Sly Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Leicester City's Eduardo Macia remains Bordeaux's first-choice sporting director target - report Leicester's head of recruitment has been linked with a move to France Eduardo Macia during his time as sporting director at Real Betis (Image: Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images) Leicester's head of recruitment has been linked with a move to France Leicester City have received no contact for head of recruitment Eduardo Macia despite continued reports of an imminent departure to French side Bordeaux. Macia, who was brought in to replace Steve Walsh in 2016, has been regularly linked with a move away from the King Power Stadium, with West Ham and AC Milan among the clubs listed as possible destinations. Recent stories regarding the Spanish transfer chief have focused on interest from Bordeaux, who are in the midst of a takeover by American investment fund GACP. Reports from French media in October said a deal to make Macia the Ligue 1 outfit’s sporting director was “99 per cent done”. The latest, from regional newspaper Sud-Ouest, suggests GACP will finalise their takeover in January and hope to appoint Macia shortly after, with no other names on the shortlist. However, the Mercury understands City have received no contact from Bordeaux over Macia’s future. Former head of recruitment Walsh, out of work after leaving Everton in the summer, has been linked with a return to the King Power Stadium.
Xen Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Has there ever been a time since he joined that he hasn't been linked with a move away?
mozartfox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Good for him. As with anyone employed by LCFC, if they wish to be elsewhere, close the door on the way out.
Mike Oxlong Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 33 minutes ago, Fox92 said: He's off to a different club every week. The non playing version of Mahrez
Gazza M Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Good riddance if true. Simply using us as a stepping stone.
Grebfromgrebland Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 I don't know why people are happy to see him gone. On the whole our recruitment has been outstanding since he arrived no wonder other clubs are looking at him. What is wrong with our fans that want to dismantle something that is clearly working for us right now to our detriment? Who would we have in his place? Or let's not worry about that bit we can just wing it.
Bossman Blessed It Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 2 hours ago, Gazza M said: Good riddance if true. Simply using us as a stepping stone. The market value of our squad has drastically increased since he joined - some of that has to be attributed to our strategy for long-term growth, which Macia certainly played a role in.
hackneyfox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 20 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said: He left a while ago. Why didn't you share that with us at the time. It is important. Strangely The Mercury are saying the club haven't been contacted. Thought you were ITK?
MPH Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 28 minutes ago, hackneyfox said: Why didn't you share that with us at the time. It is important. Strangely The Mercury are saying the club haven't been contacted. Thought you were ITK? strange post, Hackney!0
sylofox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 1 minute ago, MPH said: strange post, Hackney!0 It's called sarcasm.
MPH Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Just now, sylofox said: It's called sarcasm. hard to tell these days! so many melts on here that posts like that can appear totally genuine!
hackneyfox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Abrasive claims he left some time ago. Is The Mercury so out of touch that they think Marcia is still with us? Surely if he had left the club would have thanked him for his work.
sylofox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 13 minutes ago, hackneyfox said: Abrasive claims he left some time ago. Is The Mercury so out of touch that they think Marcia is still with us? Surely if he had left the club would have thanked him for his work. You missed the sarcasm as well. Abrasive was referring to another ITK. Who claimed he had gone to wet spam I think it was in the summer.
SpacedX Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 2 hours ago, Grebfromgrebland said: On the whole our recruitment has been outstanding since he arrived no wonder other clubs are looking at him. Has it? 4 hours ago, Gazza M said: Good riddance if true. Simply using us as a stepping stone. Much like when he left Liverpool then?
hackneyfox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 11 minutes ago, sylofox said: You missed the sarcasm as well. Abrasive was referring to another ITK. Who claimed he had gone to wet spam I think it was in the summer. Oops Apologies to Abrasive.
sylofox Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 1 hour ago, Abrasive fox said: He left a while ago. Give it up mate your humour is lost in here
Fightforever Posted 29 December 2018 Posted 29 December 2018 Can't someone just call up the club and ask if he still works there?
sylofox Posted 30 December 2018 Posted 30 December 2018 16 hours ago, Fightforever said: Can't someone just call up the club and ask if he still works there? Why waste a call when we know he is still here.
inckley fox Posted 30 December 2018 Posted 30 December 2018 On 29/12/2018 at 11:36, Grebfromgrebland said: I don't know why people are happy to see him gone. On the whole our recruitment has been outstanding since he arrived no wonder other clubs are looking at him. What is wrong with our fans that want to dismantle something that is clearly working for us right now to our detriment? Who would we have in his place? Or let's not worry about that bit we can just wing it. Outstanding? Our recruitment since winning the title is the single greatest reason for us not being more competitive. Walsh, Ranieri, Shakespeare all have to take some responsibility for that too, of course, but Macia's role has also been in question. The successes were Ndidi, arguably, who was targeted during the Walsh era. Maddison, most probably. Pereira, who'd played with Puel before. Maguire, who we'd targeted years back under Walsh/Pearson, and who was the signing that Shakespeare most pushed for. The jury's obviously out to an even greater extent on Soyuncu, Benkovic, Evans (who you hardly need a Head of Recruitment to target). And, up to now, the guys who look most likely to have been duds are Silva, Iborra, Ghezzal, Iheanacho (a total of 75m in spending). You could add Wague, or to a greater extent Diabate, though it might be harsh on Macia seeing as one was a loan, and another a personal project of Puel's. The recruitment for the u-23s hasn't, to the best of my knowledge, brought in anyone who's likely to evolve into a first team option. Loft springs to mind. It's largely to bolster the u-23 squad. Schmeichel, Amartey, Chilwell, Morgan, Mendy, Choudhury, Barnes, Gray, Albrighton, Vardy... Still the bulk of our first team options, and quality, had nothing to do with him. It's not disastrous (like the Sven-era, the post-Pearson Walsh/Ranieri era, and the post-Walsh/pre-Macia era), and it'd be unfair to compare it to the recruitment in the Walsh/Pearson era either where we'd spend 6-7m on players and they'd be worth 200m in the bat of an eyelid (an achievement virtually unknown across football). But neither is it spectacular.
m4DD0gg Posted 30 December 2018 Posted 30 December 2018 is this the man that brought us ndidi, silva, nacho - no idea but if so il help him pack his bags
VLC86 Posted 30 December 2018 Posted 30 December 2018 He’s basically just Leon Crnic isn’t he, complete myth and we have actually been transferring his salary to a Nigerian prince instead.
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