80m for someone with those attributes who also lacks an in game work ethic, which doesnt fit in with what the manager insists on? 

 

If we can get that sort of money, it would be good business but is it possible now it won’t happen? 

Edited 13 June 2018 by NotTheMarketLeader

[woznotwos]

If this was going to happen i would have expected it sorted and done by now  . Beginning to have doubts . World cup or not . 

[yorkie1999]

Just now, NotTheMarketLeader said:

This would not surprise me. 

 

He pissed about for half a season as a non trier (again) and showed himself to be very unprofessional I’m the last 6 months.

 

£80m for someone with those attributes who also lacks an in game work ethic, which doesnt fit in with what the manager insists on? 

 

If we can get that sort of money, it would be good business but is it possible now it won’t happen? 

I don't think that would bother man city, i think that the possibility of Neymar or Bale looking for moves is more tempting to them than signing Mahrez.

[Gerard]

Any of our ITK's know what's happening here?

 

It's like this story has been forgotten, no speculation or new updates at all.

[Gerard]

Just now, yorkie1999 said:

I don't think that would bother man city, i think that the possibility of Neymar or Bale looking for moves is more tempting to them than signing Mahrez.

 

They're crying about Mahrez being their record transfer, they'll be hysterical if they here the price of Bale or Neymar.

[FoxyPalace.com]

Its all done in my view.

 

Think you are all kidding yourself if you think the Algerian Prince will be playing for us next season.

 

The money will come in very handy, we need a over haul.

 

Buy the correct players and we can be better than we are at the moment, even without Mahrez.

 

 

[brucey]

Man City's negotiators have been working overtime on the Jorginho deal over the past 2 weeks. I don't think we'll have any progress on the Mahrez situation until that's resolved one way or the other.

 

That deal is currently being held up by a valuation gap of 5m - 20m euros (depending on who you believe). How much they end up spending on Jorginho will affect how much they are able to offer us for Mahrez. If they don't get Jorginho and have to go for an alternative target, that might also affect whether or not Mahrez fits into their team the way they imagined it.

 

Still think Riyad will go, but think there's a 20% chance he stays.

Edited 13 June 2018 by brucey

[Ric Flair]

I think he'll end up staying.

[chapero82]

6 minutes ago, Gerard said:

Any of our ITK's know what's happening here?

 

It's like this story has been forgotten, no speculation or new updates at all.

They can’t even tell you if Marcia is still here not not  

[UPinCarolina]

FT Cliche: Only 14 more pages, folks - and then it will be locked down and finished.

[the fox]

The club is waiting until they bring in a replacement.

[whitlock]

4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

I think he'll end up staying.

6/1 on SkyBet. 

[brucey]

1 minute ago, the fox said:

The club is waiting until they bring in a replacement.

But we're waiting for this deal to happen before we bring in a replacement.

[brucey]

3 minutes ago, UPinCarolina said:

FT Cliche: Only 14 more pages, folks - and then it will be locked down and finished.

If previous Mahrez transfer threads are anything to go by, there'll be so many spam posts on page 99 by people trying to push towards the 'magic 100' despite no real news, that the mods will lock the thread on 99 and force us to start over.

[4everfox]

43 minutes ago, brucey said:

I don't particularly care about Riyad's future career either. Just pointing out that if you care about LCFC, depriving the club of an incredibly large amount of funds to 'send out a message' isn't a good idea. The 60 million is already plonked down on the table in front of us, so it is real money that we are losing. We'll still need to buy a Mahrez replacement to actually play in the PL if he rots in the reserves, that will cost a lot more than 400k. Future recruits won't join us if they think we might destroy their career on a whim. There's a fine line between being known as not a selling club, as we are now, and being known as a club who will throw our toys out to prove a point. I'm glad Rudkin will be more sensible than that.

Maybe future recruits will look at Mahrez's attitude as an example of how NOT to get your big move which is where I was going with this. Knuckle down, work your socks off and you will get your move should be the approach we take. Spitting your dummy out will result in us playing hardball and making your career mirror your attitude, and so it should. Had Mahrez not acted like a complete idiot in early February I'd have been inclined to let him go for 65-70ish million out of respect, but because of that debacle I feel compelled to show him the same respect he showed us earlier this season. 

Edited 13 June 2018 by 4everfox

[leicesterseddon]

I dearly hope this doesn't turn into another saga. 

 

What I find interesting is that in the last three transfer windows, only two clubs (Roma and Man City) seem to have actually made offers. 

 

Don't get me wrong, he's a great player. But I think some are prone to overestimate how other clubs see him. 

 

He was fantastic for us in 2016 but based on last season I'd struggle to make an argument he's worth £80m if I'm being totally honest. 

[berniethebolt]

Just a gut feeling... the fact that no one in Mahrez camp (wife, friends, etc) are tweeting or speaking out like previous times leads me to beleive that all the hold up is down to personal terms and those all important agents fees.